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Read More »Sounding Sweet opens new Leamington office
Audio post-production company expands with second branch in ‘Silicon Spa’
Read More »Ubisoft teams with Elijah Wood’s SpectreVision for VR
A production company founded by Elijah Wood, Daniel Noah and Josh Waller is working with Ubisoft to produce virtual reality content. The announcement was made at the Sundance Film Festival. Ubisoft’s FunHouse Studio in Montreal is leading development duties. We’re thrilled to partner with an industry leader like Ubisoft to …
Read More »Korean games giant Smilegate invests $40m in Starbreeze
The Swedish developer will work on a new Crossfire game for Western markets Korean game company Smilegate has invested $40m (28m) in Starbreeze. This partnership will allow the Swedish developer to create and publish a new game based on the Crossfire series for Western markets. CrossFire is the world’s largest …
Read More »505 Games switches focus to developing its own IP
Publisher 505 Games says it is determined to develop its own brands going forward. The firm, celebrating its tenth birthday this month, traditionally partners with other studios’ titles, and has helped turn Terraria, Cooking Mama, Payday and Zumba Fitness into smash hits. 505 boss Ian Howe told MCV that he’s …
Read More »Curve Digital: We could make a cracking James Bond tie-in game
Curve Digital Entertainment boss Dominic Wheatley says movie licences could be a huge opportunity for smaller publishers. Referencing the absence of a James Bond game to tie in with last year’s Spectre movie, Wheatley says that as companies like EA and Activision focus on their own IP, that leaves an …
Read More »SOE’s Smedley launches new studio, Kickstarter for RPG Hero’s Song
The former boss of Sony Online Entertainment has announced the formation of a new studio and launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for an RPG. The studio, which is based in California, is called Pixelmage Games. Its first title, should it be funded, is pixel art RPG Hero’s Song. It’s looking …
Read More »IGDA board of members vote opens
Two director seats available in this year’s election
Read More »Creative England and Imaginarium Studios unite to form new publisher
Up to 10 releases expected within first 12 months from partnership between investment organisation and digital studio co-founded by actor Andy Serkis
Read More »Crytek launches VR First initiative to encourage grassroots virtual reality development
Studio to offer full source code access to CryEngine for free to students and researchers
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