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Forged in the fires of Ludum Dare, Pony Island went on to become a popular Steam release. Jem Alexander chats to developer Daniel Mullins about the game’s development
Read More »Two Square Enix veterans depart company
Isamu Kamikokuryo and Yoshinori Yamagishi depart at the end of the financial year
Read More »FirstBlood announces partnership with the Esports Integrity Coalition
FirstBlood.io has announced a partnership with the Esports Integrity Coalition. The new partnership will see the two groups work together to form standard rulesets across the eSports world and utilise the FirstBlood tech to gather and share stats with all ESIC members. FirstBlood’s tech can be used to log match …
Read More »Blizzard opens Asian eSports arena
Blizzard has opened its first eSports arena over in Taipei in preparation for its first Asian Overwatch competition. The arena holds up to 250 spectators and is known as the Blizzard eStadium. It will be used for smaller scale tournaments and it’s probably a safe bet to assume it might …
Read More »CWL Birmingham Open broadcast talent announced
With the Call of Duty World League Birmingham event just weeks away the broadcast talent for the event has finally been announced. Alan ‘Bricey’ Brice will be hosting the event, with Phil ‘Momo’ Whitfield, Chris Tunn, Jonas ‘Oxygen’ Ferry, Jack Campbell and Chris ‘Stealth’ Curtis casting the main stage competition. …
Read More »UMG to host $75,000 Halo event
UMG has announced a new $75,000 Halo competition due to take place in Florida this May. The HCS Daytona by UMG tournament will take place at the Ocean Center Arena in Daytona Beach between May 12th and 14th, with $75,000 up for grabs in the main competition. To compliment this …
Read More »Mad Catz files for bankruptcy
Hardware manufacturer and long time sponsor of the fighting games scene Mad Catz has filed for bankruptcy. The company has been in financial difficulty for some time, mostly thanks to the failure of Rock Band 4, which Mad Catz published. Since then the company has let multiple staff go and …
Read More »Microsoft hire Liz Hamren as VP of mixed reality
Microsoft take a public step forward on mixed reality, hiring Hamren from Oculus
Read More »PETA again targets Nintendo, this time over 1-2 Switch milking game
Animal rights organisation People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has again targeted Nintendo. This time the body is calling out 1-2 Switch in an effort to highlight the treatment of cows in the dairy industry. You’ve taken all the cruelty out of milking,” a PETA letter said, referencing the …
Read More »We Need To Talk About Crunch
Crunch is still all too common in the games industry. Marie Dealessandri asks Partnership HR, Sony Interactive Entertainment London Studio, Real Time UK, Playtonic and Rare how they tackle the issue
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