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Sniper Ghost Warrior publisher City Interactive is fast establishing its UK operation. The firm is searching for developers, marketers and sales executives, as well as a new UK distributor, to expand its business in Europe. It has opened a London development studio in December led by Black and Bodycount designer Stuart …
Read More »Rockstar waves farewell to two devs
Two senior development execs have left their post at Rockstar’s UK studios. Mark Washbrook has left his role as head of Rockstar London. Meanwhile Mark Lloyd, head of QA studio Rockstar Lincoln, has also left. "Rockstar says that neither of these departures will affect any current projects," says IGN‘s report. …
Read More »UK devs lead Kinect charge
Video games trade association UKIE has championed the role of UK developers in the early success of both Microsoft’s Kinect and Sony’s Move. In the ten weeks ending January 15th 2011, games made by UK developers account for 42 per cent of Kinect software sales in the UK. The best …
Read More »Aussie devs halted by floods
The thriving game development cluster in Queensland has been severely disrupted by widespread flooding across the Australian state. Fruit Ninja developer Halfbrick has temporarily closed, the studio said, while its staff take time off to help friends and family”. Digital content agency Hoodlum, meanwhile, has evacuated its Paddington-based offices after …
Read More »Facebook Credits go mainstream
Facebook’s virtual currency is now available in more countries worldwide following the introduction of 20 new payment methods. The online social network has partnered with monetisation service PlaySpan to allow users to buy Facebook Credits in different ways and in more currencies. In the coming months Facebook will accept bank …
Read More »Kinect is for games we cant even imagine
It’s something of a chicken and egg thing”. That’s the challenge that Microsoft faces with the Kinect motion camera, according to EA’s European senior VP Jens Uwe Intat. Specifically, the exec thinks that relying on conversation of existing IP and game types to push the appeal of Kinect is a …
Read More »Apple lifts game App restrictions
Apple has extended an olive branch to its army of app developers by relaxing restrictions on how games are made. The mobile devices giant says it is relaxing all restrictions on the development tools used to create iOS apps” – on the proviso that the resulting apps do not download …
Read More »PSP2 being showcased to devs
Yesterday MCV asked ‘Where is the PSP2?‘. The answer appears to be that it’s in the hands of a number of key developers as Sony readies itself for a 2011 launch. That’s according to Eurogamer which claims to have word from three separate development sources. They say it’s comparable in …
Read More »SONY: 40 firms readying Move games
Speaking at today’s Sony E3 press conference, Jack Tretton, president and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment of America, confirmed that 40 developers and publishers are presently working to bring consumers titles for the PlayStation Move motion technology. A number of developers were also shown on stage in a talking heads …
Read More »THQ Partners on the hunt for hits
THQ says its new Partners division can help studios produce global ‘tent-pole’ hits. The publisher announced its new partnership initiative last month, which will see THQ offer a range of titles from independent developers and publishers via its online retail distribution network. The model is akin to EA Partners, which …
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