20 Aug
Electronic Arts’ digital sales platform, Origin, now offers full refunds on EA games. Users are eligible for a refund within 24 hours of a game’s first launch. If the game has not been launched, users have seven days to apply for a refund, this is the same for those who have pre-ordered a game. EA […]
17 Aug
MMO publisher Trion Worlds confirmed to Polygon on Thursday that it is closing its European headquarters. A Trion representative said 12 employees will be laid off as a result of the closure of the Guildford, U.K. office. The employees affected include Trion Europe senior vice president and general manager John Burns, communications director Jon Goddard […]
17 Aug
Techland has confirmed they are opening a studio in Vancouver, Canada called Digital Scapes Studios, VentureBeat reports. Former Radical Entertainment technical director, Marcin Chady will take the role of managing director at the new studio. “Starting a studio in Canada opens up a wide range of new opportunities in the realm of game development,” Techland […]
16 Aug
Citing leaked internal emails from Arkane Studios’ creative director Raphael Colantonio, Kotaku reports that the Dishonored developer’s Austin branch has begun pre-production on a reboot of Prey 2. “Austin has officially been green lit for its own project,” one email reads, in part. “Doing a new IP was not a possibility because it’s adding risk […]