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Outgoing EA CEO John Riccitiello has said that accountability” is the cause behind his reason to quit the publisher. Not accountability for the SimCity fiasco, of course – which is already becoming the accepted narrative in some circles – but accountability for the company’s upcoming financial reports, which will see …
Read More »EA increases SimCity server capacity by 400%
City-building title garners one million in sales as server troubles begin to dissipate
Read More »24-year old cancer victim lives on in Creative Assembly’s Total War: War 2
Creative Assembly’s community manager Craig Paycock has paid tribute to a cancer victim who will now forever be remembered as a star of upcoming game Total War: Rome 2. Last summer a 24-year-old James visited the studio as part of a Special Day initiative organised by charity Willow Foundation, which …
Read More »University of New Orleans offers game dev courses
Computer science department offers new program to boost recruitment
Read More »The top five game job vacancies (15.03.13)
This week we look over a quintet of vacancies at UK triple-A game development studios and tech giants
Read More »Microsoft Surface sales pegged at just 1.5m – report
Just 1.5m Surface tablets have been sold since the hardware’s launch in October, according to reports. Bloomberg claims to have word from insiders who reckon that sales of the entry-level Surface RT version stand at just over a million units while sales of the Surface Pro, which was released last …
Read More »Patrice Désilets returns to Ubisoft
Original Assassin's Creed creative director returns to Ubisoft after acquisition from THQ
Read More »Games Workshop: seven new video games deals, and more to come
Iconic tabletop gaming firm Games Workshop has a new strategy for licensing its IP to the games business. It has signed up seven new games development partners in the last nine months, each of them working on various different games, inspired by the Warhammer fantasy medieval brand, the fantasy sci-fi …
Read More »Sniper Elite 3 in development for current-gen and next-gen consoles
505 Games has announced Sniper Elite 3. The game is in development for both current and next-gen platforms although is not scheduled for a release until 2014. A PC or Wii U release has not been confirmed, although both are likely – particularly as Sniper Elite V2 is heading to …
Read More »Sniper Elite 3 headed to current, next-gen platforms in 2014
505 Games has announced that it will release Sniper Elite 3 next year for Xbox 360, PS3 and next-gen platforms. Sniper Elite is developed by Rebellion, which also holds ownership of the IP, so while 505 Games has only announced Sniper Elite 3 for consoles, it’s likely that the PC …
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