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20 up-and-coming creators across games, TV and film will be given a 12-month programme of career development support, including mentoring from experts in their fields
Read More »Tencent could be buying SoftBank’s stake in Supercell
Chinese giant rumoured to be interested in taking majority share of Clash of Clans dev
Read More »Final Fantasy XV director: ‘It was modernise or die for the series’
Hajime Tabata recalls that development team was inflicted with ‘Final Fantasy disease’ and he had to tell them: ‘We’re not special. Wake up’
Read More »Ron Gilbert wants to buy Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion back from Disney
Veteran developer says he will “pay real actual money” to reclaim his classic IP
Read More »Social games firm KamaGames opens London office
Dev hires PokerStars’ Daniel Kashti and former Team17 PR Sam Forrest
Read More »Kojima Productions to keep new studio under 100 staff
Founder Hideo Kojima jokes about the importance of a good kitchen at studios based on EA DICE’s ’40 microwaves’
Read More »Facebook acquires VR audio firm Two Big Ears, releases Spatial Workstation for free
Suite of tools for authoring 3D and 360-degree sound rebranded as Facebook 360 Spatial Workstation
Read More »Heard about: Primal music production with Jason Graves
John Broomhall talks with the Far Cry Primal composer about making ancient history sound contemporary
Read More »The Develop Post-Mortem: The Banner Saga
With The Banner Saga 2 now out in the wild, the team at Stoic takes time to reflect on making the first game. Will Freeman learns how a Viking epic prepared the studio for a dazzling sequel
Read More »Blizzard artist turns kid’s Overwatch drawing into polished concept art
Fans of upcoming character-based shooter are now campaigning for the inclusion of ‘Birst’ in the game
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