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Trio from Guitar Hero developer, former Lionhead design lead and pair of comms hires bring Sea of Thieves studio’s additions over last three months to 13
Read More »System Shock remake could make it to PS4
Nightdive Studios has announced it is in talks with Sony to bring System Shock to its PlayStation 4 console. In an update on the Kickstarter page, Stephen Kick, CEO of Nightdive Studios and Creative Director on System Shock, now says it could also launch on PS4: We’ve been listening to …
Read More »Streamline announces 200% annual growth, new hires from EA and IGN
Co-producer of Street Fighter V, Star Citizen, Paragon and BioShock Infinite is now home to over 160 staff
Read More »Epic hands out fresh $80,000 in grants to Unreal devs
VR tutorial resource, Unreal dev channel and VR sculpting tools join ‘conventional’ games in recipients of funding
Read More »Edinburgh Digital Entertainment Festival makes expo space free for UK devs
August event in Assembly Rooms to include heavy focus on VR, workshops and talks
Read More »Rare targets Banjo-Kazooie, Conker, Perfect Dark and Sea of Thieves merchandise
UK games developer Rare has teamed up with licensing agent Tinderbox to develop merchandise based on its hit brands. That includes Sea of Thieves, which was unveiled at E3 last week. The pirate game is currently without a release date. Other games set to receive the merchandise treatment includes Battletoads, …
Read More »Develop Awards 2016 Partner Spotlight: Epic Games
European territory manager Mike Gamble looks at the changing landscape of the development industry and reveals why he's optimistic about the future of games
Read More »Newly-formed VR Venture Capital Alliance to invest $10bn in VR/AR devs
Collaboration between 30 major players in space, including HTC and Unity, will accept pitches six times a year
Read More »Fast Travel Games is the new VR studio from ex-Rovio, DICE and EA devs
Rovio Stockholm founder Oskar Burman, senior development director of Frostbite Labs Kristoffer Benjaminsson and Mirror’s Edge Catalyst design director Erik Odeldahl behind venture
Read More »Game Creators release GameGuru tailored to students
Education Pack includes core software, plus all add-on content and a guide for tutors
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