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Industry vet George Andreas has left Microsoft-owned developer Rare for Sony Europe. Eurogamer reports Andreas, who had been with Rare since 1996, has accepted a position as creative director of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. Andreas is credited as the creator or creative advisor on several of Rare’s titles including GoldenEye …
Read More »Crytek snaps up Vigil devs for new US studio
David Adams appointed CEO of Crytek USA
Read More »Remaining in the EU ‘important for UK developers’
European Union enables studios to expand on the continent and trade freely, says Kuju CEO
Read More »Anonymous hackers use Konami Code to embed hidden game in Government websites
The suicide of internet activist Aaron Swartz has led to a spate of attacks on US Government websites. And in an interesting twist, their activity has focused around two mainstays of gaming history. Naked Security reports that Anonymous hacktivists first targeted the website of the US Sentencing Commission. Once completed …
Read More »Rubin: THQ would have survived in the games industry of the future
THQ stood a great chance of survival if it could have rode out the turbulence of the transitioning games industry. Popular consensus is that consolidation and downsizing will result in a leaner games industry in the future, with the spoils shared between a limited number of huge international publishers and …
Read More »Persona 4 Golden gets digital jump on retail release
RPG hit Persona 4 Golden will be released digitally BEFORE it goes on sale at retail. NIS America’s game will be released at UK retail on February 22nd, although Vita owners will now be able to download the title from PSN from February 20th. It is becoming increasingly common for …
Read More »Disney to access its game content for unacceptable violence
Lawmakers and pundits across the nation are jumping on the anti-game violence bandwagon, and Disney’s CEO plans to keep his company out of increasingly turbulent waters. The relationship between games and violence is once more a question of national interest in the wake of the Newtown school shooting. Multiplebills, and …
Read More »Chinese console ban lift nears – Sony and Nintendo shares surge
Console manufacturers could be on the verge of a potentially very significant payday. The Guardian reports that talk coming from China suggests the state is preparing to lift its decade-long ban on the sale of games consoles. The ban was introduced in 2000 to safeguard children’s mental and physical development”. …
Read More »Tim Berners-Lee: Coders can do incredible things
Creator of the World Wide Web calls for children to be educated in computer science early on
Read More »God of War: Ascension buyers to get The Last of Us demo
All launch copies of God of War: Ascension will come with access to a playable demo for The Last of Us, Sony has announced. However, that demo will not be included on the Ascension disc. It will be released at a later date and will have to be downloaded. The …
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