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Obsidian Cancels Title in Development, Layoffs Begin

Posted on March 14, 2012 | 1 Comment
According to Gamasutra, Fallout: New Vegas developer Obsidian Entertainment has recently laid off many of its employees. The studio recently canceled its latest next-gen game, Wheel of Time, which was...
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RuneScape Developer Hires Former Xbox Marketing Veteran

Posted on March 14, 2012 | No Comments
According to GamesIndustry, RuneScape developer Jagex recently hired Simon Etchells, a former executive at Microsoft’s Xbox division. Etchells’s duties at Microsoft’s Xbox division included being the product marketing manager EMEA...
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Google Pushes Android Developers to Use Exclusive Google Wallet

Posted on March 10, 2012 | 1 Comment
According to Reuters, Google has begun to enforce their policy of using only approved payment systems on their Android platform. A Google spokesman said that their policy has not changed,...
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SecuROM DRM Being Used in Origin-Exclusive Game Mass Effect 3

Posted on March 9, 2012 | 2 Comments
According to GamePolitics, DRM awareness group Reclaim Your Game has found that the recently released Mass Effect 3 has included SecuROM in the PC version. The primary culprit lies with...
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Dust 514 Developer Sheds PSN Restrictions

Posted on March 8, 2012 | No Comments
According to Develop, Dust 514 developer CCP has worked with Sony to remove many of the PSN restrictions that would have made it difficult to manage the PS3 MMO exclusive....
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NCsoft Secures Long-Term Deal for Unreal 3 Engine

Posted on March 8, 2012 | 1 Comment
According to Develop, NCsoft announced that they would continue to use Epic Games’s Unreal 3 engine in future games. NCsoft currently has at least one MMO, Blade and Soul, in...
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Review: Deep Black: Reloaded (PC)

Posted on March 6, 2012 | 1 Comment
Biart is an indie developer whose first third-person shooter, Deep Black: Reloaded, was recently released for the PC. It has also been announced for the Xbox 360 (XBLA) and the...
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Vita Sells 1.2 Million Units Worldwide

Posted on February 29, 2012 | No Comments
Yesterday, Sony issued a press release stating that the PS Vita platform has exceeded their sales expectations, selling 1.2 million units worldwide as of February 26, 2012. The PS Vita...
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Review: Fable III (PC)

Posted on February 24, 2012 | No Comments
Peter Molyneux is a well-known video game designer, and his credits include Dungeon Keeper, Populous, and Black & White. Not too long after the release and success of Black & White,...
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No UMD Support for Vita in US Confirmed; PS1 Games Coming

Posted on February 23, 2012 | No Comments
Earlier this week, Wired had a question-and-answer interview with Sony’s President of Worldwide Studios, Shuhei Yoshida. The Q&A session was focused primarily on questions about the new Vita platform that was...
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