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An SEC filing has revealed John Schappert has resigned from his role as COO at Zynga. The news comes no more than a week following Schappert’s reported removal from his game development duties with the company. "We can confirm that John Schappert has left Zynga and its Board of Directors …
Read More »Zynga COO John Schappert quits
Resignation comes after former EA exec was stripped of games oversight in board reshuffle
Read More »Steam expanding digital library with non-games
Creativity and productivity software coming to distribution platform from September 5th
Read More »Non-games head to Steam as digital distribution competition heats up
Valve has added an important weapon to the arsenal supporting its games download service – and it’s non-games. From September 5th the firm will be selling ‘creativity to productivity’ software on the store which has 40m registered users. So that means non-games sold alongside Valve’s own Counter-Strike, Half-Life, Left 4 …
Read More »Zynga board game lands retail exclusivity, offers digital content
Argos has been unveiled as the exclusive UK supplier of Zynga’s upcoming board game FarmVille Hungry Hungry Herd. The product will release in October with an RRP of 19.99. It will also include a DLC code that grants players of the Facebook title a virtual currency boost. The release is …
Read More »The many faces of EA: Andrew Wilson, EA Sports
In the first of four interviews, MCV looks at different aspects of EA’s business. First up, we sit down with EA Sports boss Andrew Wilson. One of the few surprises at E3 this year was that EA has secured the Ultimate Fighting Championship licence from THQ in a multi-game deal. …
Read More »GAME OF THE DAY: I Am Alive
In the first of a new daily feature on MCVuk.com, we recommend a recent or upcoming title – be it on console, PC, browser or smartphone – that we reckon is worthy of your time and money. I Am Alive was once notable for being a digital-only release. But as …
Read More »Leap promises a revolution in motion-control technology
A brand new peripheral is threatening to eclipse the advances made by technologies such as Kinect. Called Leap, the small device – which connects via USB and is about the size of a flash drive – is said by its developers to be 200x more accurate than any other motion …
Read More »Cevat Yerli: Social gaming will be key for next-gen
Developers need to focus on cross-platform gameplay and connectivity, says Cevat Yerli
Read More »Namco Bandai in talks to bring games to Ouya
Development giant joins Square Enix and U4ia in supporting new platform
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