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Studio previously announced that it would ‘drastically’ overhaul its development tools for sci-fi title ‘far, far bigger’ than fantasy RPG
Read More »CD Projekt revenue grows by eight times in 2015
Polish studio aiming for “two-fold” expansion of dev team, with four new teams
Read More »Star Citizen has 268-person dev team
Well over 250 developers around the globe are working on Chris Roberts’ prominent Kickstarter success story Star Citizen. The game has currently raised more than $46m and now has five studios behind it, encompassing a grand total of 268 people. This was revealed in an interview withVentureBeat, in which the …
Read More »DayZ development team to double in size
Departing creator Dean Hall says the team working on DayZ is to double. Hall broke the news via the latest DayZ update, which also promised a roadmap for the studio’s plans for the game would arrive later in 2014. "We are inducting a large number of new people to the …
Read More »Square Enix details new UK publishing team
Publisher Square Enix has promoted three long-term employees to new senior roles. Justin Gaffney is the firm’s new general manager of UK and Export. He has a 17-year career in the industry, following stints at Codemasters and Hasbro. He joined SCi Games as European sales manager before moving to Eidos …
Read More »Sony establishes third-party PlayStation production team
Sony Computer Entertainment America has launched a new third-party production team for PlayStation platforms. Headed by former LucasArts lead producer Gio Corsi, the new team will work with the firm’s publishing partners to help bring their IP to Vita, PS3 and PS4. Partners will also be able to use staff …
Read More »Blizzard ‘resets’ next-gen MMO Titan, cuts team size by 70 per cent
The next-gen MMO from the makers of World of Warcraft is now unlikely to arrive until 2016 at the earliest”. That’s according to VentureBeat which has word that Blizzard has decided to push the reset button” on the game known as Titan. It has also cut its development stream from …
Read More »Teachers get to grips with coding at Raspberry Jam
336 people attend event prompting coding know-how in the classroom
Read More »505 Games offers local cricket team chance to star in Ashes Cricket 2013
Are you a member of a local cricket team? Fancy the chance to star in 505 Games’ Ashes Cricket 2013? Then you’re in luck! The publisher has revealed a Facebook competition that allows folk to nominate any local cricket team for inclusion in the game. One UK team and one …
Read More »Koch Media revamps its UK team
European distributor Koch Media has expanded its team with a hire and a promotion at its UK arm. Richard Ives joins the firm as vendor manager. He has held a number of roles around the games industry, including a trade marketing manager position at SCEE and was an account manager …
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