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Firefly Studios had taken a risk by self-funding Stronghold Kingdoms, a multiplayer real-time strategy game. But it seems that the risk is now paying off, because the castle building game has attracted over 3 million players since its debut on February 27. Firefly cites a fanatical player base for the game’s success, and notes that the game attracts 200,000 users …
Well known games developer PopCap suffered layoffs today, EA confirmed. PopCap Games is known for titles like Plants vs. Zombies and Peggle. The layoffs probably happened due to reorganization at the studio in late Feb. that saw the developer split into two groups, one in gear towards mobile games and the other for console releases. The management also witnessed changes, …
Ubisoft Toronto is presently working upon five new titles, according to the studio’s beautiful MD Jade Raymond. Speaking to a leading news channel during a recent studio tour, Raymond said the Toronto studio – that last year shipped Splinter Cell: Blacklist – is working on many titles that have yet to be discovered. “There are undoubtedly plenty of plates spinning,” …
Jack Tretton is going to step down as Sony computer entertainment CEO as of March 31, Sony has declared. Tretton’s departure comes up as a “result of a mutual agreement between the CEO and SCEA of not renewing their contractual relationship”, according to the company’s official press release. He is going to be replaced by the current Executive VP and …
Microsoft is going to appoint former Nokia CEO Stephen Elop as its new head of Devices and Studios, replacing current head Julie Larson-Green, who is moving on to a different unit in the company. Elop will take charge of the division that oversees Xbox and Surface tablets, while Larson-Green will go into the ‘My Life & Work’ team – otherwise referred to as Applications and Services -which oversees products including Bing and Skype, according to the report. The modification isn’t effective immediately, as Larson-Green will stay in …
