Durham, USA – September 24th, 2012 – Funcom is excited to announce that Joel Bylos has taken the new position as Game Director on ‘The Secret World’,the company’s recently launched...
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Bohemia CEO Comments on Dev Detainment
Bohemia Interactive CEO Marek Spanel has written a letter to the gaming community regarding the detainment of two of the company’s developers while on a trip to Greece. From Marek...
Community Launches Site to Save Detained Devs
If you read yesterday’s post, you will know that two Bohemia Interactive developers were detained in Greece on charges of espionage. The game developer house, who created the Armed...
SCEA Purchases Gakai for 380 Million
Tokyo, July 2, 2012 – Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) today announced that it entered into a definitive agreement on June 30, 2012 (Japan Time) to acquire Gaikai Inc., the world’s leading...
Radical Entertainment Gets Major Staff Reduction
Looks like another talented studio is on the verge of being shutdown. Activision has laid off a major portion of Prototype developer, Radical Entertainment, staff. When reached for comment...
Tencent Acquires Minority Stake in EPIC Games
Hong Kong, June 19, 2012 – Tencent Holdings Limited (“Tencent” or the “Company”, SEHK 00700), a leading provider of Internet and mobile and telecommunications value-added services in China...
THQ Hosting E3 2012 Investor Meeting
AGOURA HILLS, Calif.– THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) today announced that THQ’s Chief Executive Officer, Brian Farrell, President, Jason Rubin, and Senior Vice President, Marketing, Richard...
Firefall Dev to Open Irish HQ
Cork, Ireland – May 30, 2012 – Red 5 Studios, an online games developer will establish its European Headquarters in Cork, creating 30 jobs in that region. Red 5 Studios is dedicated to...
THQ Announces New Pres, Leadership Restructuring
AGOURA HILLS, Calif.– THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) announced today that it has appointed Jason Rubin as President, effective immediately. Mr. Rubin, who brings to THQ 20 years of...
Wargaming.net Expanding into Korean Market
7th May, 2012 — Wargaming.net, the award-winning videogame developer and publisher, announced today that the company is entering the Korean online game market in May opening its office in...