It's
been almost a week since Canadian developer Silicon Knights reported significant layoffs at its Ontario-based studio, and now it appears
WB Games will soon be following suit in Seattle. Over the weekend,
the publisher confirmed it is cutting staff across its
three owned studios, which include Surreal Software (The Suffering),
Monolith Productions (F.E.A.R, Gotham City Imposters), and Snowblind
Studios (Lord of the Rings: War in the North)...
Well, well, well. After enjoying a single week on top of the UK charts, Halo Reach has been displaced by Codemasters' F1 2010. That's not even with a full week of F1 sales as the game only went on sale on Friday. This is across all formats, so the racer has undoubtedly benefited from having PS3 and Xbox 360 as bases for sale as opposed to Halo's Xbox-only userbase. But it's still an amazing showing for a title that a lot of people class as 'niche'.
Peter Molyneux has been pretty hard on himself lately. He called Fable II's story "rubbish," and said that the game was "rushed" and contained "huge design flaws." Looks like his hyperbole goes both ways - he can hype the hell out of a damn dog, and he can tear down his past accomplishments with the same deftness. Now everyone's favorite self-deprecating game designer is making fun of his big talk about Black & White's weather patterns...
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In case you've been missing out, EA's been releasing up close and personal vids, featuring the comedy fighters of its new game, FaceBreaker. This week, we get a look at would-be femme fatale Kiriko:
Life after Bungie is looking good for the team at indie studio Moonshot Games. This Tuesday, the former Halo-developers revealed their first game, Fallen Frontier; a 2D sci-fi sidescroller that looks to be a solid debut title...