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Following yesterday’s announcement that Bethesda has moved on from Skyrim’s post-launch development, the studio has released a teaser of what it has moved on to. A brief clip was posted on Bethesda’s twitter account earlier today, flashing different images such as a spinning old record, sheet music and barb wire. …
Read More »Sequels in decline – why the industry needs new IP
We’re now ten weeks into 2013 and so far it’s been a dreary start to the year. Plenty of new releases have topped the charts, but they haven’t performed well enough to stop total sales declining by more than 20 per cent year-on-year. Obviously retailers still have long-tail sellers like …
Read More »Take-Two eyes mobile push, has extensive pipeline of unannounced games
Take-Two will look to bring its core gaming franchises to smartphones and tablets; claiming it has a long line of unannounced games as well. Speaking at the Wedbush Transformational Technologies Management Access Conference, COO Karl Slatoff touched on the publisher’s mobile strategy going forward. "As long as technology continues to …
Read More »THQ Montreal making new IP for new owner Ubisoft
Ubisoft has officially confirmed its acquisition of THQ Montreal. With it comes the publishing rights to the Obsidian-developed RPG South Park: The Stick of Truth as well as a new, yet-to-be announced IP in development” at the former THQ studio. This deal adds experienced developers to our internal creative teams …
Read More »Microsoft Vancouver renamed Black Tusk Studios, is working on new triple-A franchise
The developer formerly named as Microsoft Game Studios Vancouver has a new name – Black Tusk Studios. Being a first-party studio at Microsoft means having both the mandate and the opportunity to think and act big,” the official website reads. All of Microsoft’s studios share the same commitment to innovation …
Read More »Start-up Special: A matter of ownership
Develop enlists Alex Tutty to help your new studio understand the bewildering world of IP law
Read More »Söderlund: The day EA stops doing new IP is the day we go on life support
INTERVIEW:Patrick Soderlund is not your usual EA exec. While the likes of Riccitiello and Moore are famously focused, fierce and have an FMCG background, the Swedish label boss worked his way up from a role at developer DICE, acquired by EA in 2006, to eventually oversee all of the EA …
Read More »BioWare plots Mass Effect sequel and new IP
Developer to build brand new game from the ground-up with its own tech
Read More »Insomniac developing new IP, Fuse
Speculation suggests that title is the new name for Overstrike
Read More »Building a blockbuster: Assassin’s Creed 3
Ubisoft Montreal creative director Alex Hutchinson discusses the virtues of existing franchises versus new IP
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