04 Apr
Molten Games, a studio founded by former Sony Online Entertainment and Blizzard veterans in July 2013, has lost its funding forcing it to lay off its entire staff, Gamasutra reports. The news originated from an anonymous source, however Gamasutra has since found further evidence including a Twitter post from the studio’s former director of technology, […]
03 Apr
Former Naughty Dog creative director Amy Hennig has joined Electronic Arts’ Visceral Games to work on an unannounced Star Wars title as creative director. “Amy has long been recognized as one of our industry’s top visionaries, and is coming off an amazing run as the Writer and Creative Director of the Uncharted franchise,” Visceral vice […]
02 Apr
Amazon has announced an Android-based media streaming box called Amazon Fire TV featuring 2GB of memory, a quad-core processor, dedicated GPU and built in Wi-Fi. The device is priced at $99 with an optional console-like controller available for $40. Those who choose to go without the controller will be able to use the included remote […]
02 Apr
Oculus VR has announced via Twitter that Valve’s Aaron Michaels has joined the company. “We’re thrilled to welcome Aaron Nicholls to the team,” the company said. “He’ll be working out of the Bellevue R&D lab with Atman and crew.” “It’s been exciting working on VR at Valve,” Nicholls said on Twitter, in part. “Can’t wait […]