Codemasters, makers of GRID and Operation Flashpoint, have today become the second publisher to dine on Swordfish Studios this week. Following the migration of Swordfish's entire Manchester team to Monumental Games on Tuesday, Codemasters has snapped up the Birmingham-based half of the 50 Cent and World in Conflict: Soviet Assault developer.
Continue reading...Thursday, November 13, 2008
When we heard yesterday that Swordfish Studios Manchester had been sold to Monumental Games, the thought gave us pause -- a former Activision Blizzard studio, their titles 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand and World in Conflict: Soviet Assault had been bought up by THQ and Ubisoft respectively, and we expected the studio would join [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 10, 2008
When the crumbs start falling from Activision Blizzard's extra-wide table, it seems rival publishers are all-too-willing to scoop them up. Today, Massive Entertainment, one of the last game studios in limbo following the Acti-Blizz merger, has found a new home at Ubisoft -- and brought the rights to their premiere RTS title World in Conflict [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 18, 2008
As you can no doubt see immediately above, the Entertainment Software Ratings Board has today rated World in Conflict: Complete for Windows PC. This is notable for two reasons: 1.) We've never heard of a WIC game with the subtitle "Complete," and unless you're privy to a host of information we'd kill for (and/or frequent European [...]
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Friday, November 14, 2008
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