In the news story that keeps on giving, Activision seems to be following in line with their recent comments on how they will keep staff in Infinity Ward despite a string of controversial firings and resignations. Revealed via Facebook page of a group bluntly known as “Gamers Against Bobby Kotick and Activision”, that the bonuses […]
First it was Infinity Ward’s co-founders Vince Zampella and Jason West, then lead designer Todd Alderman and lead software engineer Francesco Gigliotti left, and now John Shiring, Bruce Ferriz and Mackey McCandlish join the pack. Shiring, a programmer announced, via his twitter account, that he is resigning from the Modern Warfare developer after six years […]
Facebook games developer-guru Zynga (Mafia Wars, Farmville) recently acquired Steven Chiang, famed overseer of the Madden NFL license. The announcement was made via the blog of Mark Pincus, Zynga’s CEO.
Interviewed by Forbes magazine in preparation for the upcoming Game Developers Conference, platform manager for social network site Facebook Gareth Davis spoke on the rise and future of the social gaming front. Recently surpassing 400 million active users, the site’s new Facebook Connect platform could be a major game-building platform for major developers.