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Vision Summit will be held in Hollywood in February 2016
Read More »Pixel Toys secures Warhammer licence
New partnership with Games Workshop sees Leamington studio developing Warhammer 40k: Freeblade
Read More »Ex-BioWare devs cancel Mooncrest Kickstarter
But another, more detailed crowdfunding campaign is planned
Read More »GitHub releases new GitHub Desktop application
New software works across OS X and Windows for replaces previous, separate versions
Read More »Woolfe dev Grin files for bankruptcy, puts IP up for sale
“It’s done, there is no way back. We tried, we failed.”
Read More »‘Giving dinosaurs feathers is stressful,’ says Ark: Survival Evolved studio
Studio Wildcard discusses the difficulties of creating scientifically accurate dinos
Read More »Gree’s COO: Don’t build studios, buy them
'I’ve found that building a studio from scratch doesn’t correlate strongly with having that team’s first game be successful'
Read More »Gree: Don’t build studios, buy them
Mobile games giant Gree believes that establishing a new studio from scratch is more costly in the long run than acquiring them. Speaking to MCV @ Gamescom, COO Andrew Sheppard said that it’s tough to find success in the free-to-play market with a brand new team. The general belief at …
Read More »Devs must learn to tackle more serious issues in their games, says Ninja Theory co-founder
'If you’re serious about games being a medium, there is no defendable argument that we shouldn’t be doing this'
Read More »Ark: Survival Evolved dev: ‘Putting feathers on dinosaurs is stressful’
Scientists propose that dinosaurs likely had feathers – but Studio Wildcard says it will continue to focus on scaly lizards because feathers are ‘really hard to do’. In its dinosaur adventure game, Ark: Survival Evolved, players hunt and tame dinosaurs. But despite recent scientific discoveries, and countless messages from hardcore …
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