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2K parent company Take Two has announced it is closing its Shanghai studio. The company confirmed the above to GamesIndustry.biz, who reports that 2K China – the studio in charge of development on China-exclusive MMO Borderlands Online – has been closed. This office was home to roughly 150 members of …
Read More »Stanley Parable’s William Pugh opens new studio
A new studio has been founded by one of the core members of the team behind acclaimed indie hit The Stanley Parable. William Pugh has set up his own development house, Crows Crows Crows, and is already hard at work on his first game. Other members of the team include …
Read More »Gameloft has closed seven unprofitable studios in 2015
So far in 2015, French mobile publisher Gameloft has closed seven of its development studios. That’s according to a statement from the company’s CEO Michel Guillemot, which said that the development studios had becoming ‘unprofitable’. These closures are part of what Guillemot describes as ‘an ambitious cost reduction program’. It’s …
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Read More »Epic Games has a new UK studio
Epic Games is setting up shop in the UK, MCV’s sister site Develop has revealed. The tools and development powerhouse, known for its popular Unreal Engine as well as blockbusters like the Gears of War series, has established a UK base of operations. Epic Games UK will be led from …
Read More »Dim Bulb Games established by Gone Home co-creator
The co-founder of The Fullbright Company and co-creator of its seminal title Gone Home has formed his own studio. The new outfit for Johnnemann Nordhagen – amusingly named Dim Bulb Games (as opposed to Fullbright, see?) – will be based in San Francisco and continue to develop independent games. Nordhagen …
Read More »E3 reveal for new Sony studio Pixelopus
A new first-party Sony studio called Pixelopus is set to be revealed at E3 along with its upcoming debut game. That’s according to theNew York Times, which says the studio houses developers from a games course at the Carnegie Mellon University, where students had been working on prototype titles for …
Read More »Lionhead transforming into a ‘games-as-a-service’ studio
The upcoming Fable Legends is the first step in a process that is transforming Lionhead into a games-as-a-service studio” according to its new boss. John Needham, a veteran of Gazillion Entertainment and Cryptic, was named as Peter Molyneux’s successor at Lionhead in April of last year. Now he plans to …
Read More »Doors close at 2K’s Prague studio
2K Czech is set to close its Prague studio and will lay off a number of staff, the publisher has confirmed. As reported byEurogamer, some of the studio’s employees are being relocated to its Brno office. Ten "key" development staff from the Czech offices are also being transferred to the …
Read More »The Farm 51 announces next-gen shooter Get Even
Painkiller and Deadfall Adventures dev confirms new FPS for 2015. Polish studio, The Farm 51, has revealed Get Even will launch on PS4, Xbox One and PC. The shooter is said to mix elements of the thriller and horror genre with exploration and will fuse single-player and multiplayer together. "When …
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