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News Bungie Appears To Be Hiring For Its Unannounced Project
What could it be?
Last year, you might recall how the Destiny and former Halo developer Bungie was teasing something, that appeared to be tied to an unannounced project. While it seems nobody really knows exactly what is going on behind the scenes at Bungie, it's still recruiting for this new project, with a former Guild Wars 2 team member signing...
News NFL Legend John Madden Has Passed Away, Aged 85
"He will be greatly missed"
John Madden - the voice, face and name of EA's long-running Madden NFL series has passed away, aged 85. While he was known mostly as a legendary coach and broadcaster, he had a huge impact on the video game industry as well. EA's series was around on Xbox's original platform and initially got its start on the Apple II in...
News Microsoft Considering Offering Xbox Owners 'Right To Repair' Their Own Systems
Study findings will be shared next May
Microsoft will investigate the possibility of allowing consumers - including Xbox owners - to repair their own hardware. Grist reports the American tech giant has reached an agreement with the non-profit investor group 'As You Sow' - who asked the Xbox manufacturer to study the "environmental and social...
News Obsidian Was Approached By 'Another Major Publisher' Before The Microsoft Acquisition
But it wasn't the right "cultural fit" in the end
Obsidian Entertainment - known in recent years for titles like Grounded, The Outer Worlds - recently revealed the studio was approached by another publisher, prior to joining Microsoft. Speaking to GamesIndustry.biz, Obsidian's studio head, Feargus Urquhart, revealed how "another major publisher"...
News Global Chip Shortage Could Last Until 2023, Says Japanese Tech Giant
It's not good news for console makers or fans
Since the global pandemic began, there have been ongoing supply shortages in the tech industry. On the video game front, companies like Microsoft have struggled to keep up with customer demand and scalpers haven't helped, either. Even after last year's launch, the Xbox Series X is still hard to get hold...
News Electronic Arts Has Been Hit By A Cyber Attack, 780GB Of Data Allegedly Stolen
And the hackers are now trying to sell it
The third-party video game giant Electronic Arts is reportedly the latest victim of a major cyber attack. According to VICE Motherboard, hackers have managed to obtain source code and related tools used in the company's games. It's alleged 780GB of data has been taken from EA. This includes Frostbite source...
News Surprise! Free Radical Is Making A New TimeSplitters Game
Development will begin in the "coming months"
Well, here's something you probably weren't expecting to hear today - work on the next entry in the TimeSplitters series will commence in the coming months. Yes, Deep Silver has announced the formation - or should we say, reformation, of Free Radical Design to bring the "much-loved" TimeSplitters IP...
News Konami Isn't Attending E3 2021 But Has Some Key Projects In The Works
Expect an update in the coming months
Japanese company Konami - known for series such as Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill, Contra and Castlevania - has announced it won't be making an appearance at this year's E3. While it's not "ready" to present this year, it wishes the ESA all the best and intends to update its fans on a number of "key projects",...
News Square Enix Responds To Acquisition Rumours, Says It's Not For Sale
"We do not consider selling off the company"
Update: In response to Bloomberg's report, Square Enix has issued a statement to confirm that it "does not consider selling off the company or any part of its businesses," and has not received an offer from any third party. "Bloomberg has reported today that there is interest from several buyers to...
News Double Fine And iam8bit's Day Of The Devs Showcase Returning This June
As part of the Summer Game Fest
Summer Game Fest is returning this June, and will also include the 'Day of the Devs' showcase - presented by Xbox Game Studios developer Double Fine Productions (Psychonauts 2) and collectibles and production company, iam8bit. According to Geoff Keighley, it will be a "spectacular, concentrated global showcase"...
News Former Tango Gameworks Creative Director Opens Small Indie Studio
One to watch
Former Tango Gameworks creative director and art director, Ikumi Nakamura, has finally revealed her future within the video game industry now that she's moved on from the GhostWire: Tokyo developer. Her departure, as you might recall, followed just three months after her famous appearance at E3 2019. During a mini-documentary, where...
News Bungie's Employees Seem To Be Really Excited About Something
"Don’t think I have ever left a company meeting more hyped"
Odd behaviour from Bungie staff on social media over the past week has caught the attention of many fans of the company. A number of employees are simply tweeting the word "Bungie" with no context attached. Here's just one example, from Christopher Barrett - the director of an...
News 343 Strengthens Marketing Team With Halo: Point Of Light Cover Artist
Will help "promote the future of Halo"
Since the delay of Halo Infinite, 343 Industries has called on some support. It was recently discovered how The Coalition might have been helping out and last year a Bungie veteran was appointed as a project lead for the game's campaign. In the latest update, the studio has now hired
News Microsoft To Merge ZeniMax Into New Subsidiary Called 'Vault', But Only Temporarily
Update: The 'Vault' name won't be sticking around
Update: Well, this has been a confusing day. Following the discovery of the below document, another has been highlighted by UESP on Twitter (thanks RPS), this time detailing that 'Vault' won't be the permanent name for ZeniMax Media and Bethesda games under Microsoft, and that the ZeniMax name will...
News Chinese Publisher Tencent Acquires 'Minority Stake' In Dev Behind Xbox Exclusive Tell Me Why
Also known for Life is Strange
The Chinese video game giant Tencent has acquired a "minority stake" in the French studio Dontnod Entertainment. This is the same developer responsible for the Xbox and Microsoft Windows exclusive, Tell Me Why - which was published by Xbox Game Studios last year. It's also perhaps more widely known outside of this...
