Category Archive: Game Industry

Microsoft Shuts Down ‘Flight Simulator’ Game Studio

As the rest of the tech world scrambles to assess the implications of the recently announced 5,000 layoffs at software giant Microsoft, news has come in that might potentially spell the end of the company’s nearly 30-year-old Flight Simulator series. …

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The Next Metal Gear is…Green?!

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Kojima’s site teases the next Metal Gear game…with the Xbox color. Could this be the thing we’ve been talking about since last year, even back when no one would believe us? You know, the thing that Konami said might happen, …

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National Geographic Opens Gaming Division Doors

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The National Geographic Society was founded in 1888 and is one of the largest non-profit academic and educational institutions in the world. Its stated goal is “To increase and diffuse geographic knowledge while promoting the conservation of the World’s cultural, …

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Online game company 888 confident of further growth this year and beyond despite slow start to Q4

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Online gaming group 888 remains confident of further growth in the current year and beyond, but said the fourth quarter started slowly, especially given exchange rates, with daily averages below levels in the third quarter. The comments came as the …

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Tomb Raider Underworld Lead Joins Demiurge

Independent developer Demiurge Studios announced the addition of Harley Baldwin White-Wiedow as lead designer for an unannounced project. She will head the studio’s original property development efforts. Most recently, White-Wiedow served as the lead designer on Tomb Raider: Underworld with …

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