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Ubisoft takes a year off from releasing Assassin's Creed games
Ubisoft takes a year off from releasing Assassin's Creed games
Ubisoft published a brief blog post today ahead of its latest earnings report to announce that it won't be releasing a major Assassin's Creed game this year as it is "reexamining" the franchise.
Feb. 11, 2016
Quantum Break comes to Windows 10 amid Microsoft's cross-platform push
Quantum Break comes to Windows 10 amid Microsoft's cross-platform push
Remedy's upcoming Xbox One game Quantum Break will now see a concurrent release on Windows 10, and folks who pre-order the Xbox One version will get a copy of the Windows 10 version for free.
Feb. 11, 2016
Anonymous Wants Saudi Arabia Out from Olympics for Battering Human Rights
Anonymous Wants Saudi Arabia Out from Olympics for Battering Human Rights
The Online Hacktivist Anonymous Demands Exclusion of Saudi Arabia from Olympics for Battering Human Rights
Feb. 10, 2016
Road to the IGF: KO_OP's GNOG
Road to the IGF: KO_OP's GNOG
"Everything had shaders and lighting but it didn't quite look like what I wanted. So I tried to make it look as close as possible to my 2D art. That's where we decided to remove lighting."
Feb. 10, 2016
Get a job: Torn Banner seeks a Generalist Game Programmer
Get a job: Torn Banner seeks a Generalist Game Programmer
Chivalry: Medieval Warfare studio Torn Banner is looking to hire a generalist game programmer to join the team at its Toronto, Ontario office and work on (among other things) an Unreal Engine 4 game.
Feb. 10, 2016
Spend a day sharpening your level design skills at GDC 2016
Spend a day sharpening your level design skills at GDC 2016
From the remarkable wilderness of Firewatch to how level designers are adapting their skills to the world of VR game development,Here's a preview of the Level Design In A Day tutorial which will help kick off GDC 2016 in San Francisco next month.
Feb. 10, 2016
Slow Burn: Environment and mood in Firewatch
Slow Burn: Environment and mood in Firewatch
Firewatch's environment presents players with a diverse palette of emotion suited to every mood. When it needs to be vast and hopeful, it is. When it needs to be claustrophobic and foreboding, it is.
Feb. 10, 2016
Kongregate's web platform hits 100,000 games landmark
Kongregate's web platform hits 100,000 games landmark
Kongregate's web game platform has now played host to over 100,000 games since its inception nine years ago, the company has revealed.
Feb. 10, 2016
Leading PlayStation VR developer Dave Ranyard leaves Sony
Leading PlayStation VR developer Dave Ranyard leaves Sony
One of Sony's leading virtual reality developers, Dr. Dave Ranyard, has left the company to pursue an independent career in the industry.
Feb. 10, 2016
Gabe Newell and Palmer Luckey lead Vision Summit 2016 line-up
Gabe Newell and Palmer Luckey lead Vision Summit 2016 line-up
Unity has announced the speaker line-up for Vision Summit 2016, a new "developer driven" event designed to teach attendees about emerging VR and AR technologies.
Feb. 10, 2016
Zynga finishes a transitional 2015 with losses and mobile growth
Zynga finishes a transitional 2015 with losses and mobile growth
Desktop is way down, but mobile is up by about the same measure; no new games meant the company lost users, but it managed to stem the tides as it moves to tackle 2016.
Feb. 10, 2016
Episodic triple-A will work, so expect more games to do it, says Hitman dev
Episodic triple-A will work, so expect more games to do it, says Hitman dev
Hans Seifert, head of Io Interactive: "Whenever we ship a game we think it's the best possible Hitman game we could have done. ... But, you know what? That's not always true."
Feb. 10, 2016