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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 …

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 …

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 …

European boss reveals publisher is looking into other acquisition opportunitiues

European boss reveals publisher is looking into other acquisition opportunitiues

Beat the postman and get issue 77 today

Beat the postman and get issue 77 today

New studio headed by Warcraft and Fallout alumni

New studio headed by Warcraft and Fallout alumni

As well as being based on The Simpsons licence, EA has always said that its upcoming The Simpsons Game would parody the games industry itself – but the developer has admitted that some mixed reactions to the content have forced it to make a few cuts to the in-game content. …