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Industry sources atwitter with word that Activision has shuttered the British development house behind PGR, Blur; 200 employees said to be on 90-day notice.
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“Bizarre Creations scrapped?” was posted by Tom Magrino on Tue, 16 Nov 2010 11:03:41 -0800 -
[UPDATE] After reports that British development house behind PGR, Blur had been shuttered, publisher says it is “exploring options,” including selling the studio.
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“Activision dropping Bizarre Creations” was posted by Tom Magrino on Tue, 16 Nov 2010 11:03:41 -0800 -
Reports suggest that 200 staff put on three months’ notice.
Develop is reporting unofficial sources have confirmed that the James Bond 007: Blood Stone and Blur developer, bought by Activision in September 2007 for £67 million, is to close.
No word has been offered yet from either Bizarre Creations or Activision.
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Microsoft opens new browser-based shop for digitally distributed PC titles; new storefront gets aesthetic overhaul, new features.
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“Games for Windows marketplace relaunches” was posted by Eddie Makuch on Tue, 16 Nov 2010 10:20:01 -0800 -
200 jobs rumoured to have been axed.
Activision is planning to shut down Liverpool-based studio Bizarre Creations, if substantial Twitter activity is to be believed.
Travelers’ Tales boss Jon Burton started the ball rolling, tweeting, “Sad Day for games developers. Really glad I didn’t sell my company to Activision.”
Further tweets from numerous members of the UK development scene added that around 200 staff are facing the axe, with Activision likely closing the studio.
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Karaoke title welcomes new songs and instrumental beats for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3; tunes include Kanye West’s “Jesus Walks,” Drake’s “Over,” Eve’s “Who’s that Girl?”
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“Def Jam Rapstar adds new cuts” was posted by Eddie Makuch, Brendan Sinclair on Tue, 16 Nov 2010 09:59:44 -0800 -
SI boss Miles Jacobson joins us to talk Assassin’s Creed, 10/10s and FM.
Has it been a week already? Yes. So it’s time for another instalment of the award-losing Eurogamer.net Podcast, and this week we’re delighted to welcome a special special guest, Sports Interactive managing director Miles Jacobson!
Miles joins host Tom Champion and regular contestants Tom Bramwell and Oli Welsh to discuss the games we’ve been playing (or developing) and the issues of the day. We also put a bunch of your questions to Miles and give out codes for TWO brand new games.
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Mobile and social game developer now has over 20 million monthly users of its Facebook games.Digital Chocolate, the US-based studio formed by EA-founder Trip Hawkins, has seen monthly active users of its games jump from 12 million two months ago, to over 20 million.
According to analyst AppData, Digital Chocolate is one of the top ten developers on Facebook, along with EA, which has over 40 million monthly active users, and Zynga, which has over 200 million.
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Jill and Shuma-Gorath leak confirmed.
Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds will launch in Europe on 18th February 2011, Capcom’s announced.
The Japanese company has also confirmed the inclusion of Jill Valentine and Shuma-Gorath in the game’s roster but we already knew about them.
In the US, Jill and Shuma-Gorath are bonus characters available through a purchase of the game’s Special Edition.
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360 outselling Wii and PS3.
Sales of Xbox 360 in the UK doubled last week off the back of the launch of Kinect, Eurogamer has learnt.
The spike was confirmed this afternoon by sales monitor Chart-Track, a spokesperson stating that, while specific figures could not be revealed, it was “more than a fair reflection” to say the figure was double that of the previous week.
The boost is understood to have widened substantially the gap between Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, with Sony’s biggest hope for a pre-Christmas surge coming next week with the release of the long-delayed Gran Turismo 5.