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Denmark-based company GameAnalytics has announced the appointment of PopCap’s Allison Bilas as its new vice president of product. Bilas joined PopCap in 2010 as a social games business analyst, later rising to become senior manager of the studio’s game analytics department. She’s credited for several titles, including Bejeweled Blitz and …
Read More »The Last of Us live-action film adaptation in the works
Naughty Dog’s PS3-exclusive title The Last of Us is being adapted into a live-action film for the big screen, with Sam Raimi’s Ghost House Pictures production company on board to produce. Deadline reports The Last of US creative director Neil Druckmann is attached to write the film’s script, and Sony …
Read More »Disney Interactive lays off one quarter of its workforce
Disney Interactive has laid off more than 25 per cent of its workforce as part of major restructuring, the company has confirmed. It was reported nearly a month ago that Disney was preparing to layoff several hundred” employees, and it seems the info was spot on – specifically concerning Playdom. …
Read More »Jack Tretton leaving Sony at the end of the month
Sony has announced that SCEA president and CEO Jack Tretton will leave the company at the end of March. The decision is as a result of a mutual agreement not to renew their contractual relationship”. Tretton has been at SCEA since its creation in 1995. Current executive VP and COO …
Read More »UKIE promotes Dan Wood to COO
UK trade body UKIE has named Dan Wood its new COO. Wood joined UKIE in 2010 as its head of communications and public affairs, and during his time he has launched the Video Games Ambassadors scheme, co-ordinating UKIE’s lobbying efforts on tax relief and setting up the Next Gen Skills …
Read More »PS4 and PS3 Watch Dogs hardware bundles confirmed
Sony and Ubisoft have confirmed both PS4 and PS3 hardware bundles to accompany the launch of Watch Dogs on May 27th in the UK. Both will include the 60 minutes of additional content for the game that is available only on PlayStation. Over the last few months, our development team …
Read More »Why business skills and startups are essential for UK game development
Ahead of TIGA’s Games Summit this Friday, for which Develop is the media partner, TIGA CEO Dr. Richard Wilson discusses the rationale behind the event and the issues those supporting the Summit are seeking to address.
Read More »Watch Dogs’ delay ends in May
Ubisoft’s open world action game will arrive just before E3 2014, after missing the PS4 and Xbox One launches
Read More »Dark Souls II PC date revealed
Namco Bandai has at last confirmed a release date for Dark Souls II on PC. Having previously said it hoped the delay would be a matter of weeks not months” it transpires that the PC SKU will arrive six weeks later than the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions on April …
Read More »Microsoft giving away Forza 5 for free with Xbox One in US
US gamers are being offered a freebie when they buy an Xbox One console. Major Nelson has confirmed that a digital copy of Forza 5 will be offered free with every $499.99 console purchased for a limited time”. It hasn’t been confirmed if the deal will also apply to those …
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