Way to the Woods is a gorgeous exploration game starring two deer in a postapocalyptic landscape. Melbourne-based developer Studio Happy Bee — which is actually just Anthony Tan — has worked on it since 2015, and the game is slated for a PC launch in 2019 with console releases hopefully to come. As inspiration for […]
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FoxNext Games starts Fogbank Entertainment studio in San Francisco
FoxNext Games continues its expansion with the launch of a new San Francisco game studio, Fogbank Entertainment. The division of 21st Century Fox Holdings (itself being acquired by Disney) has been expanding rapidly in the game business, and this deal follows on a flurry of announcements, including the acquisition of Cold Iron Studios in San Jose, […]
Ubisoft’s acquisition of Brawlhalla studio Blue Mammoth Games boosts its online stable
Ubisoft acquired Atlanta-based developer Blue Mammoth Studio yesterday, adding more multiplayer online expertise to its portfolio. As part of the deal, it also now owns Blue Mammoth’s online Super Smash Bros.-esque game Brawlhalla. “The team at Blue Mammoth Games is expert at developing and running scalable, competitive, multiplayer online games, and they’ll be a great addition […]
David Jaffe’s Bartlet Jones studio closes after game cancellation
David Jaffe’s game studio, The Bartlet Jones Supernatural Detective Agency, has closed its doors, Jaffe has confirmed. GamesIndustry.biz reported that the shutdown occurred a month after the company announced that it let go much of its team because its next game was cancelled. “Yeah, it’s all true I’m afraid. Just the nature of the beast,” […]
Inside the Panoptic Studio, the Dome That Could Give Robots Super-Senses
In a chilly basement room sits a giant dome that looks like part physics experiment and part like that chamber Darth Vader kicks back in. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a8e284252430e4b5eb9470a/master/pass/panoptic.jpg
Sledgehammer’s founders leave Call of Duty studio for new roles at Activision
The founders of Sledgehammer Games — Michael Condrey and Glen Schofield — are resigning from their posts as co-presidents of the Call of Duty studio, and they are moving on to new roles within Activision. Condrey and Schofield started the studio in 2009 in San Mateo, California, and it was acquired by Activision to make […]
Peter Rabbit filmmakers and studio apologize for insensitively depicting character’s allergy
Peter Rabbit filmmakers and the studio behind it are apologizing for insensitively depicting a character’s allergy in the film that has prompted backlash online.
French gaming studio Quantic Dream said allegations of inappropriate behaviour are a media smear campaign
Neilson Barnard/Getty Images The heads of PlayStation-focused French development studio Quantic Dream, David Cage and Guillaume de Fondaumière, have been accused of fostering an unhealthy environment by three separate reports in the media. Quantic Dream immediately took distance from the reports, denying the allegations. The studio has now released a new statement, in which it […]
‘Super Mario Bros.’ Animated Movie in the Works From ‘Despicable Me’ Studio [Updated]
Updated: Tonight, Nintendo confirmed that a Mario movie is indeed in the works: Nintendo and Illumination are partnering on a movie starring Mario, co-produced by Shigeru Miyamoto and Chris Meledandri! pic.twitter.com/wVRPLIzcGJ — Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) February 1, 2018 Our original story from November 2017 follows. The last time Mario and Luigi leapt across the big […]
Dancing On Ice 2018 HAUNTED: Holly Willoughby's HORROR as ghostly studio sighting revealed
The show moved to a base at Bovingdon Airfield in Hemel Hempstead, which is filled with derelict buildings and has been home to a number of unexplained incidents over the years. Several visitors to the area have been left terrified by a “mysterious mist” that follows and engulfs people. The area was also investigated by […]
