The Offworld Collection crowd-funding campaign closes at over $65K
Writers Leigh Alexander and Laura Hudson announced a Kickstarter last month for a hardcover/digital reprint of website Offworld’s best content. The site, a relaunch of an old Boing Boing alt-games...
View ArticleGDC celebrates ’30 Years of Making Games’
Game Developers Conference (GDC) organizers have announced the speakers that will take part in a special session that focuses on thirty years of game development. The session will kick off the main...
View ArticleGears of War creator takes Microsoft to task for UWP
Gears of War creator and Epic founder Tim Sweeney has penned a scathing editorial in The Guardian railing against Microsoft’s new Universal Windows Platform (UWP) initiative. Announced last week, the...
View ArticleSan Bernardino DA tells court terrorist’s iPhone contains ‘ dormant cyber...
In a new filing (PDF) to a federal court in California, the San Bernardino District Attorney said that Apple should be compelled to help the FBI with unlocking the iPhone used by killer Syed Farook,...
View ArticleLos Angeles Entertainment Summit charity golf tournament details revealed
The Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA) revealed that the annual charity golf tournament at its 2016 Los Angeles Entertainment Summit will be held at the Wilshire Country Club on Monday, July 18....
View ArticleSuper Podcast Action Committee – Episode 180
On this week’s show (episode 180), hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight discuss the Ghostbusters movie at length (13:25), Microsoft’s new Universal Windows Platform (34:31), developers buying Steam...
View ArticleMicrosoft cancels Fable Legends, plans to close two studios in Europe
Microsoft announced this morning that Fable Legends has been cancelled and that big changes at the company will affect studios in the UK and Denmark. Hanno Lemke, General Manager, Microsoft Studios...
View ArticleBear Simulator 2014 creators halts development because of perceived drama
The developer of Bear Simulator 2014 says that he is all done with future development of the game, citing “drama” as the main reason he’s walking away. The game was funded via a highly successful...
View ArticleCliff Bleszinski joins Stack-Up advisory board
Military-focused gaming charity Stack-Up.org has enlisted the help of former Gears of War lead designer and current Boss Key Productions co-founder Cliff Bleszinski. Bleszinski has joined the advisory...
View ArticleSEC goes after principals in 38 Studios loan deal
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that it has filed fraud charges against Rhode Island’s economic-development agency and Wells Fargo Securities over their prominent roles in...
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