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Former Naughty Dog creative director Amy Hennig has joined Visceral Games to develop EA’s new Star Wars title, the studio has confirmed. In a post on EA’s The Beat blog, Visceral general manager Steve Papoutsis announced Hennig’s appointment. She’ll assume the role of creative director on EA’s currently unannounced Star …

Amplitude's Romain De Waubert guides us through releasing a game during alpha stage, and why it suited the studio's latest title Dungeon of the Endless

Zombie Studios has delayed PS4 and PC horror title Daylight, although it’s still due out before the end of the month. The game was scheduled to hit on April 8th but will now instead arrive on April 29th. Daylight is also going to be discounted on PSN for PS Plus …

Although the numbers remain unspecified, Microsoft has let go some of its Studios developers. Microsoft Studios artist Patrick Loughman and technical producer Elbert Perez have confirmed that they have lost their jobs on Twitter. "At Xbox, our goal is to constantly create new fun, social and interactive entertainment experiences,” a …

Developers let go at first-party studios

Phil Spencer has spent 26 years working for Microsoft. He’s worked across divisions and on products that range from Encarta and Microsoft Works, to Fable and Halo 4. He has quite the CV and, as a creator at heart, was perhaps the obvious choice to succeed Don Mattrick as the …

'This restructuring is part of the normal ebb and flow of game production,' claims studio president

Blizzard has confirmed week one sales numbers for Diablo III expansion Reaper of Souls. The expansion ‘sold through’ 2.7m copies to retail between now and its release on March 25th. The studio adds that players have between them stopped Death over 1.5m times and that Diablo III views on Twitch …

The 2014 Golden Joystick Awards will take place at a new venue, MCV can reveal. The event will be held at the London Indig02 on Friday, October 24th, with the aftershow party to take place at the Brooklyn Bowl, also in the O2 arena. Future says the party will include …

Nick Gibson explores the most overlooked factor in Nintendo's struggles: it's own success