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God of War developer Sony Santa Monica has been hit with a round of layoffs, Sony Computer Entertainment of America has confirmed. The publisher told IGN a reduction in workforce took place yesterday at the SoCal-based development studio, stating the cuts are the result of resource re-alignment. "SCEA can confirm …
Read More »Sony reveals Lego The Hobbit PS3 bundle for North America
A new PlayStation 3 bundle featuring Lego The Hobbit is heading stateside this spring, Sony has announced. Detailed on the US PlayStation Blog, the bundle will pack a 500 GB PS3 and a copy of the upcoming Lego title covering Peter Jackson’s first two films in The Hobbit trilogy for …
Read More »King withdraws ‘candy’ trademark application in US
Candy Crush Saga studio King has withdrawn its attempt to trademark the world candy” in the US. Kotaku originally spotted the reversal, with King later clarifying that it pulled the trademark application after it successfully acquired the preliminary rights to the phrase candy crusher.” "King has withdrawn its trademark application …
Read More »Namco Bandai targets Sega HQ with Pac-Man PR stunt, security shuts it down
Namco Bandai invaded Sega’s HQ this week in an effort to promote Pac-Man. The character is set to make a comeback this year with Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures. And so the firm decided to project an image the titular character onto Sega’s headquarters in Chiswick, West London. It’s because …
Read More »Portal: Uncooperative Cake Acquisition Game is a thing
At New York Toy Fair, Cryptozoic Entertainment revealed the first look at its upcoming board game based on the Portal video game series. Tentatively titled Portal: Uncooperative Cake Aquisition Game, the board game has been designed by the creators of Portal and Portal 2. Set to arrive at retail Q3 …
Read More »Molyneux: Fable III was a trainwreck
Famed UK developer Peter Molyneux has admitted that 2010 RPG Fable III fell well short of his expectations. I think Fable III was a trainwreck,” the former Lionhead boss told Develop. It was built to be much bigger than what it was constrained to be and eventually ended up as. …
Read More »Konami cuts Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes price
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes has received a price cut… before it has even been released. On PS4 and Xbox One the game was originally priced at 39.99 for the physical version and 29.99 for the digital. On PS3 and Xbox 360 the price was 29.99 for physical and …
Read More »Deus Ex: The Fall confirmed for PC
Former smartphone-only title Deus Ex: The Fall is to be released for PC on Steam. Square Enix has fully adapted the title for its new platform, with optional gamepad of mouse/keyboard support, as well as Steam trading cards and badges and a revised tutorial. Deus Ex: The Fall will arrive …
Read More »South Park: Stick of Truth censored in Europe
Scenes involving abortion and anal probes have been cut from the European version of South Park: The Stick of Truth. That’s according to BT.com which reports that the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) has had seven 20-second scenes removed – a decision made by publisher Ubisoft. These consist of …
Read More »New games media – the changing face of journalism
IGN. Eurogamer. GameSpot. CVG. These are some of the biggest names in games media, all gracing the monitors of gamers the world over on a daily basis. And yet, these giants are facing a new threat, as millions of gamers tune into Twitch and YouTube to get their games information. …
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