IRVINE, CALIFORNIA (August 7, 2013) – Oculus VR, Inc., developer of the highly anticipated Oculus Rift, today announced that legendary programmer John Carmack has joined the Oculus team as...
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EA Loses Madden Lawsuit to Developer
July 23, 2013 — After three days of deliberations, a jury in U.S. District Court in the Northern District of California today ruled in favor of Robin Antonick, the original designer...
InnoGames Shuts Down Kartuga and Studio Before Game...
Hamburg, July 16th, 2013. Today, online games publisher InnoGames and Development Studio Ticking Bomb Games announced the discontinuation of the pirate-MMO Kartuga. Simultaneously the...
Ubisoft Acquires Related Designs
SAN FRANCISCO — April 11, 2013 — Today, Ubisoft announced the acquisition of Related Designs, a leading German development studio for PC strategy games, including the critically-acclaimed...
Disney Closes LucasArts
According to Kotaku who got word through a un-named LucasArts source, Disney has shut the doors on the long-time game developer, also canceling Star Wars 1313 and Star Wars: First Assault...
John Riccitiello Leaving Electronic Arts
The Associate Press is reporting that Electronic Arts CEO, John Riccitiello, is stepping down on March 30th. The report claims the CEO, who has led EA since 2007, broke the news to the...
THQ to Sell Off Other IPs
AGOURA HILLS, Calif. — THQ Inc. (OTC: THQIQ) today announced that it will sell certain of its remaining intellectual properties (IP) via a Court-supervised sale process. Last month...
EA Los Angeles and EA Montreal Layoffs
Looks like we have more bad news for lots of people working in the video game industry today as, according to an article at Polygon, Electronic Arts has begun laying off an unspecified...
Is This the PlayStation 4 SplitShock Controller...
Some new information has surfaced about the controller for SONY’s soon-to-be announced PlayStation 4/Codename Orbis console. If true, this is a HUGE leak! If false, it is another...
Wargaming Buys Gas Powered Games
After hearing news that Gas Powered Games Chris Taylor had put the company’s Project Awakened on hold, today we have found out that the game developer has been acquired by World of...