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Trade body asks government to provide workers with “the confidence and assurance that they are not going to be asked to leave the UK at some stage”
Read More »Sega buys Endless Space creator Amplitude
Publisher says French studio will bolster its PC development output in the West
Read More »Mobile dev Neon Play bought by book publisher Hachette
Acquisition of Paper Glider, Flick Football and Panic Traffic London studio follows first step into development with New Star Soccer Story
Read More »PlayStation indie advocate Nick Suttner leaves after seven years
“I’m off to new adventures,” he says cryptically of future plans
Read More »Amount pledged to video game Kickstarters plummets in 2016 as blockbuster projects vanish
$8.2 million raised in first half of this year versus more than $20 million in the latter half of 2015
Read More »Former DICE CEO leaves EA for emerging indie label Raw Fury
Karl Magnus Troedsson joined Battlefield studio as producer in 2001 before rising to become VP of group strategy at publisher parent
Read More »Blizzard seeking new Diablo director after Josh Mosqueira departs
Announcement follows recent exits of former Diablo III director Jay Wilson and designer Leonard Boyarsky
Read More »Rare continues hiring spree by picking up ex-FreeStyleGames and Lionhead staff
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
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