Many media conglomerates have already made their mark in the game studio community, but giant among giants News Corp. has been conspicuously absent from the fray, until now. While the firm does own IGN, it has taken its first real step into the production side of the industry with its recent acquisition of social games […]
Hideo Kojima is no stranger to risk, having practically pioneered a new genre of action games in an era of arcade conformity. The developer has since made a tradition of stretching both the hardware and aesthetic capabilities of the medium with each new release, and weathering significant apprehension from the consumers in the process. But […]
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 […]
In-game advertisements has usually been the bane of many gamer’s existence, but Kojima Productions has always had a sense of humor about the proceedings. From majorly featuring an iPod in Guns of the Patriots, to the recent reveal of information on Peace Walker‘s advertisements, lead designer Hideo Kojima has stated that the campaigns are always […]