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SuperData director of research and head of VR/AR strategy Stephanie Llamas takes a look at why companies in the region have embraced the nascent medium
Read More »100 jobs lost as Roadhouse Interactive closes
Reports suggest that Roadhouse Interactive has been shut down. The Vancouver-based studio was known for the mobile RPG Iron Maiden: Legacy of the Beast, as well as the Red Bull Air Race series.Pocket Gamerreports that the studio has been closed, with all of its staff laid off. Between July and …
Read More »Yoshida: No Man’s Sky PR strategy ‘wasn’t great’
The boss of Sony Worldwide Studios has admitted that mistakes were made in the marketing of PS4 and PC release No Man’s Sky. The much anticipated title has been beset by an unprecedented amount of criticism amid accusations that it failed to deliver on many of the promises made about …
Read More »Battlefield 1 beta breaks records
The recent open beta for DICE’s upcoming Battlefield 1 has broken EA records. The studio has revealed that the game was played by 13.2m people, making it the biggest in the publisher’s history. That also beats the numbers boasted by Blizzard’s record-breaker Overwatch (9.7m) and Ubisoft’s The Division (6.4m), as …
Read More »Eve developer CCP latest to open new London studio
Brexit preventing any “formal corporate structural changes”
Read More »South Park: The Fractured But Whole delayed to 2017
Another title has lost its 2016 release date. Ubisoft’s South Park: The Fractured But Whole was due to arrive on December 6th. It will not now be shipped until Q1 2017, however. Said Ubisoft: The development team wants to make sure the game experience meets the high expectations of fans …
Read More »Layoffs at Sony San Diego studio
PlayStation has laid off an unconfirmed number of employees from its San Diego development studios. GamesIndustryconfirmed the layoffs, which closely follow around of job cuts made at the platform holder’s London Studio. The London team was just winding down after its first major VR project. The San Diego studio was …
Read More »We speak to PlayStation, Oculus, Remedy and CCP in this week’s MCV
In this week’s edition of MCV, we talk to PlayStation’s global sales and marketing boss Jim Ryan about the firm’s two new consoles. Ryan explains the strategy behind the new slimmer version of the PS4, as well as its brand new and powerful PlayStation 4 Pro. Meanwhile Oculus’ head of …
Read More »Layoffs at Sony London Studio ahead of first VR launch
But company will continue to develop new games after London Heist is released
Read More »PlayStation named as lead partner for Digital Schoolhouse 2016
Expanded programme aims to reach 15,000 pupils and 1,600 teachers around the UK
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