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New studio hires veteran dev to lead expansion into core games

Studio not interested in financial gain or huge audiences as it prepares to launch debut VR title Land’s End

To truly call something a trend, at least three things along a similar theme need to occur. This proves that individual events were not simply random. And one trend this summer is that British indies sure know how to make a digital smash hit. Over just a few weeks we …

Perhaps as proof that it’s never too late for DLC, 13-year-old PC game Age of Mythology is getting a new expansion pack. The real-time strategy title, which features a host of mythical figures and creatures, was originally released back in 2002. Its first (and until now, only) expansion set, The …

'It’s great to have people who will tell us straight what’s good and what’s crap'

Former Konami studio head David Coxhas joined digital production company Fish in a Bottle in an effort to grow its core games business. Cox worked at Konami for 17 years, joining in 1997 as UK product manager. He then rose to European product manager in 1999, before becoming studio head …

Expansion revealed as Ian Livingstone joins as chairman and Kats Sato hired as development director

Two developers who count EA, Starbreeze Studios, Codemasters, The Chinese Room and CD Projekt Red among their collective experience have formed a brand new outlet. Wickerman Games is a UK-based firm helmed by Chris Hardwick and Dan Cordell, who met at The Witcher 3 studio CD Projekt Red. (Well spotted,VG247.) …

Developer Sumo Digital has appointed games industry legend Ian Livingstone CBE as a non-executive chairman. That’s according to GI.biz, who says that Livingstone is one of two hires the LittleBigPlanet 3 and Forza Horizon 2 360 edition studio has made. This the latest in a long list of executive position …

Developer Dontnod has said it is ‘aiming’ to launch the fifth and final episode of Life is Strange next month. Taking to the official Square Enix blog, the title’s producer Luc Baghadoust said that the developer is ‘aiming’ for an October 20th release date. The final episode will be called …