Publishing

New animated series will use assets from Gearbox's WW2 shooter

EA wants to licence upcoming release Spore for use in movies and TV, the game’s developer Will Wright has stated. "With Spore, we’re looking way outside the game space, such as TV, movies, etc. We’re basically planting the seeds to spread Spore out to a much wider group of people …

Canadian studio will make 100 staff redundant as part of publishing merger

EA has dated the release of its anticipated expansion to the hugely popular PC FPS Crysis – and the surprise news is that Europeans will get access on September 12th, four full days ahead of those in North America. That’s according to Joystiq, who also reports that the title will …

Another major planned Sierra release appears to have gone the way of Ghostbusters – with Activision Blizzard making no mention of a sequel to Scarface: The World Is Yours in its confirmed list of adopted Vivendi titles. According to Variety blog Cut Scene – which claims a ‘high level source’ …

Awards return after 2008 hiatus; developers urged to take part as categories are revealed

American CEO Simon Jeffery confirms that development legend is no longer a Sega employee

Acrobatics and gymnastics coach Alison Carroll has been chosen as the new Lara Croft, replacing model Karima Adebibe. Tombraiderchronicles.com reports that the 23-year-old is a BGA accredited Club Coach in Tumbling, Sports Acrobatics, and General Gymnastics, and has a long association with the Bromley Valley Gymnastics Club and the Shirley …

Flagship Studios may have recently laid off most of its staff, but veterans from the studio’s Seattle office have banded together to launch a new studio. To read the story in full, click here for a quick trip to Developmag.com.

'For Dummies' book series to get game treatment