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Blizzard’s chief creative officer Rob Pardo has left after 17 years with the studio. Pardo’s credits include StarCraft, World of Warcraft and Diablo 3, plus a number of other titles. After 17 years at Blizzard, with long and careful contemplation, I have made a difficult and bittersweet but ultimately exciting …

Development veteran to pursue 'next chapter of career'

An increase in hardware sales and a decrease in software has left the Japanese games market flat for the first half of 2014, according to Famitsu data. Hardware sales grew 6.4 per cent compared to the same period last year while software sales declined 3.8 per cent, leaving the overall …

A large number of employees at the Crytek UK office have staged a walkout and are no longer going to work, according to a report. People familiar with the situation” have toldKotakuthat employees have handed in formal grievance letters and stopped working.One source claimed that as many as 100 people …

But Develop sources offer conflicting accounts of events

2K Games’ Civilization: Beyond Earth now has a release date, developer Firaxis has announced. The PC title will be released on October 24th, with pre-order perks for those who lay down some cash ahead of time – specifically the Exoplanets Map Pack. Beyond Earth differs from past games in the …

Dovetail Games, the creator of Train Simulator, is to expand into new segments with a fishing simulation title. Former EA execs Rob O’Farrell and Chris Roberts are leading the development of Dovetail Games Fishing, which will allow budding fishermen to utilise a ‘Total Cast Control’ mechanism to find, attract, catch …

Well this is going to go down a treat. The demos for EA’s FIFA 14 and new UFC title on Xbox One have suddenly been given a price tag. Both shorts will cost 3.99 to download ($4.99 in the US), with FIFA 14 at the very least having previously been …

UPDATE: Microsoft has clarified that Harrison was referring to the previous 5m shipped figure and was not citing new numbers. ORIGINAL STORY: A new report has seemingly confirmed some updated sales data for both PS4 and Xbox One. International Business Times reckons that in an interview with Edge, Microsoft’s corporate …

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