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Lane Merrifield, one of the co-founders of Club Penguin, has quit the company. The move comes five years after the kids’ network was acquired by Disney. His departure is effective immediately, though it is understood that Merrifield will remain at hand until the transition is officially completed on February 1st. …

Starhawk developer Lightbox Interactive has confirmed layoffs affecting two dozen employees, with the studio also revealing plans to shift away from console development entirely. Company president Dylan Jobe confirmed the news to GameInformer, adding that all of the employees were notified in advance and given severance packages. Jobe went on …

Obsidian’s incredible Kickstarter push for Project Eternity has finally come to a close, amassing over $4m in the process. While the Kickstarter page itself lists the total at just under the final stretch goal at $3,986,929, Obsidian revealed that combined with the $176,279 pledged from PayPal the final total comes …

Valve has announced the addition of non-gaming software projects to its community voting portal Steam Greenlight. Software developers with programs unaffiliated with games can now submit and attempt to get their work approved for distribution on Steam. The move comes just weeks after Valve brought its own software line onto …

Transition from console to iOS means cuts

Finished games now separated from idea pitches

Steam community voting portal now set to clear non-gaming sales

Playcaso today launched Slice the Ice, the first release under its global publishing program. Developed by Germany-based Fancy Factory, Slice the Ice is a puzzle game spread across five worlds and 100 levels. This is the first game through our association with Fancy Factory, and we are looking at a …

Creator of Rez moving to education, but will 'continue making games'

NASSCOM has released the final agenda for the upcoming Game Developer Conference, which is scheduled to take place in Pune on 2nd and 3rd November. Kicking things off on day one is an opening keynote from Sledgehammer Games co-founder Glen Schofield. This will be followed by a ‘State of the …