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Developer hiring production staff for next chapter of flagship franchise ahead of Hideo Kojima’s expected departure

Xbox boss Phil Spencer has confirmed that whatever it is Rare may be working on, it isn’t a new Conker game. However, Project Spark developer Team Dakota is working on a Conker Build Pack featuring assets that players can use to create their own Conker content and has also developed …

Key Metal Gear Solid V developers expected to leave in December

Support for racing game set to continue despite redundancies

EA’s long-awaited Star Wars Battlefront will finally be demonstrated to the public for the first time next month. Having previously promised more information this spring, the publisher has said that DICE’s title will feature at the Stars Wars Celebration event in California kicking off on April 16th. We could not …

Just one day after rumours of a rift between Kojima Productions and Konami, the publisher has put out a job ad for a new Metal Gear development team. Assorted translations, including this one on NeoGaf, of a listing on Konami’s Japanese website suggest that the company is looking to recruit …

The studio behind troubled PS4 racer Driveclub has suffered what is understood to be a significant number of layoffs. MCV was told yesterday that staff at the Runcorn developer had been put on notice. Sony has subsequently confirmed to Eurogamer that it has cut a number of jobs, and that …

The Xbox 360 and PS2 versions of Final Fantasy XI will be brought to a close by March 2016, Square Enix has confirmed. Polygon reports that while the PC version of the MMO will remain active, the console release is being shut down around a year from today. Until then, …

The release of Metal Gear Solid 5 could bring about the departure of series creator Hideo Kojima from publisher Konami. GameSpot reports that a fallout” between Kojima Productions and its mother company has led to senior staff having their access to services such as internal email, phone and internet restricted. …

With the rising cultural phenomenon eSports has become, it’s no wonder there is a rush to explain its many (many) facets to the confused uninitiated. The complex world of competitive gaming is hard enough to keep track of when already inside its mile-high walls, so the intention to produce documentaries …