The New Orleans Saints have had a pretty disappointing season so far with two wins and seven losses. It looks like it will take a miracle or some kind of divine intervention to turn their fortunes around this year. However, on November 5, they unexpectedly received this blessing from none other than Pope Francis. The … Read more
Arkane founder Raphael Colantonio has commented on Microsoft's closure of Arkane Austin earlier this year, a move the WolfEye Studios boss called a “stupid decision” made by the company. According to the veteran game developer, Arkane Austin was made up of a “special” group of people who had the potential to create another successful game, … Read more
Kudos QA has announced a new leadership team following the departure of CEO and co-founder Andy Robson. The quality assurance company will be led by co-CEOs Dan Atherton and Thouraya Walker effective immediately. Atherton and Walker are also co-CEOs of Dune Technology, which provides offshore development teams. Dune Technology invested in Kudos QA in April … Read more
EA has won a key court case in Austria over whether loot boxes should be classified as gambling. The Higher Regional Court of Vienna concluded that the loot boxes in FIFA 23 are not gambling because the player in question did not obtain the FIFA Ultimate Team packs with the intention of generating profit, but … Read more
Looks like the sand in the hourglass has run out for a sequel to Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown. Ubisoft has decided to move the majority of the team that worked on the metroidvania title to “other projects” within the company. Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown lead producer Abdelhak Elguess has released a … Read more
Ubisoft has disbanded the team behind Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown. As reported by BBC News, the developer confirmed that “most of the team members who worked on [the game] they have moved on to other projects that will benefit from their expertise.” She further clarified that there were no redundancies as a result … Read more
The team at Bungie Creative Studios moved to PlayStation Studios to support their live service games. Former Bungie Creative Chief Creative Officer Bridget O'Neill shared the news on LinkedIn, writing that the team will “build the foundation for the creative team” within PlayStation. O'Neill also announced that she will take on the role of Senior … Read more
The Bloober team has read the nasty tweets and seen the videos in which skeptics brace themselves for disappointment; he did not ignore pessimism. The horror-obsessed Polish studio even admits to making “crappy” games in the past. Now it's about proving that Silent Hill 2 Remake wasn't a one-off wonder built from a pre-existing, reliable … Read more
Surgent Studios has put its entire games division on hiatus as it struggles to secure funding, putting an unknown number of employees at risk of layoffs. The developer, who also works in TV and film production, announced the news via a statement on social media, saying that “unfortunately, we had to make our team redundant … Read more
Metaphor: ReFantazio offers a task system called archetypes, which allows you to fairly freely swap any member of your party for any archetype. Although there are certain requirements for using advanced archetypes, you will want to change archetypes frequently. In some cases, like certain side dungeons, there are specific archetypes that will be recommended based … Read more