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Former Assassin’s Creed producer Jade Raymond has joined EA to open a new studio. It’s called Motive and is based in Montreal. The studio will work in close quarters” with BioWare and is described as a creative-driven team, incubating entirely new IP and taking on some amazing projects”. Its first …
Read More »Henderson joins Messi on FIFA 16 cover
Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson will feature on the cover of EA’s FIFA 16 in the UK. He will be joined by Barcelona forward Lionel Messi, who will grace the cover in all regions alongside a representative more likely to appeal to fans in each territory. Henderson was perhaps a surprise …
Read More »VIDEO: Watch Iwata’s famous 2005 GDC keynote
On my business card, I am a corporate president. In my mind, I am a game developer. But in my heart, I am a gamer.” So starts one of Satoru Iwata’s most famous speeches, which was delivered – in English – at GDC in 2005. The president of Nintendo died …
Read More »Kojima Productions is no more, voice actor claims
Hideo Kojima’s famous Kojima Productions may have been ‘dissolved’, if claims from a voice actor are correct. Kojima Productions got dissolved,” the Japanese voice of Solid Snake Akio Otsuka said, as reported by Kotaku. Due to the team’s hard effort, the game is just about finished. This is no exaggeration, …
Read More »Miyamoto tipped as possible Iwata successor
The creator of Mario could be in line to become the next president of Nintendo. The Wall Street Journal reports that development boss Shigeru Miyamoto could be in line to take charge of the company following the death of Satoru Iwata this weekend. "I am truly surprised and saddened by …
Read More »Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has died at the age of 55
The games industry is today mourning the loss of one of its greatest. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata on Saturday died of cancer of the bile duct at the age of 55. His struggle with ill health first came to light when it was confirmed it was going to miss E3 …
Read More »Twitch mobile games streaming arrives on some Sony devices
Owners of the Xperia Z3 or Xperia Z4 are now able to stream their mobile games directly to Twitch. That’s thanks to a partnership between the video network and Sony and marks a first for Twitch, which until now hasn’t offered a mobile streaming solution outside of a few select …
Read More »New Hitman is episodic, will ‘begin’ on December 8th
This year’s Hitman game will be a ‘digital first’ episodic release, although developer Io Interactive prefers not to use that term itself. We’re doing things a bit differently,” the studio said. Hitman will launch on PS4, Xbox One and PC on December 8th this year as a digital download. That’s …
Read More »‘Incidences of homophobia, sexism and racism in League of Legends have fallen to 2%’
Riot claims to be winning the battle against toxic player behaviour. The studio’s lead game designer of social systems Jeffrey ‘Lyte’ Lin has in a post on Re/Code argued the effectiveness of League of Legends’ Tribunal system. As a result of these governance systems changing online cultural norms, incidences of …
Read More »VIDEO: Here’s a better look at how Hololens works in practise
A new promotional video designed to highlight Hololens’ educational credentials has given a more accurate glimpse of how using the headset works in practise. Microsoft’s Minecraft Hololens demo was arguably the standout moment of E3 (you can see it in action here) but much of the device’s post-event coverage has …
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