14 Jan
Greg Street, former lead systems designer on World of Warcraft, has joined Riot Games as lead game designer, according to his LinkedIn profile. Street left Blizzard last November after nearly six years at the company. As lead systems designer, Street and his team were behind the fundamentals of how World of Warcraft plays, including game […]
13 Jan
State of Decay developer, Undead Labs, has revealed it has signed a new deal to extend its development relationship with Microsoft. “I wanted to let you know we’ve signed a multi-year, multi-title agreement to extend our development relationship with Microsoft Studios,” Undead Labs founder, Jeff Strain wrote on the developer’s website, in part. “We’ll be […]
10 Jan
2K Games has confirmed to CVG that it is transferring development resources from its Prague studio to its other Czech Republic studio based in Brno. 2K Games’ Prague studio was formerly known as Illusion Softworks and developed Mafia 2. “We have relocated and consolidated our 2K Czech team from our Prague facility to centralise resources […]
10 Jan
Shortly after Steve Ballmer announced he would retire as Microsoft CEO, Ford CEO Alan Mulally reportedly was one of the front-runners to replace him. According to the Boston Globe, Mulally has withdrawn his name from consideration for the position. “I would like to end the Microsoft speculation because I have no other plans to do […]