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Read More »Controlling virtual reality
Develop asks the experts how to offer the best gaming experience in VR
Read More »VIDEO: Rebellion is bringing back Atari tank title Battlezone as VR game
UK developer Rebellion is reviving Atari tank combat game Battlezone as a virtual reality title. The firm – best known for its Sniper Elite series – is rebooting the classic title for a variety of VR hardware. So far, Battlezone is confirmed for PlayStation 4 and PC, meaning we’ll probably …
Read More »The key lessons Rebellion learned from self-publishing Zombie Army Trilogy
In the fourth and final part of his regular column, Rebellion CEO Jason Kingsley shares his insights from the launch of his first self-published console game, Zombie Army Trilogy The early results are in for Zombie Army Trilogy, Rebellion’s first self-published console title. I’m pleased to say we are on …
Read More »Insight: Managing retail and going global with your self-published game
In part three of Jason Kingsley’s regular column on self-publishing, the Rebellion CEO discusses the workload pressures that come with going alone, and how to structure those important deals Self-publishing involves a lot more complexity than work for hire. With work for hire you normally have one deal with one …
Read More »The practicalities of self-publishing and project timing
In the second of a four-part series of articles, Rebellion CEO shares his insight about where you should invest your time and effort Adapting your business to the self-publishing model requires a number of practical changes. You need someone who can handle PR, manage an internal marketing team or someone …
Read More »To self-publish or not to self-publish?
In the first of a series of pieces, Rebellion CEO and creative director Jason Kingsley discusses the Sniper Elite studio’s journey into self-publishing There are advantages and disadvantages to developers self-publishing. The complex decision as to whether we should self-publish happened over an extended period of time and a series …
Read More »Rebellion: Metacritic is irrelevant to us
UK developer decries reviews portal as an indicator of success
Read More »Kingsley: Metacritic is irrelevant to Rebellion
There is a disconnect between games reviews and games buyers that renders Metacritic meaningless, according to Rebellion boss Jason Kingsley. The studio’s Sniper Elite series has nailed average review scores of between 77 per cent and 53 per cent, but that hasn’t stopped the last two main games in the …
Read More »A fresh apocalypse: Remastering Rebellion’s Zombie Army
Rebellion's CEO, co-founder and creative director Jason Kingsley talks us through the process of bringing its popular Sniper Elite spin-off to consoles
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