MMO specialist NCsoft has lifted the curtain on its new wholly-owned California-based development outfit Carbine Studios. Next-Gen reports that 17 former Blizzard employees now work for the studio, many of whom were formerly lead and senior developers” from the World of Warcraft team. This is a dev team made in …
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NCsoft unveils Carbine Studios
MMO specialist NCsoft has lifted the curtain on its new wholly-owned California-based development outfit Carbine Studios. Next-Gen reports that 17 former Blizzard employees now work for the studio, many of whom were formerly lead and senior developers” from the World of Warcraft team. This is a dev team made in …
Read More »Imagines PSU3 merges with Play
Imagine Publishing has effectively closed its unofficial PS3 magazine PSU3 – merging it with multi-format PlayStation title Play. In a statement, Imagine said: ‘The move comes after careful deliberation into the state of both the PlayStation and the related magazine market which has not seen the significant growth shown by …
Read More »Imagines PSU3 merges with Play
Imagine Publishing has effectively closed its unofficial PS3 magazine PSU3 – merging it with multi-format PlayStation title Play. In a statement, Imagine said: ‘The move comes after careful deliberation into the state of both the PlayStation and the related magazine market which has not seen the significant growth shown by …
Read More »Activision: ‘Bizarre buy is just the beginning’
European boss reveals publisher is looking into other acquisition opportunitiues
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Read More »Latest issue of Develop available to download now
Beat the postman and get issue 77 today
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Read More »NCsoft opens Carbine Studios
New studio headed by Warcraft and Fallout alumni
Read More »NCsoft opens Carbine Studios
New studio headed by Warcraft and Fallout alumni
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