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Read More »The Big Game: The return of Final Fantasy
We all love a good underdog story. Eddie the Eagle, Leicester City Football Club, Rocky… nothing quite captures the public imagination like a determined minnow taking on and beating the established giants. But there is another type of underdog story. The tale of a once great fighter who has faded …
Read More »‘Lionhead closure could be exciting for UK indie scene,’ says ex-Fable art chief
John McCormack compares fate of beloved British studio to death of Bullfrog upon acquisition by EA in 2001
Read More »Fat Princess studio Fun Bits announces LGBT student grants
$1,000 up for grabs for two Mississippi High School graduates seeking a career in development
Read More »Driveclub dev Evolution joins Codemasters
Codemasters has stepped in to save recently shut Driveclub developer Evolution Studios. The closure of the Sony studio was announced last month, but now the team is heading over to Codemasters, with Evolution co-founder Mike Hocking being named as Codemasters’ VP of product development, overseeing activity across all Codemasters studios. …
Read More »Final Fantasy 7 Remake episodes will be full-size games
Square Enix’s episodic approach to Final Fantasy 7 Remake will adopt an entirely different model to its more recent episodic release, Hitman. GameSpot reports that producer Yoshinori Kitase has said in the latest Game Informer magazine that instead the RPG will be more like how the company approached Final Fantasy …
Read More »Square Enix aiding Sushee with Fear Effect revival
French developer launches Kickstarter for Fear Effect Sedna after Collective sign-off
Read More »Square Enix hopes Uncovered event will ‘ignite’ Final Fantasy
Publisher Square Enix says its next Final Fantasy game is the biggest production in the series’ history. And the firm hopes last week’s major Uncovered event will ignite the brand, as it looks to re-establish itself as an RPG powerhouse. The Final Fantasy series has endured a difficult few years, …
Read More »Latest Feminist Frequency project hits funding goal
Video series Ordinary Women has been successfully crowdfunded on Seed&Spark. The Feminist Frequency production entered its final six-hour stretch some $20k short of its $200k goal. However, during a live stream featuring critic Anita Sarkeesian and broadcast from Double Fine Productions, the project hit its target. Four episodes of the …
Read More »British studios win big at 2016 BAFTA Game Awards
Her Story creator Sam Barlow and The Chinese Room take home three gongs each
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