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The man described as 22Cans’ voice of reason” has left the studio to go it alone. The Guardian reports that Jack Attridge left the studio on Friday, telling the paper: Me and Peter [Molyneux] went on a big 10 mile walk and finally said our goodbyes.” Some had expected the …

Relic co-founder declines to comment on sudden departure

Gearbox Software’s Matthew Armstrong is leaving the studio. Armstrong is best known as the creator and franchise director of the firm’s wacky shooter-RPG hybrid Borderlands. He started as game design director and a writer on the first entry in the series. In comments toGame Informer, he stressed that he was …

Godus co-creator felt like “an advisor” at Molyneux’s studio and is ready to run his own projects

A fresh bout of documents obtained from the 2014 Sony Pictures hack have been released by WikiLeaks, bringing with it fresh details about Sony Pictures’ gaming movie aspirations. It had previously been reported that Sony believed it was in with a shot of securing the rights to an animated Mario …

Ten studios will get the chance to show off their game to 1,800 developers and publishers

Graduate earnings also on the rise as studios compete for top talent

Developer is “ready to make something new”

The MCV @ Gamescom International Daily will return this August. MCV @ Gamescom debuted last year, focusing on a daily magazine and extensive digital promotion. It included original editorial content on the big announcements and important themes at the annual event in Cologne, plus a show guide and details of …

Develop asks QA experts to explain the full repercussions of bug-ridden releases