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The creator of zombie-horror hit DayZ is set to move to the UK. New Zealand-born Dean Hall is planning to work with London-based technology firm Improbable, MCV understands. Improbable, which is run by former Crytek general manager Nick Button-Brown, describes itself as a company that is developing ‘experimental technology’ to …

Developers advised not to release games early if they don't have the funds to finish them without sales

So web ads annoy you? Do they annoy you enough to make you cough up a subscription to use the internet? Google has unveiled a new service called ‘Contributor by Google’. There’s little in the way of actual information, although the service’s website asks: Today’s Internet is mostly funded by …

There’s only 11 days left if you want to secure a space at next month’s Games Industry Christmas Quiz. This will be the first time our popular pub quiz has been organised in collaboration with sister publication MCV, and opened to the entire games industry. That means developers won’t only …

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David Braben has said that Frontier is re-assessing some of the refund requests it declined in the wake of Elite: Dangerous’ online U-turn. The company earlier this week faced a backlash for dropping the game’s offline mode but yesterday said it would only refund customers who had not yet already …

Warner has released some free new DLC for Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor that replaces Ranger Talion with a playable female lead. The female in question is Lithariel, the Warrior Commander of the Tribesmen of Nurn and the daughter of Lady Marwen. Players can select the optional skin from the main …

US High Street games retailer GameStop has confirmed that its stores will be closed on Thursday November 27th for Thanksgiving. Many US retailers will typically open on Thanksgiving to kick off their Black Friday deals a day early. Black Friday is one of the biggest American shopping days and typically …

A more stringent set of requirements has been put in place for games released via Steam’s Early Access service. A number of high-profile Early Access disasters previously led to Steam altering its customer guidelines, but Giantbomb reports that the terms presented to developers have now also been tweaked. The new …

Develop sat down recently with Michal Platkow-Gilewski, Head of Marketing and PR at CD Projekt Red, to discuss the virtues of handling PR internally at a development studio.