Game development news

Animal rights activists PETA have launched a microsite entitled Cooking Mama: Mama Kills Animals which is designed to encourage consumers to contact Majesco, the North American publisher of popular casual title Cooking Mama, to voice their concerns on the ethical treatment of animals. To read PETA’s statement, and see where …

Ensemble team working on title was up to nearly 40 people; game model was based on World of Warcraft

Manchester, UK-based independent establishes team to back MMO plans

Studio founder happy that team has returned to British ownership

Co-developer of id Softwareâ??s new Wolfenstein title joins UK development body

Developer named Top Industry Driven Technology Company of the Year by North Carolina Technology Association

A number of new details about Bungie’s upcoming expansion to its popular FPS franchise, Halo 3 Recon, the most interesting of which is the news that it will be based on an open-world structure. CVG reports that the latest copy of US games mag Game Informer carries the news, along …

Microsoft has claimed that technical issues which saw many users face problems accessing the Xbox Live network over the weekend have now been resolved. Reports cropped up on Friday that users from across the world were booted from online multiplayer sessions, and that many were having trouble logging into Xbox …

Electronics giant finally focuses on games with clearest statement of intent yet

Rumours suggest that job losses are to be followed by total closure of US publisher