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Help: The Game features titles created in six days during a global games jam and costs £9.99, with all profits going towards charity
Read More »War Child charity games bundle arrives next month on Steam
A collection of new games from some of Europe’s biggest studios will launch next month, with all profits going to War Child. Published by Sega, Help: The Game will launch on Steam from July 26th for 9.99. The title features new games from Team17, Rovio, Spilt Milk Studios, Sports Interactive, …
Read More »343 explains ‘casting and technical reasons’ behind Halo Wars 2 actor replacements
Developer says the industry has made ‘geometric leaps forward in technique and technology’ from the ‘hand-drawn’ models of 2009 original
Read More »Total War: Warhammer breaks series records
Creative Assembly’s latest strategy release has broken a Total War sales record. Total War: Warhammer, published by Sega, has since its release earlier this week racked up sales of over half a million units, making it the fastest ever selling title in the franchise. Total War: Warhammer has already proven …
Read More »‘BAFTA’s Breakthrough Brits opens new doors for indie devs’
Creative Assembly senior games designer Catherine Woolley was named as one of BAFTA's Breakthrough Brits in 2015. Ahead of the closing of submissions for this year's awards on May 30th, she reflects on the importance of highlighting up-and-coming games talent in the UK
Read More »MCV Jobs Weekly: Steel Media hires new operations manager
Dave Bradley joins from Future,Creative Assembly names new COO and HansHartmann joins Oculus. Steel Media appoints new operations manager The Pocket Gamer publisher has appointed Dave Bradley as operations manager. Bradley joins from Future, where he first started as staff writer in 1997. His most recent position was editor-in-chief of …
Read More »Creative Assembly hires Thumbstar’s Gareth Edmondson
Former mobile publisher CEO heads up operations at Total War studio
Read More »Creative Assembly on the changing face of PC gaming
Sega. The name still conjures images of Sonic speeding across a CRT screen with the plastic black Megadrive sitting besides it. But that Sega hasn’t existed for a long time. Today, far from a console giant, Sega is best known for its growing PC presence, with the likes of Sports …
Read More »New Year, New Job: Honing your CV
Total War developer Creative Assembly offers advice on how to impress future employees with that all-important CV – and the key mistakes you should avoid if you want to set yourself apart
Read More »Creative Assembly holds second memorial game jam for Simon Franco
More than £800 already raised for SpecialEffect after weekend-long game jam
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