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Naughty Dog has confirmed its upcoming PS3-exclusive title The Last of Us has been delayed. The game will now launch internationally on June 14th, according to the developer. The game had previously been set to release on May 7th. As a team we pride ourselves on setting a very high …

Half-Life developer and Steam owner Valve last night laid off around 25 staff, chief amongst them being director of business development Jason Holtman. Holtman has been at Valve since 2005 and was crucial to the company’s developer relations – clearly a job he had done well judging by the incredible, …

Metal Gear developer to give first in-depth public look at new development platform

Moving out of retail gives developers more flexibility, says Epic boss

Defunct publisher THQ hands off wrestling franchise

Examination of employee list shows eight more potential departures

The Walking Dead. DayZ. The WarZ. Resident Evil. Dead Rising. Left 4 Dead. And then there’s games with zombie spin-offs like Call of Duty, Yakuza and Red Dead Redemption. Yet amongst all of that some still believe there’s room left in the market for yet another zombie title. Rebellion has …

EA isn’t to blame for the decreased focus on horror in Dead Space 3, the market is. That’s according to former Epic and Gears of War designer Cliff Bleszinski, who argues in an extensive blog post that out-and-out horror is simply not compatible with modern gaming business models. What will …

Free online program teaches how to build a game in JavaScript

Fumito Ueda has issued a statement about elusive PS3 title The Last Guardian just days before Sony reveals the PS4 in New York. The game has been in development since 2007 and has been the subject of a number of rumours over the last two years regarding cancellations and development …