30 Dec
Microsoft has announced the two titles that will be available during the month of January, 2014 as part of its Games With Gold program.
From January 1st to January 15th, 2014, Xbox Live Gold members will be able to download Sleeping Dogs from United Front Games. An open world crime drama set in Hong Kong. From January 16th to January 31st, 2014, Gold members will be able to get the co-op puzzle platformer Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light.
(via Polygon)
24 Dec
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20 Dec
Oculus VR has announced that former Electronic Arts executive David De Martini has joined the company as the head of worldwide publishing.
“What I’m doing at Oculus, it’s not particularly different from what I did for seven years at EA as part of the EA Partners program,” De Martini told Gamasutra, in part. “I’m figuring out how to partner effectively with big developers, small developers, all the way down to the individual who just wants to make something great for the Rift.”
De Martini was group general manger of EA Partners, maintaining deals with developers including Epic, Crytek and Harmonix. He stepped down in March 2011, when he became senior vice president of global e-commerce at the company.
(via CVG)
20 Dec
Earlier today, GameFront acquired an internal email from Red 5 Studios’ VP of development James Macauley revealing that the Red 5 board of directors had voted to remove co-founder Mark Kern from his role as Chief Executive Officer.
“Today, the Red Studios Board of Directors met and after deliberation have decided that Mark Kern will no longer be the Chief Executive Officer or on the Board of Red 5 Studios,” Macauly’s email reads, in part. “Effective immediately Mark will no longer have any authority to act for or on behalf of Red 5 Studios.”
The company has since confirmed the news to GameFront in an email from Red 5 producer Matt DeWald. “As of Thursday, December 19th, Mark Kern is no longer the Chief Executive Officer of Red 5 Studios,” DeWald wrote, in part. “Mark founded Red 5 Studios in 2006 to provide exceptional game entertainment along with a world-class team of developers working on the MMO Shooter, Firefall. Red 5 Vice President of Development, James Macauley, will be moving into the role of acting CEO.”
DeWald also stated that the studio will continue to work on its massively multiplayer online shooter Firefall, and “looks forward to all that we have to offer in 2014.”
(via Polygon)