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Bioware's Anthem was supposed to be their next big IP. Unfortunately, it never gained the same traction as their other games like Dragon Age or Mass Effect.

It's been announced development has shifted from Hardsuit Labs to Paradox Interactive

The Viking inspired survival game has already hit 2-million players since it arrived on Steam Early access just two weeks ago. With their small team of 5, the developers at Iron Gate and Coffee Stain Publishing have already made close to $28 million after Steam's 20% revenue cut.

Stradia launched just a little over a year ago, and they're already shutting down both of their internal studios in Los Angeles and Montreal.

I’ve had a Steam account long enough to know how annoying Steam can be. It started out terrible, got better, then somewhere around the time of trading cards, music player, and other useless features, its started to turn to shit. It does have some great features for everyone though; Steam workshop and game forums for example. Epic isn’t even trying to compete in these areas, making it clear they arent trying to make a better platform, they’re just trying to steal users. With worsening PC platfo

Google is shutting down its Emmy Award-winning VR film division, Spotlight Stories, after six years of building out content Between this and they’re Daydream platform not being updated for over a year, it’s clear Google is exiting VR. A shame, because projects like Spotlight Stories highlighted the notion that VR can be used for other forms of entertainment besides just video games.

Since the inception of Substance, our technology and tools have evolved to make 3D creation accessible to artists of every stripe. In Adobe, we’ve found a great partner who shares our love of creation and our drive for innovation and growth. As someone who used to be a heavy user of pretty much the entire Substance Suite, I have mixed feelings about this. One one hand, Substance software will be around for a lot longer. On the other hand, there’s this statement (emphasis by me): When

Linux gamers who rely on Wine or native game clients will have a new option to play games thanks to the latest update. Valve’s fork of Wine, received a major update allowing users to choose to use Proton in place of games’ clients, in some cases providing new functionality such as controller support, better frame rates, or even better multiplayer support. Even better? It works with non steam titles. Linux users still don’t have the same level of support as Mac or Windows users do, but with too

Developers receive 88% of revenue. There are no tiers or thresholds. Epic takes 12%. And if you’re using Unreal Engine, Epic will cover the 5% engine royalty for sales on the Epic Games store, out of Epic’s 12%. The timing of this is interesting, coming just days after Stream’s new tiered pricing favoring larger titles. 

Via twitter: As of November 28 at 2pm PST, the North American and European WildStar game service has closed. Thank you to everyone who joined us on this grand adventure across Nexus! I never played the game, but it’s always sad to see an MMO close up shop. 

Will Wright has cofounded Syntertainment, a new startup that has raised $5 million from investors, including Andreessen Horowitz and former Electronic Arts chief executive John Riccitiello. Will Wright raises $5M for Syntertainment startup to blend reality and entertainment (exclusive)Tech veteran Avi Bar-Zeev joins Wright as cofounder at startup that plans to blend entertainment and reality.VentureBeatDean Takahashi

Andre Wilson: I also believe EA’s strategy is sound. Our focus on our talent, our brands and our platform together with our investment in next-generation consoles, mobile and PC free-to-play, as part of our ongoing transition to digital, is right. But we have plenty of work ahead to ensure our collective success. The words of former executive vice president of EA Sports and Origin. Notice how PC is lumped together with ‘free-to-play’. Even though Wilson has been with EA for 13 years, I’m sti

Sci-fi author and former writer and story consultant for Microsoft Game Studios, Eric Nylund, has joined up with Amazon Game Studios as its new director of narrative design. After playing around with the Amazon games marketplace on Android, it seems pretty clear the want to really get into the video games market, they just don’t know how. Halo and Gears of War writer joins Amazon Games StudiosEurogamer.netJeffrey Matulef

Using Mario Kart to demonstrate your startup’s new product is a neat idea. The website with all their results can be found here. http://www.joyent.com/blog/introducing-kartlytics-mario-kart-64-analytics

