Publishing

Expansion packs were always planned for Ark: Survival Evolved

Megan Fox reflects on Lego Universe’s “dong detection” software and in-house genital creators

Assassin’s Creed, Watch Dogs and The Division developer-publisher Ubisoft is bulking up its defences in an attempt to remain independent. The games giant has been fending off a hostile takeover from Vivendi, which hasintensified in the last 12 monthsas the aggressive conglomeratehas repeatedly upped its stake in both Ubisoft and …

Family including publisher’s CEO Yves and former Gameloft head Michel pay $161m for an extra 3.5 per cent

Bulgarian start-up working with Valve to free headset from its cables

Well this is embarrassing. Warner Bros, like most major rights holders, employs people to scour the internet in search of those illegally hosting its copyrighted material. However, current partner Vobile appears to have been a little too thorough with its approach to the problem. TorrentFreak reports that included among a …

Germany-based games firm Wooga has been struck by a series of layoffs that see 40 staff dismissed from the company. The layoffs were part of an internal restructure,GamesIndustryreports, chipping away at the mobile firm’s previous headcount of 300 people. Following these job cuts, Wooga will now be formed from three …

New website designed to help devs find employment and new opportunities

Mark MacDonald will lead business development and production at Rez creator’s studio

Fan-made games allegedly infringe on Mario, Zelda and Pokémon copyrights