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Infinity Ward lead and Activision employee Robert Bowling has stepped down from his position as Call of Duty creative strategist. "Today, I resign from my position as Creative Strategist of Call of Duty, as a lead of Infinity Ward, and as an employee of Activision," Bowling stated onTwitter. He leaves …
Read More »Adventure Time DS game in the works
Pendleton Ward has announced a game adaptation of his hit cartoon series Adventure Time is in development for Nintendo DS. The Adventure Time DS game will release later this year sometime,” Pendleton Ward announced on Twitter (via Tiny Cartridge). I’m gonna be working on it with WayForward Technologies.” WayForward Technologies …
Read More »Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion confirmed for 3DS
Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion, a handheld tie-in of Disney’s recently announced console sequel Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two, has been revealed for 3DS. A preview in the latest issue of Nintendo Power (via NWR) confirms earlier reports regarding the yet to be officially announced title. The game …
Read More »Bioshock film loses director
Negotiations for the movie adaptation of BioShock have seen very little forward movement since its reveal back in 2008. Now the film appears to have taken another step back with the loss of its second director in four years. Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, who signed on to direct after Gore Verbinski …
Read More »Silent Hill: Book of Memories on Vita delayed
Silent Hill: Book of Memories will miss its March 27th release date, and it appears it’ll be months before we see the survival horror franchise’s debut on the PS Vita. Online retailers Amazon and Gamefly have both listed a May 31st placeholder release for the title, but at the moment …
Read More »Zynga CEO teases Xbox support
Social games behemoth Zynga has indicated it may be working toward bringing their titles onto Xbox 360. In an interview with Giga OM, CEO Mark Pincus explained that Zynga is currently developing cloud support for its games across multiple devices, potentially including Xbox. "Right now we are building back-end technology, …
Read More »Stardock consumer report explains sale of Impulse
Developer, publisher, and former distributor Stardock has provided extensive information on their sale of PC digital games outlet Impulse. Stardock CEO Brad Wardell cites three reasons for the decision to sell their distribution arm to retail titan GameStop. It was consuming the rest of the company…The Games unit wanted to …
Read More »Minecraft XBLA dated for May, Arcade Next revealed
Microsoft has revealed a launch date for the upcoming Xbox Live Arcade edition of Minecraft. As promised, Play XBLA has the goods on the 360 version’s release date along with some other notable info. The port of the PC megahit will be out on May 9th, and will run you …
Read More »Draw Something dev OMGPOP acquired by Zynga
OMGPOP, developer of the popular and addictive Pictionary style app Draw Something, has been acquired by Zynga. The social and online games publisher officially announced the news after a day or two of widespread speculation on the potential acquisition. "The OMGPOP team has created a game that’s fun, expressive and …
Read More »Blizzard and NetEase renew WoW licence deal
Blizzard and NetEase have announced a renewed licensing agreement to operate World of Warcraft in China. The new deal takes care of any potential concerns ahead of the upcoming launch of Mists of Pandaria, the fourth major expansion for the MMO. The companies originally came together back in 2009, with …
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