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Not shy of reinvention, Atari is taking one of its classic arcade IPs and doing something different. Very different. Asteroids shot to fame when it hit arcades in 1979 as a 2D vector arcade shooter. Asteroids: Outpost, however, is looking to capitalise on the recent trend for survival games set …
Read More »Top 100 Women in Games: Giselle Stewart
Having overseen Newcastle-based studio Reflections as general manager for 19 years, Giselle Stewart is now leading Ubisoft’s corporate affairs in the UK. In her roles as director of trade body TIGA, chair of the Creative Skillset Council for Video Games and an Advisory Board member for Next Gen Skills AcademyStewartplays …
Read More »Top 100 Women in Games: Flavia Timiani-Dean
Flavia Timiani-Dean’s route into the games industry came via her language degree, which landed her a place working in the kids and educational division for the CD-I at Philips Media Interactive. From there, she moved briefly to SCEE, before spending ‘many happy years’ at Eidos working on iconic IP including …
Read More »EA teases multiplatform release for Titanfall 2
Titanfall 2 looks more likely than ever to be heading to PS4. "Last year it was on the Xbox only; in the future, we haven’t yet announced, but we’ll probably have another Titanfall game,” EA CFO Blake Jorgensen told the 2015 Technology, Internet & Media Conference, as reported by GameSpot. …
Read More »DirectX 12 boosts frames per second by 600% on AMD hardware
An early look at Microsoft’s DirectX 12 graphics API has shown that AMD graphics cards – and potentially Xbox One – could be in line for a significant performance boost. An analysis over at Anandtech shows that AMD’s flagship R9 290X GPU enjoyed a near 600 per cent boost from …
Read More »Disrupt yourself: Staying relevant in a fast-changing industry
Team17's Debbie Bestwick on why adding new skills can help keep you at the forefront of new trends
Read More »EA: Tablets will overtake consoles
Publisher's CFO Blake Jorgensen believes tablets could become more powerful than dedicated games devices
Read More »The year of WTF games finance
Nick Gibson ponders why so many non-gaming firms are investing in the industry
Read More »Report: Live-action Zelda TV series coming to Netflix
Show described as 'Game of Thrones for a family audience'
Read More »Sega Europe names Jason Rice as new Director of Brand Licensing
Sega Europe has made its second major hire this week, appointing Jason Rice as the company’s new Director of Brand Licensing. Rice boasts 18 years of experience in commercial branding, having most recently served as an executive with Turner Broadcasting’s Cartoon Network. Prior to that, Rice served as head of …
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