Tag: Development

Growth in the UK Video Games Industry

TIGA, the network for game developers and the wider video games industry, recently reported that the UK games industry is set to grow significantly in 2017. TIGA surveyed 50 game business of various sizes, and they found the following. First, 88% of the survey participants plan to increase their workforce.iu 72% of survey participants reported ...

Categories: NEWS, Tech, TRENDING GAME NEWS

Tags: Development, economy, investment, job growth, UK, video games industry

The Creation of Ghost Recon Wildlands’ Reactive World

Ubisoft’s decision to use Bolivia as a model for the world in Ghost Recon Wildlands is exciting because of the scope and variety that it suggests. Snowy mountaintops, salt flats, expansive fields and sprawling villages all offer a lot of potential for a Tom Clancy game. Of course, Bolivia is a massive place, so Ubisoft ...

Categories: ARTICLES, NEWS, OPINION PIECES, PC, Playstation 4, Xbox One

Tags: Bolivia, Design, Development, Ghost Recon Wildlands, Ubisoft, world

Microsoft Virtual Academy: the challenges of the future

The Microsoft Virtual Academy has kicked off a new challenge for developers and those who are interested in software development, called the Know It – Prove It Challenge. Through the Microsoft Virtual Academy, tech enthusiasts can make use of the services and resources made available through the platform in order to create their own software ...

Categories: Tech

Tags: Azure, Development, Microsoft, Microsoft Virtual Academy, Online university

Square Enix Outsourcing Development for Final Fantasy XV

Yesterday at the Taipei Game Show, director of Final Fantasy XV Hajime Tabata announced a partnership with XPEC, a Taiwanese development firm. Tabata explained that the outside help was required for finishing the game, since the latest installment of the famous franchise was such a “large scale project.”  Alongside Tabata onstage, XPEC CEO Xu Jinlong and ...

Categories: NEWS

Tags: Development, Final Fantasy XV, Square Enix, Taipei Game Show, XPEC

The Last Guardian still in the works, likely a PS4 exclusive

The Last Guardian is one of those games we keep hearing about from time to time through various rumors that don’t actually tell us anything specific. So, in an attempt to keep up with this tradition I present to you another such rumor, although this time around there’s actually a bit of real evidence to ...

Categories: LTG Slider, NEWS, Playstation 4, TRENDING GAME NEWS

Tags: details, Development, Fumito Ueda, PS4, sony, The Last Guardian

Mass Effect 4 will not be coming to last-gen, release date likely set for Q1 2016 according to insider

Bioware has been teasing us for the last couple of years with bits and pieces of info regarding the next title in the Mass Effect series. The tentatively named Mass Effect 4 still seems to be in the early stages of development based on the concept art images and small glimpses of footage presented earlier this ...

Categories: LTG Slider, NEWS, PC, Playstation 4, TRENDING GAME NEWS, Xbox One

Tags: Bioware, details, Development, industry insider, last-gen, Mass Effect 4, Release Date

New Fallout 4 details emerge, but can we trust them?

There is certainly no shortage of rumors regarding Fallout 4 these days, but sadly no actual information coming from official sources at the moment. Word on the street is that Bethesda is actually spreading rumors about the game in order to get the hype train going by the time it launches. And when will that be ...

Categories: OPINION PIECES, PC, Playstation 4, Xbox One

Tags: Androids, Boston, details, Development, factions, fallout 4, Next-Gen, PS4, Release Date, Rumors, Xbox One

The Last Guardian not coming to the Tokyo Game Show, will we ever see it?

There are certain games whose development is so shrouded in mystery that they almost seem like a myth by now. No, we’re not talking about Fallout 4 or Half-Life 3, although those are some pretty good examples. The game in question is Team Ico’s The Last Guardian, a title announced back in 2009 as a PS3 ...

Categories: NEWS, Playstation 3, Playstation 4, TRENDING GAME NEWS

Tags: details, Development, Dota 2, fallout 4, Gamescom, Half Life 3, PS4, Release Date, Shuhei Yoshida, sony, Source 2, The Last Guardian, Tokyo Game Show

Casey Hudson leaves Bioware, development of Mass Effect 4 well underway

Bioware just revealed via Twitter that Casey Hudson is no longer with the company unfortunately. Hudson has been one of the most prominent figures at Bioware since…well…forever. He worked on highly acclaimed titles such as Neverwinter Nights, MDK2, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and was the lead developer of the Mass Effect trilogy. Presumably ...

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Tags: Bioware, Casey Hudson, Development, leaves, letter, Mass Effect, Mass Effect 4, Neverwinter Nights, Star Wars The Old Republic