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The creative director behind sci-fi MMO PlanetSide 2 has resigned. Taking toReddit, Matthew Higby said after four years on the project it was time for a change, and that Friday would be his last day at the studio. Sony Online Entertainment was recentlysold off to Columbus Novaand renamed to the …

David Carey, Ryan Elam and David Georgeson also thought to have left studio

Reddy is co-founder and studio director of LittleBigPlanet creator Media Molecule. South African born, with a childhood in Australia, Reddy moved to the UK aged 18 where she worked at Perfect Entertainment, before moving to Burnout firm Criterion Games in 1999. She co-founded Media Molecule in 2006, acting as executive …

2K Games’ new multiplayer shooter Evolve has entered the UKIE GfK All Formats Top 40 at No.1. Xbox One won the lion’s share of sales, edging just 400 unit sales ahead of PS4. The PC release claimed just three per cent. Note that these numbers do not include digital sales, …

In news that will surprise very few, TVii will not be coming to Wii U in Europe. The functionality was supposed to allow Wii U owners to access TV channels and streaming video services through their console, with a TVii button having sat on the console’s UK dash since launch. …

Festival running in Melbourne from April 10th to 19th

Simkiss was responsible for building up one of the biggest games networks in the world – Xbox Live Gold – as business manager for two years, before jumping ship to Sony last October to become senior manager for PlayStation Plus. Alongside three colleagues, she also helped form the Women of …

Romanos began working in games in 2008, after graduating from university. Setting up development studio Remode with fellow graduate Martin Darby, Romanos was CEO for six years, building a studio of 20 people and creating games for a range of clients. In 2014, Romanos and Darby decided to close Remode, …

After a stint at Codeworks and becoming founder and conference director for GameHorizon, in 2011 Cunliffe became MD of events firm Secret Sauce. Known for her development of innovative and detailed events, as well as skilled management of exhibitions, product launches and dinners, Cunliffe is known for leading the way …

Fearnley cut her teeth in the games industry promoting the computer games trade show ECTS and the consumer electronics exhibition Live in the late 1990s through to the early 2000s. From there, she dipped out of the games sector for three years, heading up a team at events firm Centaur …