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18 Jul
In 2012, popular YouTube network The Yogscast began a Kickstarter campaign for a sandbox game called Yogventures. It raised $570,000 and went into development at indie studio Winterkewl Games. Now, Eurogamer reports that Winterkewl is in danger of going out of business, and the project has been cancelled. “As you may have heard, Winterkewl Games […]
17 Jul
Ubisoft has hired Michael ‘Frosti’ Zernow to serve as the “chief parkour officer” to improve the “authenticity and accuracy” of the free running mechanics in the Assassin’s Creed franchise. Zernow is part of Tempest Freerunning, a group of world-class free runners, but he has also performed in motion capture sessions for video games, according to […]
17 Jul
Vivendi executives considered firing Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick last May over the sale of Vivendi’s stake back to Activision, Bloomberg reports. Translated emails from a June court filing that alleges Kotick threatened to quit if director’s did not allow him to lead an investor group which bought out most of Vivendi’s stock for $8.2 […]
16 Jul
A group of former Infinity Ward developers have formed a new studio called Reload Studios, and they plan to release a virtual reality shooter in 2015. The studio has been co-founded by James Chung and Taehoon Oh. Two other Infinity Ward devs, Pete Blumel and Hougant Chen are also joining the studio, along with Disney […]