News Hitman 3 Studio Seeking New Agents To Help Develop Its 007 Video Game
Apply now
Developer IO Interactive - best-known for its work on the latest Hitman series and the upcoming title Hitman 3 - is hiring new agents to help develop its upcoming James Bond game, Project 007. Over on the developer's official website, it's advertising more than 10 positions for this particular project (we counted around 14, all up). There...
News Rare Recruits New Senior Graphic Designer For Sea Of Thieves
"I can't wait to work with this incredible team"
Earlier this month, Rare announced its live service game Sea of Thieves was now "bigger and better than ever" with over 15 million players to date after 1,000 days. It's not necessarily smooth sailing keeping a game like this afloat though, and that's why the team at Rare is continually hiring new...
News Respawn Entertainment Is Recruiting For A New IP
Apex Legends, Star Wars and...?
Respawn Entertainment - best-known in recent times for Apex Legends and Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order - appears to have a new IP in development. Although EA has already hinted at a sequel to Fallen Order, this seems to be for something completely different. According to a
News Xbox Rival PlayStation Pulls Cyberpunk 2077 From Its Digital Store
Update: No signs of being pulled from the Xbox Store
Update (Fri 18th Dec, 2020 11:30 GMT): CD Projekt Red has told Reuters that it hasn't been talking to Microsoft about removing Cyberpunk 2077 from the Xbox Store, so it looks like it'll remain for now.
News Phil Spencer Appearing On Game Awards Panel To Discuss Next-Gen
Tune in before the main event
The Game Awards will be streamed live on 10th December, but before then, host Geoff Keighley will be sitting down with a number of industry figures to talk about the state of gaming and what lies ahead for the next generation. Head of Xbox Phil Spencer will appear alongside Lisa Su - the president and CEO of AMD, and...
News Mass Effect And Dragon Age Veterans Announce Departure From BioWare
"It's not an easy decision to make"
BioWare GM Casey Hudson and Dragon Age executive producer Mark Darrah have announced they'll be departing. Hudson worked on The Knights of the Old Republic and was also the co-creator of Mass Effect. He's been with BioWare for nearly 20 years now, apart from a short stint with Microsoft. His plan is to try...
News Multiple Xbox Published Titles Receive Game Awards Nominations
Ori is up for three categories
The nominations for the Game Awards 2020 have been revealed and multiple categories feature titles published by Xbox Game Studios. Moon Studios' Ori and the Will of the Wisps has received a total of three nominations. The categories it's listed in is 'Best Art Direction', 'Best Score and Music' and 'Best Action /...
News Catarina Macedo Departs Xbox And Microsoft
"This is goodbye for now"
Catarina Macedo, a senior program manager at Xbox's research and development division, has announced she is leaving Microsoft. Macedo has been working under Microsoft for seven years and originally started out at the Xbox division as a program manager in 2017, quickly working her way up to a senior position. She says...
News Gears Of War Creator Says He's Got Some Ideas For A 'Little' Game
"the success of Fall Guys and Among Us give me hope"
Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski has previously mentioned how he wouldn't mind returning to the video game industry. At the start of the year, he even offered to help Microsoft out with the sixth Gears game - explaining how he had some unfinished business. Now, in a recent Facebook post...
News Crackdown 2 And Halo Dev Ruffian Games Purchased By Rockstar
Rebranded as Rockstar Dundee
Rockstar Games and its parent company Take-Two have acquired Scottish-based studio Ruffian Games - rebranding it Rockstar Dundee. The developer was formed in 2008 and is arguably best known for developing Crackdown 2, which was released on the Xbox 360 in 2010. In addition to this, it worked on multiple Kinect titles...
News Expect "The Biggest Games In The World" And More At Gamescom Opening Night Live
Show starts next week
Next week sees the return of Gamescom. Obviously, this year, it's a little bit different. Despite this, it's still set to be an action-packed period - with more than 80 partners participating including Team Xbox. The host of Gamescom Opening Night Live, Geoff Keighley, has officially kicked off pre-show hype by sharing a video...
News Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Doesn't Sound Like It's Going Anywhere For Now
Remains part of WarnerMedia
In June, a report from CNBC suggested AT&T was eager to sell its video game division Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment for around $4 billion to help wipe some of its debt. Interested parties included Take-Two, Electronic Arts, Activision-Blizzard, and a month later Microsoft was thrown into the mix. Now, in a...
News 'We Are Listening,' Says EA's Chief Studios Officer On Fan Requests
And Skate 4 is proof
This week, Electronic Arts held its EA Play Live event where it revealed new announcements, gameplay, and teasers of its next-generation video games. At the very end of this presentation, it announced the long-requested title, Skate 4. In an interview with Game
News AT&T Reportedly Looking To Offload Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Sale would include NetherRealm, Rocksteady and more
A report from CNBC suggests AT&T is eager to sell its video game division Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment for around $4 billion to help pay off some of its debt, valued at almost $200 billion. Parties that are believed to have shown interest so far include Take-Two, Electronic Arts, and...
News It's Official, This Year's Gamescom Has Been Axed - Will Be Replaced By A Digital Event
The show must go on!
As the coronavirus pandemic spreads across the globe, more events have been cancelled. On the gaming front, the latest one is Gamescom. Although E3 2020 was axed last month, "the world's biggest event for games" in Cologne, Germany was still scheduled to take place. That's all changed now that the German government has...
