According to a report out of GameIndustry.biz (registration required), Team Bondi has packed up shop and moved to ally itself with fellow Sydney-based production company Dr. D Studios. Rumors surrounding the move suggest that Rockstar’s disowning of the studio left it with little friends in the game industry, leaving it to go into film work […]
Suddenly all these sackboy costumes are making sense. In a recent retrospective panel on the company, the founders of Media Molecule revealed that the original plan for LittleBigPlanet was to release the game with a free to play market strategy. Then-Sony executive Phil Harrison first approached the Media Molecule team with the concept, although it […]
We’re not exactly sure if the guys at CCP know what the term “Free To Play” means. The developer behind the upcoming Dust 514 announced an initial “cover charge” for the first-person shooter, expected to be around $10-20. The one-time fee is to cover the costs of the game’s initial launch and support, and CCP […]
The interview that has lead to an official IGDA investigation into the workplace conditions at Team Bondi have had a secondary effect that looks to be just as much a backwards step for the Australian developer. GameIndustry.biz (registration required for full article) is reporting via anonymous sources that Rockstar North has led a successful effort […]