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Habitual game of the year list fixture Journey was made by a very small team, but that doesn't mean development was cheap. The game's development ran an extra year out of the desire to polish the game into what it is today. And by the end, the company had spent all of its money, staff were on … [Read more...] about Journey Was Completed While thatgamecompany Was Bankrupt

Crytek, the company behind top-tier game engines and middling FPS games with superlative visuals, is going free-to-play in a big way. Already at the forefront of melding AAA and F2P with Warface, they're now committed to the new business model long term. Another part of that push is the company's … [Read more...] about Crytek Will Be Free To Play Only In Five Years

When 38 Studios closed down last year after Curt Schilling failed to repay a loan to the state of Rhode Island, Epic stepped in to offer the displaced staff a lifeline and formed Impossible Studios in the process. Things didn't work out for either party, however, and Impossible Studios is being shut … [Read more...] about Epic Shuts Down Former Kingdoms Of Amalur Dev Impossible Studios

Despite Zynga's recent setbacks, Farmville is still a relevant brand. Or at least, that's what Zynga is banking on, having tapped director Brett Ratner to make a half-hour animated show based on the property. Brett Ratner might be familiar as the director of Rush Hour, Red Dragon, and X-Men Last … [Read more...] about Farmville Getting TV Animated Series

Former Wii U exclusive Rayman Legends is going multiplatform and has been delayed for six months as a result. However, the Wii U version of the game is complete and will just be held back to wait for the other versions. According to an anonymous developer posting on a Spanish forum (and picked up on … [Read more...] about Rayman Legends Delayed For Multiplatform Release After Developers Crunched To Complete It

Current Wii U exclusives Bayonetta 2 and Wonderful 101 are extremely unlikely to ever grace other consoles because they're being fully funded by Nintendo, according to Hideki Kamiya, co-founder of Platinum Games. Recent former Wii U exclusives Rayman Legends and Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge are now … [Read more...] about Bayonetta 2 & Wonderful 101 Are Nintendo-Funded, Will Remain Wii U Exclusives

Despite the exploit which allows players to farm valuable resources, effectively negating Visceral's addition of microtransactions to Dead Space 3 in the first place, EA has stated that there are no plans to patch it. The publisher asserts that the exploit was actually planned as an alternative way … [Read more...] about Dead Space 3 Exploit Is Intentional, EA Not Patching It