Industry
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1.8KTencent now owns 40 percent of Epic Games
Tencent has purchased 48.4 percent of Epic Games’ issued share capital, which equates to owning 40 percent of the total Epic Games...
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2.2KNvidia’s Jen-Hsun Huang demos “Face Works” rendering technology on the Geforce Titan GPU – video inside
If you want to have a look at what’s coming (hopefully, soon) to your console or PC in the future, Nvidia has...
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1.6KUnity development platform coming to PS4, Vita, PS Mobile and Sony’s cloud gaming service
Here’s some news for those of you who are into the indie gaming scene. Unity, at this point the premiere game engine...
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2.2KPlanetside 2 patched, adds virtual reality training center
Planetside 2 continues with the major updates to their MMOFPS. The latest patch adds a tremendous amount of bugfixes and general updates,...
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1.6KMike Capps Announces Change in Plans, Complete Withdrawal from Epic Games
Dr. Mike Capps, Ph.D., the auspicious, driving force behind Epic Games in his role as president, announced today via Facebook that he had...
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1.5KJason West leaves Respawn Entertainment
Apparently Jason West–co-creator of Call of Duty and co-founder of Respawn Entertainment–has left his Respawn team back in May. It has been...
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2.1K[UPDATED] EA scraps Dead Space 4, citing disappointing sales
EA has cancelled development of Dead Space 4, which had been in pre-production at Visceral Studios and Visceral Montreal. Their reasoning? Dead...
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1.7KSoftKinect to showcase new Gesture Recognition and Control at Mobile World Congress
Today begins the Mobile World Congress 2013, and it would appear that there could be some new things in the works when...
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1.4KBlack Thursday continues–EA lays off employees in L.A., Montreal
A rough day continues in the gaming industry. As though layoffs at IGN, 1UP, UGO, and Gamespy weren’t bad enough, we learned...
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1.5KIGN hit hard by layoffs, shutting down 1UP, GameSpy and UGO
IGN will be laying off an unknown number of employees today, as a result of decisions made by parent company Ziff Davis....
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2.3KUnreal Engine 4 “Elemental” running in real-time on PS4
You know who ruled the Xbox 360 / PS3 / and most recent PC titles? Unreal Engine 3. Know what’s going to...
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1.4KWargaming acquires Gas Powered Games
The folks behind World of Tanks and World of Warplanes, Wargaming, have acquired Gas Powered Games! Not only did they pick up...
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1.7KMichel Ancel, Rayman Legends devs protest launch delay
Didn’t I tell you that an exlusive Rayman Legends demo for Wii U wouldn’t be enough to placate fans upset about the...
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2.7KAmericans spent 14.8 billion dollars on games in 2012 – down from 16.34 billion in 2011
Consumers spent $14.8 billion dollars on video game content last year, according to a press release from the NPD group, an independent...
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1.7KFree-to-play action game Akaneiro: Demon Hunters launches
Akaneiro: Demon Hunters, the game with the somewhat confusing kickstarter status, is now live. With 68 hours left on the kickstarter as...
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2.4KFree to play Wizardry Online MMO launches
Heads up, old-school (or just plain old) gamers – Wizardry Online is now open and ready to play! Selling itself as “the...
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1.3KBiggest threat to Valve’s hardware plans is Apple, not consoles, says Newell
Gabe Newell’s vision for Valve’s entry into the hardware market continues to take shape. Polygon reports on a recent talk where Newell explained...
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1.3KEpic Mickey studio Junction Point officially closed
It’s been a sad few weeks for game developers, with the layoffs at Gas Powered Games, the entire THQ debacle, and now...
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1.4KCrytek to open new studio in Austin, TX, headed by Ex-Vigil manager
Maybe there’s a light at the end of this tunnel after all. After THQ’s asset auction last week, it seemed like Darksiders...
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1.6KGameStop halting growth for at least two years
It looks like the unstoppable video game retail juggernaut GameStop is slowing its pace down a bit. Destructoid has reported that GameStop...
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1.9KTHQ sells off assets, as reported in final letter to THQ employees
It’s a sad day for game development, but it appears this mess with THQ might finally be over. According to Kotaku, a...
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1.6KAtari filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US
Bloomberg News is reporting that the gaming giant of the past Atari is throwing in the towel and seeking to declare bankruptcy. I’d...
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2.3KGas Powered Games Shuts Down
In another bit of disappointing industry news, Kotaku is reporting that Gas Powered Games has closed down its offices. We’ve heard from...
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1.9KGuild Wars 2 to add cross-server guesting on January 28
Hot on the heels of the upcoming Guild Wars 2 development plans comes a bit of more concrete information. Guesting – the ability...
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1.8KArenaNet’s Colin Johanson on upcoming plans for Guild Wars 2
For a game that has no monthly fee and is pretty light on the cash shop kind of experience, Guild Wars 2...
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1.5KThe Walking Dead hits Retail
It is a fantastic turn of events in our industry that an episodic title has managed to earn Game of the Year. ...
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2.1KLayoffs at Zynga
There are confirmed layoffs of around 100 employees at the Zynga offices in Austin, and unconfirmed reports of simultaneous layoffs at the...
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1.2KGet ready – we are getting an Assassin’s Creed Movie!!
With Michael Fassbender attached, and New Regency set to partner up with Ubisoft Motion Pictures, we have now have an official announcement...
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1.0KSony announces 2000 layoffs
It’s a tough day for folks working at Sony – today we see the announcement that they’ve unfortunately had to lay off...
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1.7KCliff Bleszinski Resigns from Epic Games
Cliff Bleszinski, creative force behind Xbox juggernaut Gears of War, has resigned from Epic Games. A blog post on Epic Games’ website...
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1.6KBioWare Founders Retiring
As spotted on the BioWare blog, Drs. Muzyka and Zeschuk say they plan to retire from the company they founded. As the...
