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Japanese gaming firm Gree International has shut down its studio in Vancouver, Canada, laying off all staff and discontinuing development on all of the team’s projects. The studio’s closure followsa poor financial year for Gree. Andrew Sheppard, the firm’s Western COO, added that the company’s resources are stretched too thin …
Read More »How to make your characters stand out
Developers and artists share their experience of creating iconic characters
Read More »Ubisoft pledges key brand to virtual reality
Ubisoft has shown more enthusiasm for virtual reality, teasing that it is currently developing titles for the new technology that will be based on its hit franchises. During this week’s quarterly earnings call, CEO Yves Guillemot discussed the potential for virtual reality and said it will have a few titles …
Read More »Ubisoft bringing its biggest brands to virtual reality
VR Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry could be seen as early as next year
Read More »‘Small’ number of layoffs hit Hardline’s Visceral Games
Visceral Games has suffered a small number of layoffs as the studio’s focus shifts to new projects. We made a small staffing change in our Visceral studio today to support the needs of the studio’s two currently development priorities: content for Battlefield Hardline Premium and an unannounced Star Wars project,” …
Read More »Gree closes Vancouver studio
Mobile giant cancels all projects to focus on its biggest franchises
Read More »‘Small staffing change’ means layoffs for Visceral Games
Battlefield Hardline studio losses staff members as team focuses on DLC and Star Wars
Read More »Unity Technologies hires chief people officer
Former LinkedIn and Microsoft exec Elizabeth Brown to oversee hiring and talent development
Read More »New plugin adds Perforce Helix to Unity 5
Perforce enables cloud-powered cross-platform version control and security features in Unity’s newest engine
Read More »Cities: Skylines studio CEO to keynote Unite Europe 2015
Mariina Hallikainen and Unity boss John Riccitiello open 30 hours of sessions
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