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Another two longstanding Infinity Ward employees have left the beleaguered Modern Warfare studio. Experienced programmer Jon Shiring and lead designer Mackey McCandlish have separately confirmed they have quit the studio – with both departing in the wake of a destructive legal row between Activision and two Infinity Ward co-founders. Shiring …
Read More »Rockstar responds to dev accusations
Rockstar Games has finally spoken on the record about accusations that the working atmosphere at its San Diego studio were cruch-heavy. A statement posted on its official reader response blog conceded that there are ‘challenges’ in games development, but that it was ‘saddened’ some staff felt under too much pressure. …
Read More »More Natal details revealed in Feb
Microsoft has today confirmed it will reveal more details about its Project Natal 360 peripheral to developers at its Gamefest conferences this February. The news follows our reports the firm is currently touring studios to spur Natal support and hiring developers to make new first-party games for the new peripheral. …
Read More »Mortal Kombat devs seeking Midway split
Reports are claiming that the development team behind Mortal Kombat franchise are in active talks with other publishers” over a possible split from current publisher Midway and the formation of a new studio. Kotaku reports that the 50-strong team were pushed into the move for, amongst other reasons, the withholding …
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