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Joel Johnson is a Bangalore-based indie game developer and the sole member of digiKhel. Johnson recently released his first game, Orion’s Gold, in collaboration with other indie developers. In this guest column, Johnson talks about the intricacies of collaborative game development, and its benefits to independent game developers. I started …
Read More »EA nears game streaming deal with Comcast – report
EA is reportedly closing in on a deal with Comcast to stream games on the telecommunications corporation’s X1 operating system, a move that has the potential to expand EA’s current customer base significantly. Reuters reports the deal would give EA access to Comcast’s 22m users, as well as mark a …
Read More »Neversoft closes as staff merges with Infinity Ward to form ‘super-studio’
Activison has set into motion some serious internal reshuffling, as the publisher plans to close down its Neversoft studio and merge its current staff with Infinity Ward to form what the company is calling a ‘super-studio.’ Giant Bomb first reported on an internal memo from Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg, …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: April 27 – May 3
Dark Souls II has bumped DayZ off its presumed throne on this week’s Steam top sellers chart, grabbing the top spot in its second week out from launch. DayZ didn’t fall far, still selling enough copies during the period to take the runner-up position. A Star Wars series sale has …
Read More »Evolve community manager sacked over Sterling race row comments
Evolve community manager sacked for seemingly backing owner Sterling It’s disappointing to see that a select few in Turtle Rock and 2K Games management bought into this hysteria” The developer of 2K Games title Evolve has sacked its community manager Josh Olin after comments he made on Twitter regarding former …
Read More »One week until DevLabLive
Conference followed by two-day hackathon kicks off in Canary Wharf next week, up to £10,000 to be won
Read More »Defiance to go free-to-play next month
The MMO game based on SyFy TV series Defiance will soon be free-to-play. This change will take effect on June 4th for the PC version and July 15th for the PlayStation 3 edition. There are plans to have the Xbox 360 release make this transition, but a date has not …
Read More »Ubisoft ‘fully focused’ on Watch Dogs Wii U port
With Watch Dogs ready to launch on all other platforms, Ubisoft Romania says it’s now shifting its focus on the Wii U edition of the game. Speaking with Red Bull, creative director Jonathan Morin said the team had been distracted by other tasks but revealed development of the Wii U …
Read More »Battlestar Galactica’s Katee Sackhoff joins EVE: Valkyrie cast
Banking back towards Starbuck territory, Katee Sackhoff will appear in CCP’s virtual reality title EVE: Valkyrie. The Battlestar Galactica star’s involvement was revealed at the developer’s Fanfest event in Iceland. She will provide voice acting for the lead character Rn. The first time I played Eve: Valkyrie I immediately knew …
Read More »Lionsgate makes move into gaming
Hunger Games film company Lionsgate has announced that it will be opening a game division. This arm of the company will be headed up by Peter Levin, formerly of YouTube and podcasting network Nerdist Industries. He has also served as an executive advisor for Angry Birds firm Rovio. In his …
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