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EA Sports has announced it will open a new studio in Austin, Texas that will create around 300 jobs. The studio joins EA Sports’ existing offices in Tiburon, Florida and Burnaby, British Columbia. It’s part of the publisher’s plans to expand its sports game label. "It’s an exciting time for …
Read More »Devs reveal LA Noire grind
The boss of Australian group Team Bondi screamed at staff in the middle of the office” during the brutal” development of LA Noire, according to an explosive depiction of life at the studio. Brendan McNamara is accused by one of eleven anonymous insiders as the angriest person I’ve ever met”. …
Read More »Square Enix: Japanese decline is ‘almost humiliating’
Despite grabbing lots of the E3 headlines with its impressive showing of the new Tomb Raider game, a senior Square Enix exec has said that this year’s show has painted a grave picture for Japanese games development. As well as Tomb Raider, other stars of Square Enix’s show this week …
Read More »Ireland considering development tax relief
Irish Culture Minister lauds potential of national games industry financial aid
Read More »Develop 100 arrives read it online
Who makes the best games in the world? We answer that question today with the publication of the 2011 edition of the Develop 100, a ranking of the worlds best studios. Put together in association with Metacritic, we’ve compiled a ranking based on all the games released in calendar year …
Read More »Sony cuts dev spend on PS4
Sony will spend less developing its next home console than it did with the PS3. The company invested heavily in its own semi conductor facilities for the PS3 but says this kind of spending won’t happen with its next console, reports Andriasang. Speaking at an investors briefing, CFO Masaru Kato …
Read More »Schell Games developing HIV education title
US studio joins forces with Yale University to create sexual health awareness game for teenagers
Read More »Iwata: Nintendo must look westwards
It’s one of the most prevalent trends of the current generation, and speaking to investors even the president of the world’s most powerful gaming firm has admitted that Nintendo must increasingly look towards the West if it wants to succeed in the modern games market. "There was an era in …
Read More »Rockstar working on Wii 2 title?
Rockstar Games is the latest firm to commit to developing on the unconfirmed Wii 2 console, according to rumours. The speculation comes again from French tech website 01.net – a publication that is betting its long-term credibility on a series of explosive claims regarding the console. The website is now …
Read More »Platinum ‘deeply saddened’ by Japanese decline
PlatinumGames has published an open letter that expresses its ‘deep sadness’ at the current state of the global games industry. In the letter, the Bayonetta and Vanquish studio’s president and CEO Tatsuya Minami also gave brief mention of a new vision for the Japanese company it has called Platinum Next. …
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