Interviewed by Forbes magazine in preparation for the upcoming Game Developers Conference, platform manager for social network site Facebook Gareth Davis spoke on the rise and future of the social gaming front. Recently surpassing 400 million active users, the site’s new Facebook Connect platform could be a major game-building platform for major developers.
Developer Rare announced plans to open a second, complementary studio at Fazeley Studios in Digbeth, Birmingham. Functioning as a “production, test, and usability site” with hopes to turn into “a world class usability lab.”
Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment and LEGO recently announced the extension of their contract, licensing the studio’s subsidiary Traveller’s Tales to make games in the brand’s distinctive yellow brick style until 2016. LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 and Star Wars III: The Clone Wars are the next games coming under the contract.
Following news earlier today that the CEO and President of Infinity Ward were fired by Activision over allegations of insubordination, Activision-Blizzard has issued a press-release that details the future of the Call of Duty series. As was announced before, Treyarch is currently working on a new installment in the series due for release later this year. […]