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Viral content website BuzzFeed has announced it is forming a team of developers that will create casual games specifically for the site, according to VentureBeatreports thatBuzzFeed’s VP of product Chris Johanesen said the company wants people not to just consume media through the site but engage with it as well, …
Read More »Voting for 2014 GamesAid partner charities opens
Industry raises record funding, which will be split between five chosen charities
Read More »Ninja Theory is helping develop Disney Infinity 2.0
UK studio Ninja Theory has been revealed as yet another studio contributing to Disney’s best-selling toy-and-game title Disney Infinity. The Cambridge-based dev, best known for its own IP Heavenly Sword, is one of several studios working on sequel Disney Infinity 2.0 and was brought in to help refine the combat …
Read More »BuzzFeed’s $50m funding for casual games
Viral content site expansion adds games to its strategy
Read More »Blizzard hires Hearthstone player as associate designer
Pro player Ryan Masterson employed by studio to help design updates to popular card game
Read More »190 temporary QA jobs cut at Nintendo Europe
Platform holder moving QA and localisation to outsourcing model
Read More »Ninja Theory working on Disney Infinity 2.0
Heavenly Sword and Hellblade studio handling combat, villains and Princess Jasmine
Read More »Develop Live: Amazon talks HTML5 vs Unity
Retail and platform giant will discuss web development tools at October conference
Read More »Last chance to nominate for Game Connection Awards
Initiative previously known as Selected Projects expands to ten categories
Read More »Rovio boss steps down
CEO of Angry Birds studio Mikael Hed moving into animation and movies
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