Former Monolith developers behind F.E.A.R have announced their new studo, Blackpowder Games and their first title, Betrayer. The high contrast black and white look is an interesting and unique style to go with. Ex-Monolith devs form BlackpowderKey devs behind F.E.A.R., No One Lives Forever re-team with colleagues for PC action adventure BetrayerGamesIndustry.bizChris Buckley

After owning the little cube for more than a month now, I can attest to this. The marketplace and UI are horrible. I’ve since sideloaded the thing with XBMC and Netflix, and has become a nice media device, however. 73 percent of Ouya owners haven’t paid for a single gameCEO Uhrman projects confidence even as majority aren’t spending money.Ars TechnicaKyle Orland

Hidden away in the press release, World of Warcraft dropped to 7.7 million subscriptions, losing roughly 600k since the last quarter. Activision Blizzard breaks off from Vivendi in $8.2 billion deal<b>UPDATE</b> The house of <i>Call of Duty</i>, <i>World of Warcraft</i> and <i>Skylanders</i> will spin off of Vivendi to become an independent, publicly traded publisher.Game DeveloperKris Graft

In Wake of Atari’s bankruptcy auction, Master of Orion and Total Annihilation managed to get snapped up by Wargaming, with Rebellion Interactive grabbing Moonbase Commander and Battlezone, and Stardock bought Star Control. Interesting to note that Chris Taylor, designer behind Total Annihilation works at Gas Powered Games, which was acquired by Wargaming earlier this year. ScribdScribd

Between this, the lawsuit with Epic Games, and the PR disaster surrounding the failed crowd funding attempt, I’m starting to think there really is a curse over Silicon Knights. Precursor Games founding member arrested by police on child pornography chargesFormer Silicon Knights director of content and Precursor Games founding member Kenneth McCulloch has been arrested by police on charges related to child pornography, according to a media release...PolygonMichael McWhertor

Following a $50 price cut and mere days before it’s expected launch, Nvidia pushed back their mobile game console citing a “mechanical issue” Mobile Technology Blog Post Archive - Archives Page 1 - The Official NVIDIA BlogMobile Technology Blog Post ArchiveThe Official NVIDIA Blog

In 1983, Atari loaded an estimated 13 dump trucks for of broken hardware, including games (like E.T), in a landfill in New Mexico. Twenty years later, a game developer hoping to make a documentary about it has been given the okay to have the site excavated.

Treating your customers as humans is good business. So many publishers are too busy trying to stop piracy that concept is often overlooked. Good Old Games: GOG.com And The DRM-Free RevolutionGOG.com managing director Guillaume Rambourg says DRM betrays trust between game makers and their consumer base.ForbesErik Kain

The latest batch features Game Dev Tycoon, a clone of Game Dev Story for IOS/Android. Even though it’s more or less just a mobile port, It’s still worth checking out.

Give people a blank piece of paper and ask them to “have fun!” A few might get excited and start writing a poem or sketch a masterpiece. But most will be annoyed, grow bored and give up. People are quick to point out Minecraft as an exception to this. Sticking with the paper analogy; while most virtual worlds only give you a pencil, Minecraft gives you colored pencils, glitter, and scissors.

With a script by David Leslie Johnson (Wrath Of The Titans and Red Riding) and being produced by Roy Lee and Courtney Solomon. Solomon also directed the 2000 film of Dungeons & Dragons. I’m skeptical Dungeons & Dragons can ever really work as a movie. D&D itself is a setting. Not a plot. It’s a tool to bring a story to life. It’s like creating a movie around Coca-Cola or emoji.   09/12/19 update: Dammit.

Armed Heroes developer, Serena Zhang responds that they “never straightly stole assets from Torchlight,” instead they were inspired by games like World of Warcraft. Notice they don’t deny they used stolen assets- they just didn’t steal them directly.

Actually this is something my bosses have been asking me for quite a while now – what are our plans for DLC? How much money can we make? They are a company, obviously, in it to make money. So it’s something I’m continually asked even now. But I haven’t changed my stance. If you’re making a fighting game, all of the elements necessary to enjoy it should be on the disc, or should at least be available for free.

With the success of their Steam Workshop, Valve has found a way to crowdsource the approvals process for Steam.