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Acclaimed developer Tim Schafer has in an interview with Eurogamer criticised Activision boss Bobby Kotick for acting like a total prick”. Schafer has previous with Activision after the two fell out over 2009 console release Brutal Legend. The game was developed by his studio Double Fine and eventually published by …

Develop 2010: Confident Culture Minister tells the industry to look elsewhere for business aid

Clearly not afraid of setting himself some heady expectations on day one, the new CEO of Activision publishing Eric Hirshberg has stated that one of his main objectives is to address the negative impression many online games enthusiasts have of Activision. I only have my perceptions as a outsider to …

Develop 2010: Staff can deal with the workload on their own, says studio boss

Develop 2010: Company co-founder discusses he impact of publisher buyouts

A report from tech site Gizmodo claims that Apple might have already made some minor tweaks to its iPhone 4 hardware in an effort to address two of the major issues that have troubled the device since its launch last month. One user reports that a new iPhone 4 received …

Speaking at the keynote opening the second day of the Develop Conference, Bioware’s Dr. Greg Zeschuk has admitted that EA studio BioWare is obsessed with review scores In the ‘Creative Game Development’ session lead by the BioWare Austin general manager and BioWare co-founder Zeschuk said of review scores and Metacritic …

David Helgason, Unity Technologies CEO, has said that he believes Apple CEO Steve Jobs doesn’t understand the economics of games development.” I think he also said that consumers will decide what they think of them, and they have decided that some of the middleware games – including some of the …

A brand new sci-fi MMO is one the way from Jagex, the team behind the globally successful free-to-play MMO Runescape. Called Stellar Dawn, the game will boast a variety of gameplay styles spread across a range of futuristic environments. It’s due for release some time in 2011. Stellar Dawn will …

Robert Troughton resurrects racing studio from Midway Newcastle ashes