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John Carmack ultimately left id Software because Zenimax wouldn’t approve of a proposed VR deal with Oculus Rift, the industry veteran has revealed. Speaking with USA Today, Carmack admitted he’d still be with id today in some capacity – if the studio’s parent company Zenimax would have approved of his …
Read More »Iwata: Nintendo console development should be like mobile
Standardised programming between systems and generation leaps could increase amount of software on new hardware
Read More »Borderlands 2 is 2K’s best-ever selling game
No, BioShock is not the best selling game to come from the 2K stable. That honour falls to Borderlands 2, which as revealed by Take-Two in its financials last night has now sold over 8.5m copies meaning it has surpassed every title in the BioShock series and also beaten the …
Read More »Watch Dogs trademark abandonment not instigated by Ubisoft
Delayed open-world title will still release under the same name, publisher insists
Read More »The problems with Dungeon Keeper and why in-app purchases aren’t inherently evil
Oscar Clark offers the case for the defence for IAPs and why the issues lie with game design decisions, not the business model itself
Read More »Ubisoft retains Watch Dogs trademark after fraud attempt
Watch Dogs is still in development and will still be called Watch Dogs, despite a fraud attack on the trademark today. Eagle eyed Neogaf users spotted that Ubisoft had abandoned the Watch Dogs trademark, but this was not a move something instigated by the publisher, the firm has told MCV. …
Read More »Ghost Games UK hit with layoffs – report
The Guildford, Surrey branch of the recently rebranded EA Gothenburg studio has suffered an unspecified number of layoffs, and development of an unannounced Need for Speed title has reportedly been shelved. Polygon cites multiple sources who claim EA let go of contractors at the UK office of the studio now …
Read More »More claims point to cheaper Xbox One SKU in 2014
New voices have added to the claims that Microsoft will this year release a cheaper version of the Xbox One. As part of a leak yesterday it was claimed that Microsoft is readying a $399 Xbox One that could ship without an optical disc drive. That represents a $100 saving …
Read More »Funcom confirms economic crime unit office raid
Funcom has confirmed the Norwegian economic crime unit visited its offices on Wednesday and is investigating the firm on suspicions of infringing the Secruties Trading Act. The company wastemporarily taken off the Oslo Stock Exchangeon Wednesday morning. "Yesterday, the company received a visit from kokrim who is conducting an investigation …
Read More »Hunting for talent: the real issues facing the games job market
Leading UK recruitment experts discuss the growing skills gap, competition with overseas markets, and what studios expect from potential recruits
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