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Just one day after rumours of a rift between Kojima Productions and Konami, the publisher has put out a job ad for a new Metal Gear development team. Assorted translations, including this one on NeoGaf, of a listing on Konami’s Japanese website suggest that the company is looking to recruit …
Read More »Job losses at Driveclub developer Evolution
The studio behind troubled PS4 racer Driveclub has suffered what is understood to be a significant number of layoffs. MCV was told yesterday that staff at the Runcorn developer had been put on notice. Sony has subsequently confirmed to Eurogamer that it has cut a number of jobs, and that …
Read More »Kojima to leave Konami amid internal power struggle, report claims
The release of Metal Gear Solid 5 could bring about the departure of series creator Hideo Kojima from publisher Konami. GameSpot reports that a fallout” between Kojima Productions and its mother company has led to senior staff having their access to services such as internal email, phone and internet restricted. …
Read More »I never intended to dismiss smartphone games, Iwata says
Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata has said that he’s never dismissed smartphone gaming as a genre. Instead, he says his previous scepticism was merely meant to reflect his uncertainty about how Nintendo might adapt its software to the smartphone model – a problem he thinks he’s cracked with the new partnership …
Read More »Iwata: Free-to-start mobile games are an option for us
Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata has said that Nintendo’s smartphone games may well be free-to-play. The industry is still collectively digesting the news that one of the big three platform holders has conceded to popular opinion and decided to bring its IP to non-owned smartphone devices. Fans, however, have expressed discomfort …
Read More »Atari ‘surprised and dismayed’ by similarities between TxK and Tempest
The company currently using the name ‘Atari’ has said that it is perfectly justified to pursue Jeff Minter over the similarities between his game TxK and retro classic Tempest. Minter yesterday revealed that he has been forced to scrap the PS4, PC and VR versions of TxK following a copyright …
Read More »ESL to show live eSports in cinemas
Five live eSports events are to be shown by over 1,500 cinemas as part of ESL’s ‘eSports in Cinemas’ series. The tournament organiser is to kick off eSports in Cinemas with a documentary entitled All Work All Play: The Pursuit of eSports Glory by Patrick Creadon. It will feature a …
Read More »UKIE celebrates budget’s promise of increased games industry support
UK Chancellor George Osborne has in today’s budget promised increased tax credit support for the games industry. Later details revealed that 4m will be provided over four years in the form of a Prototype Fund, along with a further 4m for the Skills Investment Fund. Games industry tax relief was …
Read More »UPDATED: Atari blocks Jeff Minter from releasing new versions of TxK
The planned PS4, PC and Android releases of Llamasoft’s shooter TxK will not be released following a copyright claim from Atari. TxK’s creator Jeff Minter has said that he’s been forced the cancel the games following pressure from Atari, which seemingly has claimed a copyright violation alleging that the game …
Read More »VIDEO: Pixels trailer sees Pac-Man meet (and bite) his creator
Sony Pictures has released the first trailer for Adam Sandler movie Pixels. The movie is based on a hit 2010 short of the same name. It stars Adam Sandler, Peter Dinklage and Brian Cox and is directed by Harry Potter and Home Alone’s Chris Columbus. A number of retro game …
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