A Mass Effect TV series is in development at Amazon xxx

A TV series based upon BioWare’s Mass Effect franchise has been greenlit by Amazon. Fast and Furious 9 writer Daniel Casey is set to write and executive produce the Amazon MGM Studios production, with Karim Zreik also producing via Cedar Tree Productions. The EP team is rounded out by Ari Arad and EA’s Michael Gamble. … Read more

A Call Of Duty Will Follow Same Established Development Structure Under Microsoft

Image: Xbox In the same Washington Post story, Activision has pointed out not only the success of the Call of Duty series but also how the development structure of the series will apparently be no different under Microsoft’s rule. Activision’s Call of Duty senior vice president and general manager Matt Cox explained how the established … Read more

Tim & Geoff Follin’s Development Disk Archive Has Now Been Preserved xyz

Image: kevedwardsretro The music development disk archive of the legendary British video game composers Tim & Geoff Follin has been preserved online by Kevin Edwards, one of their former Software Creations colleagues. According to the GitHub description, the collection covers the period 1987 onwards (from when the pair were working at Software Creations) and was … Read more

Derek Yu’s vision for a human-driven games industry in the story of UFO 50’s development xxx

When booting up a game like UFO 50, a collection of 50 titles whose 80s-inspired roots belie the modern design sensibilities that make them special, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. The collection was released on September 18, 2024 to critical and commercial acclaim in spite of how unusual it is in the indie landscape, and … Read more

Today “Difficulty made us stronger” – GSC on how war-time development galvanised the studio, and helped make Stalker 2 a more authentic Ukrainian game

The Russia-Ukraine war rages on, and there is no team more impacted by this reality than Stalker 2 creators GSC World. At the outbreak of the war, the team was split in two, with half evacuating the country and the others staying behind. The company fell victim to cyber attacks following its decision not to … Read more

Today Despite releasing a popular demo this summer, Fallout 1 remake mod Fallout: Vault 13 has now had its development “suspended”

The team behind Fallout: Vault 13, a modding project dedicated to remaking the very first Fallout game in Fallout 4, has announced that it’s made the decision to “suspend” development. In a spring/summer this year that also us Fallout fans get to enjoy stuff like the Fallout TV Series, a Fallout 76 expansion, and Fallout: … Read more

Today Believe it or not, Beyond Good & Evil 2 shows signs of life after years in development hell

Beyond Good and Evil 2, Ubisoft’s open world sci-fi game that has been trapped in a mire of development hell for years now, is showing signs of life according to recent reports. According to a report from Kotaku’s Ethan Gach, signs of life for the game remain present at the company in spite of recent … Read more