MCV/DEVELOP News, events, research and jobs from the games industry

Buys City of Heroes IP from Cryptic for new US team to work on

The fall out from EA’s corporate restructuring continues, as the publisher confirms its Chicago studio is being closed, MCV sister site Develop reports. EA Chicago had worked on a number of key technology-driven titles for the publisher, including new Fight Night and Def Jam games. The studio was officially opened …

Guitar Hero and Rock Band creator produces portable game that builds levels from MP3s

Studio to be closed 'effective immediately' just a year after opening

CMP rubbishes keynote talk claims from controversial anti-games lawyer

Antitrust authority green lights publisherâ??s $860 million developer purchase

Publisher to use Epicâ??s engine for unannounced title

Revered PC franchise Homeworld has made the jump to THQ, following the US publisher’s move to secure the rights to the series. Next-Gen reports that the deal follows in the footsteps of THQ’s 2004 purchase of Homeworld and Homeworld 2 developer Relic, a studio that has since worked on Company …

Following last month’s news that leading global publisher Electronic Arts had swooped for development duo BioWare and Pandemic, it has been announced that US antitrust regulators have cleared the purchase. The Associated Press reports that the $860 million deal for parent company VG Holding Corp was included on a list …

MCV readers can look forward to reading about blockbuster release bottlenecks, possible price slashing at retail and broken street dates during the next two months as the build-up to the ‘gifting period’ (a phrase that has always struck me as having vaguely filthy connotations) truly begins. Veterans of the industry …