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The Rogue Initiative will focus on episodic games, films and TV shows built for virtual reality using Unreal Engine 4 and in partnership with Hollywood directors
Read More »GTA V is top soundtrack for second year running
The soundtrack for Grand Theft Auto V is the top-selling video game album for the second year in a row. The album comfortably outsold the second place Destiny soundtrack, which is also enjoying its second year in the charts. The highest charting new game soundtrack was Halo 5: Guardians, which …
Read More »Having hired 38 ex-Zynga devs in 2015, FanDuel will now lay off 55 staff
Orlando office of US fantasy sports leagues studio to be home to just 19 customer support and talent team employees following cuts
Read More »Nuendo adds Perforce Helix integration
Collaboration allows users to automatically store, manage and protect projects and audio pool references in a single repository
Read More »Hitman dev IO: ‘Episodic model opens up audience for triple-A games’
‘Releasing Hitman as episodes means we have more opportunities than ever before,’ says studio head Hans Seifert
Read More »Playtonic celebrates its first birthday by hiring more ex-Rare devs
Volume and Stealth Inc designer Hamish Lockwood completes trio of new staff for Yooka-Laylee studio
Read More »Yummy Gummy dev Zindagi acquired by Zynga
Social games firm sees losses shrink during 2015 as mobile grew to contribute 73% of bookings
Read More »Sperasoft is willing to hire 100 new developers in 2016
The games development services firm has open positions in its St Petersburg office, as well as in the US and Canada
Read More »Everybody who buys an Oculus Rift will get £200 worth of Unity Pro for free
VR headset includes four-month trial of game engine, which was used to create 90% of Gear VR content
Read More »Former Jagex boss Gerhard teams with Tomy for indie toys-to-life venture
One of the key figures behind hit MMO Runescape is partnering with toy maker Tomy to launch a new toys-to-life competitor. Mark Gerhard’sPlayFusion has teamed with the Furby, Jenga and the Pokemon maker to launch a rival to existing toys-to-life franchises Skylanders, LEGO Dimensions and Disney Infinity. The as-yet untitled …
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