38 Studios did not pay health insurance for several months and was aware of its cancellation without informing employees, an unnamed wife of a former company employee wrote in a letter published on Gamasutra today.
The 38 Studios employee learned of insurance termination on May 22, when the...
The human side of 38 Studios' story
Sony may sell the building housing its New York City headquarters to help recover from its $5.7 million fiscal year loss, according to the New York Post.
The company recently held talks with the Blackstone Group, a private-equity firm, regarding...
Each week the iOS Gaming Watch List will inform you of some noteworthy releases coming to the App Store. Major releases tend to hit on Thursdays, so we'll be coming at you every Wednesday with the games to look out for, as well as some of the bigger content updates on the way. While this won't be a comprehensive list of games releasing for a given week, it does offer a quick selection of games...
"Nuns, Guns and Agent 47," the Hitman Absolution trailer that ignited a firestorm of controversy surrounding accusations of rape culture and sexualized violence, "truly represented the vision of the developer," the president of Square Enix's Americas tells Polygon.
"I'll tell you the one thing that really bothered me about the reaction was people who said this was just like a crass marketing move to get attention, because it truly represented the vision of the developer," Mike Fischer said during an E3 interview.
The trailer sparked a strong reaction when it hit in late May, with some saying the video — which shows Agent 47 meticulously killing every member of a band of female assassins dressed up as sexy nuns — was juvenile and unnecessarily brutal. A number of writers pointed to the video as the latest sign of a video game rape...
"I want to make a kickass game that makes people say ‘Now I understand why we had the latex nuns.'" Mike Fischer
Smule is today bringing its popular Magic Piano app to Android, expanding on an iOS community that includes over 14 million users who have played more than 135 billion notes according to the company. Much like iOS, the Android version of the app (which leans more toward a game) is centered around...
When creative director Jay Crowe explains the brainstorming process that led to the adding of underwater play to ARMA 3 he says it's an extension of the philosophy behind the entire series. Bohemia Interactive, the Czech team that have been...
"Supernatural," the seventh expansion pack for The Sims 3, will bring fantastical beings like werewolves, fairies, and witches to the game this September, EA announced today.
Those who pre-order "Supernatural" will get bumped up to the Limited Edition, which adds to the...
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Medal of Honor: Warfighter Military Edition will bundle the limited edition of EA and Danger Close's upcoming shooter with additional in-game...
Just Dance Greatest Hits, Ubisoft's upcoming installment in the Just Dance franchise, will release for Kinect and Wii on June 26.
The title is a compilation of 35 hit tracks from previous games in...
Eizo has unveiled the latest in its FS line of gaming monitors, which includes three different "smart" features to give players a competitive advantage. The 23-inch Foris FS2333 features a new mapping technology called Smart Insight that's able to pick out dark areas on the screen and make specific details more visible — which should make it...
Ensemble action film The Expendables 2 will be available in video game format, according to a listing on the Australian Classification Board.
The listing appeared last night, confirming Ubisoft as publisher of the MA15+ title as well as the inclusion of online gameplay. The film tie-in is likely...
Today, Activision revealed an intent to push deeper into the mobile space, with plans to create a social gaming network akin to EA's Origin or Apple's Game Center. Helping them achieve that goal is a new partnership with Flurry, a mobile marketing company, that will shepherd mobile indie projects through development, implementing social gaming functionality along the way.
Simon Khalaf, the president and CEO of Flurry, described the goals of the partnership in an interview with Polygon:
"[The mobile] market is dominated by the indies, who have done a phenomenal job of building great games, but have not yet taken it to the max in which they...
Today we're getting a sense of what the Netflix experience might look like on Nintendo's forthcoming Wii U console thanks to some prototype images uncovered by Engadget. If you were assuming the interface would simply mimic the standard Netflix layout, think again. Based on these shots, it appears the company will be using the Wii U Gamepad to minimize clutter on your TV by offering queue management and playback options from the controller itself. The primary UI bears some resemblance to the current Xbox 360 iteration of Netflix, displaying similar 3D-like rows of movie and TV show artwork...
The Indie Royale Bundle launched The Collection today, a rewards program that offers loyalty bonuses once someone has bought enough bundles.
The Collection is a page where purchasers can earn loyalty rewards, manage keys for games they have...
Sid Meier's Civilization II was originally released on the PC 16 years ago, and for 10 of those, Reddit user Lycerius has been entrenched in the in-depth world simulator. When not playing other games or enjoying life outside of the digital realm,...
Max Payne 3's multiplayer has been hacked, and Rockstar plans to mobilize the community to identify cheaters.
"We're aware that a small minority of players are spoiling the Max Payne 3 multiplayer experience for honest players with cheats and...
Today Bethesda sent out codes for access to the beta for Dawnguard, the first piece of DLC for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
Less than half a percent of applicants received codes due to an "overwhelming" response to the program. Those who do not...
Apple gave Diablo 3 a special shout out at its Worldwide Developers Conference earlier this week during the unveiling of its new laptop, the MacBook Pro with Retina Display.
Apple's senior VP of worldwide marketing Phil Schiller name-checked Blizzard's click and loot action RPG as one of the Mac applications being updated to support the new MacBook Pro's 2880-by-1800 resolution display. "You're going to see a gaming experience with this resolution unlike any you have seen before," Schiller said without reservation.
Blizzard confirmed to Polygon today that, yes, it's continuing to tweak D...
