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One of Japan’s most popular video game series is to give it a go in the West with the release of a toy line in Europe and the US in 2016. Hasbro has signed a deal to make toys based on Level 5’s Yo-Kai Watch series. The Pokemon-a-like game ruled …
Read More »Unity troubles will benefit the next Assassin’s Creed
Yves Guillemot explains that new engine introduced with last year's title will be refined for future installments
Read More »Creative director of PlanetSide 2 resigns
The creative director behind sci-fi MMO PlanetSide 2 has resigned. Taking toReddit, Matthew Higby said after four years on the project it was time for a change, and that Friday would be his last day at the studio. Sony Online Entertainment was recentlysold off to Columbus Novaand renamed to the …
Read More »Evolve debuts at No.1 as New 3DS boosts hardware sales 57%
2K Games’ new multiplayer shooter Evolve has entered the UKIE GfK All Formats Top 40 at No.1. Xbox One won the lion’s share of sales, edging just 400 unit sales ahead of PS4. The PC release claimed just three per cent. Note that these numbers do not include digital sales, …
Read More »Nintendo abandons TVii plans for Wii U in Europe
In news that will surprise very few, TVii will not be coming to Wii U in Europe. The functionality was supposed to allow Wii U owners to access TV channels and streaming video services through their console, with a TVii button having sat on the console’s UK dash since launch. …
Read More »Top 100 Women in Games: Emma Simkiss
Simkiss was responsible for building up one of the biggest games networks in the world – Xbox Live Gold – as business manager for two years, before jumping ship to Sony last October to become senior manager for PlayStation Plus. Alongside three colleagues, she also helped form the Women of …
Read More »Top 100 Women in Games: Ella Romanos
Romanos began working in games in 2008, after graduating from university. Setting up development studio Remode with fellow graduate Martin Darby, Romanos was CEO for six years, building a studio of 20 people and creating games for a range of clients. In 2014, Romanos and Darby decided to close Remode, …
Read More »Top 100 Women in Games: Carri Cunliffe
After a stint at Codeworks and becoming founder and conference director for GameHorizon, in 2011 Cunliffe became MD of events firm Secret Sauce. Known for her development of innovative and detailed events, as well as skilled management of exhibitions, product launches and dinners, Cunliffe is known for leading the way …
Read More »Top 100 Women in Games: Ali Fearnley
Fearnley cut her teeth in the games industry promoting the computer games trade show ECTS and the consumer electronics exhibition Live in the late 1990s through to the early 2000s. From there, she dipped out of the games sector for three years, heading up a team at events firm Centaur …
Read More »Top 100 Women in Games: Anna Marsh
Starting out making Quake conversations as part of her university studies, Marsh broke into the industry with a role at Sony’s Camden Studio working as a junior game designer on PS1 games. Marsh is proud of working on big titles like Tomb Raider Anniversary and Alien: Isolation, but says she …
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