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Industry veteran Rich Hilleman has jumped ship to Amazon Game Studios following his departure from EA after more than three decades at the publisher. Hilleman joined EA as a support specialist in 1982, becoming its 39th employee. He later went on to work on the John Madden Football and NHL …

Studio hopes to help other devs enjoy similar success to its own Landlord Real Estate Tycoon

An unofficial sequel to Star Wars Battlefront 2 will not be allowed to use the Star Wars name or take place in its universe. Developer Frontwire announced plans to release the game for free on Steam last month. However, it will be of little surprise to hear that LucasFilm has …

Dev and publisher previously worked together to launch mobile action RPG

Audio outsourcers may seem like another service devs have to splash out on, but it’s more akin to bringing in extra – and specialised – staff

New alt.ctrl.GDC Award to recognise games that use unique controllers

Keiji Okayasu, the director of the first Shenmue, has joined Ys Net to work on the Kickstarted third entry in the beloved RPG franchise. Okayasu co-directed the Dreamcast 1999 original at Sega alongside Yu Suzuki, who founded Shenmue III developer Ys Net in 2008. He also ‘subdirected’ Shenmue II for …

Pokemon Go developer Niantic has finally broken its silence and begun to engage with fans over complaints about recent changes to the game. Disquiet over recent changes to Pokemon Go has been amplified by the developer’s apparent unwillingness to respond. Now the team has released a statement explaining the reasons …

Hilleman was publisher’s 39th employee when he joined in 1982, going on to work on its Madden and NHL franchises

Keiji Okayasu helped head up development of Dreamcast debut, before leaving Sega after completing 70 per cent of sequel Shenmue II