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Eurocom, the British developer behind the latest James Bond game, has gone into administration. The developer, based in Derby, made150 redundancies last monthfollowing a number of cancelled console projects. Its remaining 50 staff were told this morning that they had been laid off. Eurocom issued a statement toEurogamerthis afternoon: Today …
Read More »Eurocom shuts its doors amid financial pressure
25-year-old studio behind James Bond titles goes into administration
Read More »Guitar Hero 7 was in development, dubbed as a "disaster"
The once all-powerful Guitar Hero brand was killed in 2011. But a new report claims that development of a new game in the series was well underway by that point. Kotaku reports that that game was set to abandon the various bells and whistles – specifically the drum kit and …
Read More »Black Ops II beats Modern Warfare 3 to $1bn sales milestone
The jury may still be out on Black Ops II’s overall market performance, but the shooter has claimed yet another very impressive record today. Activision has announced that the game has hit the $1bn sales milestone in 15 days – that’s a day quicker than its predecessor Modern Warfare 3 …
Read More »Activision signs Walking Dead TV stars for Walking Dead: Survival Instinct
Two stars of The Walking Dead TV series have signed up to provide their likenesses to Activision’s game of the same name. Norman Reedus and Michael Rooker, who play Daryl Dixon and Merle Dixon respectively, will both reprise their TV roles for the game, which is being developed by Terminal …
Read More »Activision releases The Bowling Dead on the Apple App Store
It’s not often that you get to see the Activision logo on your iDevice screen. Last night Activision Mobile Publishing released free-to-play title The Bowling Dead onto the Apple App Store. As the name might suggest, the release combines two fan favourites – zombies and bowling. Players have to manage …
Read More »Bungie’s Destiny detailed in asset leak
Ex-Halo developer appears to be targeting current generation systems
Read More »House of Moves provides Black Ops II performance capture
Actors outfitted with 52 body markers and 88 facial markers to film game cinematics
Read More »Was Black Ops II a disappointment? Read our full analysis in this week’s MCV
This week’s MCV isnow available to view online – and it features a detailed analysis of Call of Duty’s launch sales performance. We also go behind the scenes at the game’s midnight launch at HMV. And there’s a full interview with the president of 2K Games, Christoph Hartmann. We’ve listed …
Read More »Skylanders iPhone game heads to retail
There are two Skylanders mobile games in the works, and one is even heading to the High Street. The Skylanders Battlegrounds Starter Pack includes a special wireless Bluetooth Portal of Power that ‘brings figures to life’ on iOS, and three physical characters: Jet Vac, Series 2 Cynder and Double Trouble …
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