According to Gameinformer, director of the acclaimed series Assassin’s Creed Patrice Désilets has left Ubisoft and the video games industry on June 11 to take a “creative break.” Désilets played a pivotal role Ubisoft Montreal’s existence since the studio’s inception. He also played an instrumental role in the Prince of Persia series across multiple platforms. […]
Already working deals with 7-Eleven and Facebook, social games maker Zynga has announced yet another major deal, this time with Yahoo! and its global network of sites. Users of Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! Messenger, Yahoo! Games and others will be able to play Zynga games and update their respective gamer data, extending the reach of the […]
After finally gaining legal grounds for bankruptcy, Midway Entertainment has been finalizing all its old debt with its many creditors and holders. The biggest settlement of note is former majority stakeholder Sumner Redstone, Chairman of Viacom. An suit was originally filed against the media mogul for supposed “harm to the company” his stock sale did, […]
Midway Games has been in the process of bankruptcy for a while now, since their declaration in February of last year, to be precise. But progress has been made, as the company has just recently won court approval for asset liquidation last Friday by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Gross. The company has already sold the […]