News Namco pull Splatterhouse from Bottlerocket - rumour Publisher brings horror project in-house, leaving fate of studio in doubt Feb. 9, 2009 James Lee
News IGDA hails Global Game Jam a success Developer association records 360 games built by 1650 people in 48 hours Feb. 6, 2009 Phil Elliott
News Blizzard skips E3 to concentrate on development StarCraft, Diablo and Warcraft take priority over June event Feb. 6, 2009 Matt Martin
News Mythic: Fall in WAR subscribers "expected" Executive producer says the company is "super proud" of subscriber levels and is excited about Russia and Asia expansions Feb. 5, 2009 James Lee
News Stardock to open Michigan studio Location prompted by tax incentives, admits publisher, saying the new development house will create 50 jobs Feb. 5, 2009 James Lee
News More job losses at EA's Mythic studio Company wide initiative hits WAR team's QA, testing and customer service staff Feb. 5, 2009 Matt Martin
News Crytek confirms move to UK Free Radical Design becomes Crysis team's sixth studio Feb. 5, 2009 Matt Martin
News Warner Bros snaps up Snowblind Studios Seattle-based game maker to become third in-house developer for the publisher Feb. 5, 2009 James Lee
Feature Doublesix's Jim Mummery Creative director talks about working with PSN and XBLA, being a smaller team, and surviving the credit crunch Feb. 5, 2009 James Lee
News Doublesix: Triple A titles threaten "dream" of digital distribution Jim Mummery, creative director, says downloadable games should be a place for "innovators" Feb. 5, 2009 James Lee
News Faith and a .45 stalled on "negotiation level" Deadline Games' resources dedicated to Watchmen title, confirms CEO Chris Mottes Feb. 4, 2009 James Lee
News 40 jobs saved at Free Radical Design Administrator confirms Crytek swoop for troubled UK studio Feb. 4, 2009 Matt Martin 4 comments
News Ubisoft acquires Action Pants studios Canadian developer picked up before the release of its first title, a sports game for the Wii, due out later this year Feb. 4, 2009 James Lee
News Crytek acquires Free Radical Design - report Crysis developer picks up troubled UK outfit, according to reports Feb. 4, 2009 Matt Martin
News Axed Helixe studio founds DoubleTap Games New independant DS focused studio emerges out of last year's THQ job cuts Feb. 3, 2009 James Lee
News Geomerics: Industry must deliver a better gaming experience CEO Gary Lewis believes companies need to keep working harder to get gamers spending Feb. 3, 2009 Phil Elliott
News Fate of Free Radical Design to be decided this week Wednesday deadline for future of TimeSplitters and Haze studio Feb. 2, 2009 Matt Martin
News Flying Lab launches casual arm New division to focus on "family friendly" MMO in partnership with Upper Deck Jan. 30, 2009 James Lee
News Ensemble staff to form two new studios Former employees will continue work on popular titles through new entities Jan. 30, 2009 James Lee
News Ensemble involved in Halo Wars' future Microsoft Game Studios "very excited" about series potential Jan. 29, 2009 Robert Purchese
News Eutechnyx's Level Up in running for work experience award Year long placement for students shortlisted for National Council of Work Experience Awards Jan. 29, 2009 James Lee
News Movie and videogame audiences are "merging" - Grin Film business increasingly drawn into game space and could take advantage of digital distribution, says studio co-founder Jan. 29, 2009 James Lee
Feature Something to Grin about Ulf Andersson talks about working with movie studios, Capcom's development culture and creating a quality benchmark Jan. 29, 2009 James Lee
News Kuju confirms redundancies across studios UK development group lays off staff at Zoe Mode, Chemistry, Kuju America and HQ in Guildford Jan. 29, 2009 Matt Martin
News Houser: Lack of respect for videogames grants "freedom" GTA IV scribe says videogame development allows for more freedom and creativity than TV or film Jan. 28, 2009 James Lee 1 comment