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Read More »Ubisoft acquires Rocksmith developer Longtail Studios
Ubisoft has made another addition to its huge roster of first-party developers. The French publisher has purchased Longtail Studios, the developer who most recently worked on Rocksmith 2014 Edition. The Canada-based developer has been rebranded as Ubisoft Halifax, and will be focusing on developing mobile games. In the past, the …
Read More »International Factfile 2015: Singapore
Despite having a population less than that of London, Singapore provides a thriving landscape for games businesses and serves as the Asian home for major Western publishers. It’s little wonder that big names such as Ubisoft, EA and Activision have moved into the country – Singaporeans are the highest-spending gamers …
Read More »Daybreak Games creative director Jens Andersen joins executive team
H1Z1 developer Daybreak Games has promoted creative director Jens Andersen to a new executive role. Games Industryreports Andersen will now oversee the creative direction on all of Daybreak’s titles, including a currently unannounced project. "Jens has been the driving vision behind DC Universe Online as its Senior Creative Director, and …
Read More »Transformers Devastation part of brand’s new cross-media narrative
Activision’s Transformers Devastation is actually part of a far wider plan for the brand, it has emerged. The Hollywood Reporter says that the game, which entered the UK Top 40 in 21st this week, boasts a narrative that exists within a number of other branching Transformers lines. Both Platinum’s game …
Read More »Until Dawn sales ‘surpassed expectations’, sequel ‘in discussion’
PS4-exclusive horror game Until Dawn could be set for a second instalment. The title, developed by UK-based Supermassive Games, placed second in the UK retail charts following its release in late August. Its popularity was partially driven by the utilisation of its branching ‘butterfly effect’ narrative, which allows different characters …
Read More »Brad Muir leaves Double Fine to join Valve
Double Fine project lead Brad Muir has left the company to take on an unspecified role at Valve. Muir announced the news onTwitter, revealing his last day at Double Fine came last week and his first day at Valve will take place in December. It’s unclear what exactly Muir will …
Read More »Spencer talks PS4 lead, impact of Xbox One launch struggles
Xbox boss Phil Spencer has admitted that he doesn’t know if the Xbox One can ever catch PS4. "You know, I don’t know,” he responded when asked that exact question at the GeekWire Summit 2015, as reported by Videogamer. You know, the length of the generation… They [Sony] have a …
Read More »Unity to up its headcount by 500 before the end of the year
Unity’s business is changing, and to support this the company has embarked on a mass recruitment drive. The company has long been one of the major go-to game engines in the industry. But arguably it hasn’t had the huge scale you might expect for the team behind such a widely-used …
Read More »Kellee Santiago leaves Ouya, joins Google Play Games
Kellee Santiago will step down as Ouya’s head of developer relations to join the Google Play Games team. Santiago confirmed the move onTwitter, stating that she’ll join Google’s studio in Mountain View, California. Her departure from Ouya followsRazer’s purchase of the microconsole makeralong with founder Julie Uhrman’s own exit. Santiago …
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