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CEO Feargus Urquhart on crowdfunding, publishers and failed projects

Ubisoft has confirmed that production has begun on an Assassin’s Creed movie. The publisher’s Ubisoft Motion Pictures arm, which was created in 2011, has partnered with New Regency for the production and has struck an agreement that allows Ubisoft to maintain control of key elements of the movie’s creative direction”. …

The on-going legal rivalry between Samsung and Apple appears to have reached boiling point. The pair have been engaged in a string of legal patent battles across the globe, with each claiming a number of victories and defeats. Most recently Apple was ordered to publish an official apology to Samsung …

Sony has announced that the redesigned PlayStation Store is now live across Europe. The new-look digital storefront was supposed to roll out last week. And it did, for a while at least. However, a host of complaints from users including problems with account authentication and random crashes led to the …

2K Games has revealed an exciting freebie for those who pre-order the upcoming BioShock Infinite. Called BioShock Infinite: Industrial Revolution sees players assume the role of a factory worker in the main game’s sky-city of Columbia who must tackle the title’s 50+ puzzles. As well as learning some extra details …

Develop speaks to the indie outfit on collaborating with Microsoft without a penny to spend

Voice chat will not be an out-of-the-box feature for Wii U, Nintendo has confirmed. That’s despite the fact that the high-tech Wii U GamePad actually houses a microphone. However, this will not be used as a default option for voice chat, Kotaku reports. Instead, users who wish to use the …

Square Enix has blocked access to its Official Merchandise store following a suspected hacker attack. The publisher says that its European customer details were not compromised – in fact it has not yet found evidence of any customer details being compromised. We have reason to believe that unknown parties have …

Future Publishing has named Clair Porteous as head of its Entertainment group. She replaces Simon Maxwell, who left to join Eurogamer in August. Porteous has been holding down the role on a interim basis since his departure. She will now take control of Future’s entire games and film portfolio. Prior …

InnoGames CMO Volker Dressel offers advice on successfully adapting to numerous platforms