Publisher 505 Games has announced a new partnership with Might and Magic studio Limbic Entertainment to publish and market the firm’s next title around the world. Details are thin on the ground about Limbic’s new game right now, as the only thing we know is that it’s an online survival …
Read More »Jen MacLean named as interim executive director of IGDA
MacLean follows Kate Edwards who stepped down earlier this year
Read More »New indie publisher Ukiyo announces first title
New London-based indie publisher Ukiyo Publishing has announced its first title – the critically acclaimed puzzle Expand by Australian developers Chris Johnson and Chris Larkin. Expand originally launched on PC back in 2015, but Ukiyo Publishing will now be bringing the title to PS4 on October 3rd in both the …
Read More »Interview: F1 2017 creative director Lee Mather
Formula One as a sport has evolved tremendously over the last four years. Coincidentally, so has video games development. Sean Cleaver sat down with F1 2017's creative director Lee Mather, to discuss how Codemasters have coped with changes in this generation and the process behind improving the Forumla One game franchise
Read More »Is Magic Leap about to get more investment?
Reports from Bloomberg suggest an extra $500 million might come from a new financing round
Read More »US Bank JP Morgan has no plans to take control of Ubisoft – Reuters
According to French market regulator AMF, JP Morgan disclosed their stake but wrote a letter to clarify that it had no strategy for control
Read More »Bossa Studios raise $10m Series A investment
Led by Atomico, the funds will help Bossa to attract the best talent internationally to the studio and focus on A.I. development
Read More »Dublin-based WarDucks gets $1.5million investment
The Sneaky Bears developer ends a new investment round with CEO of Shard Capital joining the board
Read More »Opinion: Social Life
Nintendo is closing down another of its social experiments, Miiverse. It’s the latest in a long history of abandoned social functions in both home console and handhelds. Jem Alexander ponders whether any social gimmicks can cross console generations and, if so, which
Read More »$25m Call of Duty Endowment comes to the UK – charity microtransaction will help veterans find good jobs
After huge success in the US, Activision is bringing its Call of Duty Endowment programme to the UK. Funded by an in-game purchase in Call of Duty: Black Ops III, the charity will provide grants to help UK armed-forces veterans find ‘high-quality’ employment. For Call of Duty players, the Call …
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