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CEO Patrick O’Luanaigh discusses the many paths of finance at TIGA Games Summit 2014
Read More »Watch Dogs dev explains ‘hard’ decision to delay
When we got close to the end, we still could have shipped. That’s why it’s hard.” That’s the admission from Watch Dogs senior producer Dominic Guay, who has taken to the Ubiblog to explain the decision to delay the game from its previous next-gen launch November release date until May. …
Read More »Employee Hot Seat: Codemasters
In this brand-new feature all about studio staff, we hear from Codemasters’ chief technical officer David Percival
Read More »UPDATE: South Park co-creator: Stick of Truth censorship is "stupid"
The co-creator of South Park has attacked Ubisoft for its decision to censor South Park: The Stick of Truth in some regions, including Europe. We weren’t going to change the content, so we’ve written little cards to explain what is going on, what they’ve censored, and made a joke out …
Read More »Jack Tretton to leave Sony at the end of March
SCEA president and CEO to leave PlayStation maker this month after more than 17 years
Read More »Naughty Dog refutes Hennig departure tension claims
Amy Hennig was in no way forced out” of developer Naughty Dog. The original report revealing the writer’s departure had claimed to have word from sources that Hennig was ‘forced out’ by The Last of Us leads Neil Druckmann and Bruce Straley”. These reports have now been strongly denied. Earlier …
Read More »Wii U version of Watch Dogs is "still alive"
Ubisoft insists that the Wii U versions of Watch Dogs is still in development. In January reports emerged claiming that the Nintendo SKU had been cancelled – claims that were later denied by Ubisoft, although not until over two weeks after the event. Watch Dogs was given a May 27th …
Read More »PopCap senior manager Bilas joins GameAnalytics
Denmark-based company GameAnalytics has announced the appointment of PopCap’s Allison Bilas as its new vice president of product. Bilas joined PopCap in 2010 as a social games business analyst, later rising to become senior manager of the studio’s game analytics department. She’s credited for several titles, including Bejeweled Blitz and …
Read More »The Last of Us live-action film adaptation in the works
Naughty Dog’s PS3-exclusive title The Last of Us is being adapted into a live-action film for the big screen, with Sam Raimi’s Ghost House Pictures production company on board to produce. Deadline reports The Last of US creative director Neil Druckmann is attached to write the film’s script, and Sony …
Read More »Watch Dogs’ delay ends in May
Ubisoft’s open world action game will arrive just before E3 2014, after missing the PS4 and Xbox One launches
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