Tag Archives: Developer

Despite the fact that it only announced an expansion of the Canadian based Victoria development studio last year, Microsoft has announced that it'll be shuttering it. While a large expansion was announced and planned in 2012, ultimately growth wasn't quite as high as expected, though this will still leave around …

Original Draw Something developer OMGPOP, was bought by Zynga last year for a cool $180 million (£117.36 million) and then closed down this year after the world and his dog forgot about the pictionary style game and its sequel. The team didn't go down without a fight though. They even …

Microsoft has been criticised by big developers and indies alike, for always charging tens of thousands of dollars to update games on its Xbox 360, leading to long delays in some cases and in others, no updates at all  – as it just wasn't financially viable. Now though, the software …

Microsoft has announced its plans to open a new games development studio in London, with staff there set to work on future casual games. The company is currently in the process of hiring developers, so if you wanted to get your foot in the door at a Microsoft studio, now might …