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A Blizzard veteran has decided to lay down his tools and opt for a life away from the games industry. Chris Metzen was just 20 years old when he joined Blizzard, working his way up over 22 years to the position of SVP for story and franchise development. He has …

Mastermind behind much of StarCraft and Warcraft’s lore plans to focus on family life

League of Legends has more than 100 million players each month according to studio co-founders Marc Tryndamere” Merrill and Brandon Ryze” Beck. The announcement was made in an interview with Polygon, where Merrill and Beck were reflecting on the studio’s growth and how League has surpassed anything they could have …

Final Fantasy fans are very much being encouraged to buy into the new world of PS4 Slim with a brand new limited edition console heading to retail in November. The Limited Edition Final Fantasy XV includes a 1TB PS4 Slim, complete with a special design printed across the console’s top. …

Jarvis departs after three years,Indigo Pearl promotes account manager,Future hires new Media MD Matt Jarvis leaves Develop Develop’s deputy editor Matt Jarvis has departed MCV’s sister title to become editor of Tabletop Gaming magazine. Jarvis had joined Develop nine months ago as senior staff writer and was soon promoted deputy …

Today, IGN is one of the largest and most influential games media brands around. There are 29 editions of the site across the world. Its content is read in 22 languages and in 112 countries. In total, IGN attracts 75m unique users a month. That’s just from its website, too …

Reviews based on redeemed game keys can no longer carry review scores

But still the most lucrative game in August, generating six times as much as Candy Crush

The collective development resources of EA have been unified under a new banner – EA Worldwide Studios. Essentially the divide between EA’s mobile and console operations is being abolished, while Maxis is also being merged into the whole. The move sees a new boss put in place at BioWare – …

The pitch for Microsoft’s latest new IP ReCore is a simple one. According to its lead writer, Bungie alumnus Joseph Staten, it consisted of Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune and Mark Pacini, a veteran of Metroid Prime maker Retro Studios, wanting to combine the best parts of those series for …