The ex-Capcom, now Zenimax employed auteur designer Shinji Mikami has been shedding some light on his career in interviews with Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu (via 1Up), with one of the more interesting tidbits coming to light only recently. In speaking on his entry into the game industry as a college graduate, Mikami reveals that Capcom […]
Just barely after Gran Turismo 5‘s gold disc shipped to Sony, the folks at Polyphony Digital are already preparing their next multiple year-long tease/project. Studio head Kazunori Yamauchi informed Autoweek that the soon-to-be-released game’s sequel, Gran Turismo 6 is “already underway”.
A surprising get for the recently acquisition-happy Zenimax Media (long-time home of Bethesda Softworks) was the home studio of one of Japan’s biggest auteur developers, Shinji Mikami. In a lengthy interview with Famitsu (via 1up), Mikami has given his thoughts on the buyout and its effect on his future projects.
Earlier this week, Ed Fries, a former Microsoft employee, discussed the acquisition of Rare by his ex-employers with Develop. What wasn’t known about the situation was how hard Microsoft had to fight to acquire it. A bidding war had reportedly been fought between Microsoft, Nintendo, and Activision, the latter remaining the strongest contender until internal […]