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Considered making Crysis 2 developer an official first party studio
Read More »Minecraft reaches 10m users
Over 10m players have registered to play Minecraft in just over two years. The downloadable PC world-building game hit the new milestone well ahead of its full release this November. It was initially released in May 2009 and has since launched on the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play. Minecraft was created …
Read More »Ex-Eden Games devs form new studio
Blossom Minds to release first game in 2012
Read More »LBP 2 gets Final Fantasy VII content
It may be 14 years old but new content based on the much-loved Final Fantasy VII RPG is still being developed. From July 13th owners of Sony’s PS3 platformer LittleBigPlanet 2 will be able to download costumes of popular Final Fantasy VII characters. These include Cloud, Tifa, Aeris and Sephiroth. …
Read More »Sony is ‘most valued’ Asian brand
A new survey conducted by market research firm TNS has named Sony as the most valued brand in Asia. It’s the third year in a row that the company has been awarded the gong. It has succeeded in maintaining its popularity in the region despite the huge PSN security crisis …
Read More »Just two devs on BAFTA’s 42-strong ‘Brit talent’ list
Small pickings for UK talent in supposed 'Brits to watch' list
Read More »Sega strikes Japanese EA deal
Publisher Sega has reached a deal with EA to act as distributor for its games in Japan. Andriasang reports that the agreement kicks off right away with the publishing of EA’s Shadows of the Damned on September 22nd. And next next month Sega hopes to publish some of EA’s back-catalogue …
Read More »MS nearly brought Crytek in-house
Xbox 360 platform holder Microsoft has admitted that it at one stage considered making German developer Crytek one of its first party developers. The studio rose to fame following its 2004 release Far Cry. This was followed by powerhouse PC release Crysis in 2007, expansion Crysis Warhead in 2008 and …
Read More »Need for Speed’s next top model
In what it describes as ‘the ultimate job’, publisher EA has announced that it is to hire two European ‘spokesmodels’ for its Need for Speed franchise. The two winners will act as brand ambassadors at events throughout 2012 including games expos and at the FIA GT3 European Championship. They will …
Read More »Games festival set for Cambridge uni next week
Brains Eden includes Games Jam and academic get together
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