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Nearly 300 staff laid off at creator of toy-to-life series, with Disney Interactive to no longer self-publish games
Read More »Creators of the Dark Souls comic on why more devs should consider bringing their games to the page
Artist Alan Quah and writer George Mann reveal what makes a game suitable for adaptation, the pressure of working with beloved IP and what Dark Souls and Marvel have in common
Read More »‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’: ArcticPlay on going ‘free forever’ with Hoodrip
ArcticPlay commercial director Totti Nyberg explains why the studio adopted a completely new approach to free-to-play for the mobile skateboarding title
Read More »The Develop Post-Mortem: The Room Three
Fireproof Games’ The Room trilogy has been a critical hat-trick, stacking up accolades for its brainteasing puzzles, detailed visuals and intuitive touch controls. Barry Meade takes Develop through the creation of the series’ latest effort
Read More »Riot Games’ social systems lead designer departs
Jeffrey Lin led efforts to combat toxic player behaviour in League of Legends
Read More »Daybreak opens submissions for $10,000 Gamers In Real Life scholarship
Prize open to any undergraduate student studying games, with an eight-week internship at the H1Z1 studio included
Read More »Testronic expands Warsaw QA and testing offices
50 per cent boost in size means capacity now stands at more than 550 stations
Read More »PayPal to drop Purchase Protection for crowdfunding payments
Updated policy means payment service will no longer provide a safety net for unfulfilled campaigns
Read More »Develop Studio Sales Charts: Dark Souls III sends From Software soaring in April
EA Canada follows in second place thanks to EA Sports UFC 2, while Remedy Entertainment manages just fifth despite the success of Quantum Break
Read More »Activision joins US military veteran employment initiative
Participation in Joining Forces programme will see former military staff comprise three per cent of new hires over the next five years at Call of Duty studio
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