This article was originally published in 2019. It has been edited and updated with new material. The first game I ever bought from in early access on Steam was a survival sandbox called Under the Ocean. I paid $7 for it in June 2013, and I played it, enjoyed it, and tried out new alphas…
After more than eight years at the helm of League of Legends, executive producer Jeremy “Brightmoon” Lee announced today that he’s decided to step down. “This year’s been a bit of a whirlwind,” Lee said in today’s dev update video. “The progress we’ve made as a team and, most importantly, what we’ve been able to…
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Straight from the mouth of the Cyberdemon. Out of all the Doom ports published over the last three decades, Doom 3DO has perhaps the wildest development story. The game, published by Art Data Interactive and developed by Logicware employee Rebecca Heineman, was mired in production issues. The reason for this was that Art Data’s CEO…
It appears that, as first rumored in November, TimeSplitters studio Free Radical Design has been closed. The studio’s website has been scrubbed and now bears a simple message saying “404 Company not found :(,” while multiple employees have said that today was their last day. Free Radical was originally founded in 1999 by ex-Rare developers,…
Please Wrap It Up. Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they’ve been chewing over. Today, Zion speaks about his feelings after attending The Game Awards 2023, and why the show needs to do better at celebrating game developers. When you first hear the…
“There’s this certain sense of accomplishment and joy”. One of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom‘s best moments is when you finally get the Master Sword. There’s an incredible rush, whether you find it organically through the story or happen to stumble on it. And Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma and the director…
“It’s sad to say goodbye like this”. Without even an official announcement, it looks like Embracer Group has shut down UK game studio Free Radical Design, the team behind the TimeSplitters series of video games. Staff at the Nottingham-based developer have been sharing their thoughts, goodbyes, and happy memories on Twitter (spotted via Game Informer),…
Category: GamesDecember 11, 2023 Ride a Fox into Battle in Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty’s New DLC Pack – Upheaval in Jingxiang Masakazu Hirayama, Producer/Director, Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty When thinking about what we could offer fans for Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty’s final DLC pack, we knew we wanted to provide something special. So for DLC…
Hey Xbox Insiders! We have a new Xbox Update Preview coming to the Alpha ring. It’s important we note that some updates made in these preview OS builds include background improvements that ensure a quality and stable build for Xbox consoles. We continue to post these release notes, even when the noticeable changes to the…