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Buzz developer closed in August after 13 years
Read More »Renegade Kid co-founders split after a decade to form new studios
2D titles find a new home at Jools Watsham’s Atooi, while 3D games will move to Gregg Hargrove’s outlet Infitizmo
Read More »Starbreeze veterans form VR studio First Contact Entertainment
‘Virtual reality’s next wave will be defined by native gameplay driven by immersive story and inventive mechanics, with photo-realistic visuals’
Read More »Ex-FreeStyleGames artists open art and VFX studio The Digi Monsters
Leamington Spa-based outlet looking to partner with devs in both the games and visual effects sectors
Read More »Fast Travel Games is the new VR studio from ex-Rovio, DICE and EA devs
Rovio Stockholm founder Oskar Burman, senior development director of Frostbite Labs Kristoffer Benjaminsson and Mirror’s Edge Catalyst design director Erik Odeldahl behind venture
Read More »Square Enix’s Collective program now open to developers
Publisher Square Enix has opened its new game-pitching Collective program to all developers after completing its pilot phase. The scheme enables developers to pitch their game through the site and have their idea voted on by the community. If the idea is well-received, the publisher will then help the title …
Read More »Hearthstone open beta is live in Europe
Blizzard’s card battler Hearthstone has entered live beta in Europe. The game entered closed beta in August of last year and entered open beta in the US earlier this week. It’s been a crazy past few months for all of us on the Hearthstone team,” Blizzard said. If you didn’t …
Read More »Gamescom registration opens
Registration for this year’s Gamescom is now open. A 15 per cent discount is available on all bookings until February 17th, with organisers Koelnmesse adding that acting early means buyers will secure the premium exhibition spots. Last year’s event was attended by 635 exhibitors from 40 countries. 340,000 visitors attended, …
Read More »All 264 Blockbuster stores to continue trading as buyer is sought
Blockbuster has said that all of its 264 UK stores will continue trading for the time being while a buyer for the chain is sought. However, 32 redundancies have already been made from its UK head office. It was announced just moments ago that Blockbuster UK is to enter administration …
Read More »2013 MCV Pacific Awards – nominations now open
On 9th May this year, the industry will be gathering in Sydney for the MCV Pacific Awards, and you get to decide who’s worthy. To submit a company, game, brand or person for nomination in any of the below categories,email MCVwith the subject heading ‘Award Nomination’. Marketing Campaign of the …
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