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Activision-owned developer Neversoft is working on a first-person shooter for the publisher. The California-based studio is better known for producing the Tony Hawk skateboarding games and more recently the Guitar Hero music titles, before Activision scrapped the IP earlier this year. A number of jobs are now being advertised on …

Global sell-off sees EA down 5%; Activision down 3%; Take-Two down 5%; THQ down 8%; Ubisoft down 1.5%

FIFA 12 finally arrives in the UK next Friday (September 30th) but EA Season Ticket holders have been told they can start playing tomorrow (September 24th). As of tomorrow night at 6pm Central European Time, the game will be available to download from Xbox Live. Additionally, Season Ticket holders will …

Expenses curb surging revenues; Market panic clouds IPO bid

Casual games giant and CityVille publisher Zynga has reported a slight slow down in growth for the first time in its history during its June quarter. Year-on-year profits for the period fell to $1.3m – that’s a drop of 95 per cent. Revenue continued to grow though at a slower …

'We have remained a smaller shop' says Devil May Cry studio director

MCV speaks to Linda Lemieux, VMC’s director of games QA, development, integration and QA, about the relationships that guide the quality assurance and localisation sector. What are your thoughts on the dynamic between publishers and QA firms? What works well and what needs improving? The relationship between publishers and QA …

UK developer Ninja theory has categorically stated that all plans for potential sequel to Enslaved are well and truly over. Instead, the studio is now focusing all its efforts Capcom’s Devil May Cry title DMC. "Enslaved should have done better," co-founder Tameen Antoniades told Edge (via CVG). "Right now we …

The latest map expansion download for Call of Duty: Black Ops is now available to purchase on both PS3 and PC. The DLC, called Rezurrection, was released on Xbox Live one month ago to the day, thanks to Microsoft’s timed exclusivity agreement with Activision. It contains one brand new Zombie …

Creative Assembly creative director Mike Simpson shares advice from Total War's design process