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Future of studio in question as King prepares to shut down latest title this October
Read More »New campaign launched to grow Turkey’s indie scene
Promotion will raise awareness of government support available to games developers
Read More »Seeing Red: The rise of CD Projekt and The Witcher
The Witcher III: Wild Hunt developer CD Projekt Red took home four prizes from this year’s Develop Awards, including the coveted Studio of the Year title. Game director Konrad Tomaszkiewicz tells James Batchelor how the team has evolved with every game it releases
Read More »New audio-centric game jam aims to raise money for leading blindness charity
Competition challenges devs to create titles that are fully playable through sound alone
Read More »Layoffs at King’s Z2Live studio
Unknown number of jobs cut from support and marketing teams
Read More »Unity helps set up diverse speaker database WISER
New initiative aims to raise the profile of female speakers available for conferences
Read More »Unofficial Pokémon Uranium pulled by creators
It took almost a decade to develop and was only available for just a few days: fan project Pokmon Uranium is no longer available to download. Interestingly, this is not the result of cease and desist from Nintendo, although the platform holder has had an impact. In a statement, the …
Read More »Creators pull Pokémon Uranium ahead of Nintendo legal action
Developers say they “respect Nintendo’s wishes deeply”
Read More »‘Diversity quotas don’t address the root of the problem – we need leadership transformation’
Her Interactive’s Megan Gaiser says many studios need to “fundamentally reimagine how they do business”
Read More »TabTale tops one billion downloads
Israeli-based mobile developer also has more than 40m monthly active users in kids market
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