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Mojang ends Scrolls support, servers shutting down next year

Mojang is no longer developing content for its card-battle strategy game Scrolls, with the studio confirming plans to shut down servers in 2016. In a post on the Scroll’sofficial website, the Microsoft-owned company explained that the its second full release received its last major content update earlier this month. "After …

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New Uncharted 4 team scrapped eight months of work, North claims

Naughty Dog scrapped eight months of work on Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End followingAmy Hennig’s departureto Vicseral Games, the actor who plays Nathan Drake has claimed. Speaking atMetrocon, as spotted onNeogaf, Nolan North said the team had been shooting Hennig’s story, but it was all thrown away” when The Last …

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Final Fantasy VII remake director didn’t realise he’d got the job

Tetsuya Nomura, the director of Square Enix’s Final Fantasy VII remake, didn’t know he’d landed the job until after production had got underway. Nomura was the character designer of the original game, a new version of which was announced during Sony’s E3 press conference last week. He’s also in charge …

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Bethesda’s first E3 conference could be its last

Skyrim developer Bethesda made a thumping E3 press conference debut this year, but that may be the last time we see the company on the LA stage. I don’t know if we’ll do one next year. I don’t know if we’ll do one again,” marketing boss Pete Hines told The …

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Techland goads Destiny with #DrinkForDLC Dying Light campaign

Dying Light players have been told that they will receive some free DLC if they partake in a social media campaign poking a bit of fun at fellow title Destiny. Some Bungie fans reacted negatively to news earlier this week that some future content for the game will for a …

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