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Confirming what has been suspected for some time, Microsoft has announced that interactive Xbox Live quiz show 1 vs. 100 will not be returning for a third series. The downloadable game was free to play and allowed a handful of lucky gamers to compete in real time against others with …

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Developer-publisher founded by former Sony exec David Rose and backed by ITV commercial director Fru Hazlitt

That was an accident. I need to keep my mouth shut.” That was Tim Schafer’s response when asked this morning at his talk at the Develop Conference about his already famous attack on Bobby Kotick. Yesterday, when asked about the Activision CEO, Schafer stated: His obligation is to his shareholders. …

As the boss of a huge publishing empire, Bobby Kotick simply doesn’t have the time to play games – that’s according to an official statement made by Activision in light of the quite savage attack made against CEO Bobby Kotick by cult games developer Tim Schafer yesterday. Tim Schafer’s comment …

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Heavy Rain creator takes home a pair of prizes

Acclaimed developer Tim Schafer has in an interview with Eurogamer criticised Activision boss Bobby Kotick for acting like a total prick”. Schafer has previous with Activision after the two fell out over 2009 console release Brutal Legend. The game was developed by his studio Double Fine and eventually published by …

Clearly not afraid of setting himself some heady expectations on day one, the new CEO of Activision publishing Eric Hirshberg has stated that one of his main objectives is to address the negative impression many online games enthusiasts have of Activision. I only have my perceptions as a outsider to …

Could it be that this is the game that MechScape never was?