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This year’s FIFA instalment will be the first built on the Frostbite 3 engine, EA has announced. The football series made the leap to the freshly-built Ignite engine in 2013, alongside the launch of the PS4 and Xbox One consoles. The publisher has now confirmed that FIFA 17 will run …
Read More »EA Vancouver switches engine from Ignite to Frostbite for FIFA 17
Studio to harness tech currently used in Battlefield, Star Wars Battlefront, Mirror’s Edge Catalyst, Dragon Age, Mass Effect and Need for Speed
Read More »Diablo III director Jay Wilson quits Blizzard after 10 years
Move also marks a departure from the games industry, as he returns to ‘pursue my original passion: writing’
Read More »Hard Reset Redux faces ‘downgrade’ accusations
The developer of Hard Reset Redux has addressed concerns that the remastered first-person shooter has suffered a visual ‘downgrade’ from the original game. Flying Wild Hog was attacked onRedditand theSteam forumsby a number of players unhappy with what they perceived as ‘lackluster’ visuals. The new Dynamic system used in Redux …
Read More »‘This is the indie developer narrative no one talks about’: In conversation with Variable State
In 2014, a studio staffed by a pair of Rockstar, Rare and EA alumni burst onto the scene with Virginia, an interactive drama inspired by cult TV shows. Then, just as quickly, it vanished. Jonathan Burroughs re-emerges to discuss Variable State’s media blackout, growing ambitions for its debut and the importance of your collaborators cooking their own eggs
Read More »Flying Wild Hog responds to Hard Reset Redux ‘downgrade’ accusations
Graphical changes include switch from baked ambient occlusion to dynamic SSA and removal of image sharpening in post-processing filter, but studio confirmed it is examining claims of missing particle and lighting effects
Read More »Frontwire signs publishing deal with Valve for unofficial ‘Battlefront 3’
Dev states that legal complications over Star Wars IP will be bypassed due to classification of Galaxy in Turmoil as a ‘parody’
Read More »Battleborn’s lead writer quits Gearbox
The lead writer for Gearbox’s recently-released shooter Battleborn has left the studio. Aaron Linde joined Gearbox in late 2013, having previously worked as a narrative design consultant on Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor with Monolith. Gonna be hauling back up to the pacific northwest in a week or so for an …
Read More »Battleborn lead writer exits Gearbox
Aaron Linde previously worked on Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor and Gears of War 3
Read More »Lillith Ltd cancels PT spiritual successor Allison Road
Indie effort inspired by canned Konami horror game halted its Kickstarter campaign in October after securing backing from Team 17
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