Tag: PS2

Embracer continues its dark side run, cancelling new Deus Ex and laying off almost 100 staff

Embracer continues its dark…

In what’s already proving to be a pretty depressing year for the games industry, Embracer Group has decided to…
Embracer cancels Deus Ex game in development for two years

Embracer cancels Deus Ex…

UPDATE 6pm UK: A statement from Eidos Montreal has confirmed 97 jobs have been lost at the studio, following…
Immortality dev Sam Barlow is working on a third-person survival horror

Immortality dev Sam Barlow…

Sam Barlow – the developer behind acclaimed investigative FMV adventures Immortality, Telling Lies, and Her Story – has announced…
Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth: The Kotaku Review

Like A Dragon: Infinite…

I’m soaking up the sun as I stroll along the beautiful beaches of Hawaii when suddenly a group of…
After selling lots of its non-Final Fantasy IP, Square Enix doesn’t want to rely on Final Fantasy as much

After selling lots of…

You know those JRPGs like Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest that Square Enix is pretty well-known for making, especially…
“One of the most brilliant programmers around” – tributes pour in as Interplay co-founder Rebecca Heineman passes away

“One of the most…

Rebecca Heineman, one of the co-founders of Interplay Entertainment – a key programmer as well as the designer of…
A love letter to Peter Jackson’s King Kong video game, the first great achievement hunter pick-up

A love letter to…

Later this week marks 20 years since the release of the Xbox 360, and with it comes a slew…
Xbox needs to make a choice, says former PlayStation leader Shawn Layden: be a publisher or a platform, but you can’t be both

Xbox needs to make…

Few people know more about helping run a successful console business than Shawn Layden. He was there at Sony…
Here are our PS Plus Extra and Premium games for November

Here are our PS…

Sony has revealed the next slate of games set to arrive on PS Plus for Extra and Premium subscribers…
Former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden on Sony’s years-long debate over scrapping discs, and why this time it’s probably “a straight spreadsheet decision”

Former PlayStation boss Shawn…

Former PlayStation Worldwide Studios leader and Sony veteran of 32 years, Shawn Layden, has described Sony’s surprise decision to…