30 Jul
According to Bloomberg sources, this month three executives resigned from Zynga. The executives are: John Osvald, senior vice president of games; Nathan Etter, vice president of games; and Jesse Janosov, vice president of Zynga’s casino division. TechCruch sources “familiar with the matter” later confirmed the departures. Nathan Etter has also updated his LinkedIn profile to […]
30 Jul
According to a post on its website, the Brighton-based studio, Littleloud, is shutting down. “All good things must come to an end, and after thirteen years as on of the UK’s MOST AMAZING creative game and animation studios, we have decided to take our bow and say farewell,” creative director Darren Garrett wrote, in part. […]
25 Jul
Former Blizzard, Relic Entertainment and Sony Online Entertainment developers have formed a new San Diego-based studio called Molten Games. Former senior director of global community development and eSport at Blizzard, Paul Della Bitta is Molten’s chief product officer. Blaine Smith, who was lead designer on Pox Nora for SOE and also lead designer on Company […]
24 Jul
Former head of Eidos Montreal, Stephane D’Astous, has resigned. In a statement to Develop, D’Astous said he was not able to do his job properly due to the company lacking leadership, courage and communication. “Since last year’s financial short-coming performance of Square Enix Europe, we (HQ London and GM Eidos-Montreal) have had growing and divergent […]