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Microsoft has revealed it has signed on several dozen new developers for Xbox One ID@Xbox program. In a post on Xbox Wire, the company’s ID@Xbox director Chris Charla listed 65 new studios that have signed on to develop games for Xbox One through Microsoft’s self-publishing initiative. New partners include Castle …
Read More »UPDATE: Tony Hawk’s new game is a mobile exclusive
Activision’s recently teased Tony Hawk project is being developed specifically for mobile platforms, according to Hawk himself. In an interview with Bloomberg, Hawk revealed the upcoming skateboarding title would be made exclusively for mobile devices. "We’re working on a mobile game now," Hawk said. "We’re working on a game for …
Read More »The Walking Dead ‘A House Divided’ episode out next week
The second episode of The Walking Dead Season 2 will launch next week, developer Telltale has announced. The content will launch Tuesday, March 4th on PC and Mac, as well as PS3 in North America. Telltale confirmed PS3 in Europe, Xbox 360 and iOS versions would arrive at a later …
Read More »Sony closing majority of US Sony Store locations
Sony will shut down 20 of its 31 Sony Store locations in the US by the end of the year, the company has announced. The closures are part of Sony’s company-wide cost reduction efforts revealed earlier this month. A plan that will see 5,000 layoffs worldwide by March 31, 2015. …
Read More »Former Mob Wives star sues Rockstar for $40m
Mob Wives personality Karen Gravano is suing Rockstar to the tune of $40m, alleging the studio used her likeness and personal history in Grand Theft Auto V. New York Daily News reports Gravano’s suit claims Rockstar used the former reality show star’s likeness and story for the character Antonia Bottino …
Read More »Valve giving devs option to set own discounts on Steam
Steam developers can now set sales periods and discounts on their own, Valve has revealed. The news broke originally when an anonymous developer posted an image of the new tools on Reddit, with Valve subsequently confirming the leak. "As with the addition of a ‘Recently Updated’ section to Steam, this …
Read More »Sony Santa Monica suffers layoffs
God of War developer Sony Santa Monica has been hit with a round of layoffs, Sony Computer Entertainment of America has confirmed. The publisher told IGN a reduction in workforce took place yesterday at the SoCal-based development studio, stating the cuts are the result of resource re-alignment. "SCEA can confirm …
Read More »Sony reveals Lego The Hobbit PS3 bundle for North America
A new PlayStation 3 bundle featuring Lego The Hobbit is heading stateside this spring, Sony has announced. Detailed on the US PlayStation Blog, the bundle will pack a 500 GB PS3 and a copy of the upcoming Lego title covering Peter Jackson’s first two films in The Hobbit trilogy for …
Read More »King withdraws ‘candy’ trademark application in US
Candy Crush Saga studio King has withdrawn its attempt to trademark the world candy” in the US. Kotaku originally spotted the reversal, with King later clarifying that it pulled the trademark application after it successfully acquired the preliminary rights to the phrase candy crusher.” "King has withdrawn its trademark application …
Read More »Rogen and Goldberg to co-direct Console Wars film adaptation
Comedy writers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are set to write and co-direct a movie adaptation of Blake J. Harris’s upcoming book, Console Wars. Rogen and Goldberg’s credits include penning the scripts of comedy films Superbad and Knocked Up. Polygonfurther reports that Sony Pictures will assist with the development of …
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