Former PopCap Games manager Avery Alix, along with Eric Olsen and Christopher Langmuir have announced they are forming a new mobile studio called Fixer Studios. The studio will be employing “a constantly fluctuating workforce of veteran volunteers,” a model inspired by the indie game-jam spirit. “With this model, developers are able to share new perspectives […]
Activision will be shutting down its Call of Duty Elite service on February 28th, the company announced today. “Call of Duty Elite was designed to work with prior Call of Duty games and has begun winding down support for those titles since late last year, which ends on February 28, 2014,” Activision wrote on its […]
Remode Studios has announced it will be closing down in March, with its founders Ella Romanos and Martin Darby moving to focus on new IP projects, Games Industry International reports. Remode was founded in 2007 and has created games including Habbo Speedway for Habbo Hotel, Mortimer Beckett and Sky Cycle. “Making our own games remains […]
Sony Santa Monica has been hit by an unknown number of layoffs, IGN reports. “SCEA can confirm that we have completed a reduction in workforce at Santa Monica Studio,” the company told IGN. “This is a result of a cycle of resource re-alignment against priority growth areas within SCE WWS,” Sony added. “We do not […]