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Job losses will 'affect most business groups' and continue into 2015
Read More »New Mortal Kombat live-action series in development
Warner Bros is planning a new live-action series based on Mortal Kombat to run alongside the launch of the latest title in NetherRealm’s gory fighting franchise. The untitled Warner Bros production is being developed in collaboration with Blue Ribbon Content – Warner’s new digital series production arm. The series will …
Read More »Minecraft film producers in talks with Night at the Museum director – report
Night of the Museum director Shawn Levy is in talks to direct the film adaptation of Minecraft, according to a new report. Deadline reports on the director/producer’s potential involvement in the upcoming Warner Bros and Mojang-produced movie, where he’ll join The Lego Movie producer Roy Lee. In addition to Night …
Read More »Layoffs imminent at Turbine
Mulitple positions to be eliminated at Lord of the Rings Online studio
Read More »UPDATE: YouTubers defend Shadow of Mordor’s contractually positive reviews
Two prominent YouTubers have come out in defence of the draconian contract requirements that Warner handed to YouTubers who wanted access to Shadow of Mordor. The saga was called out by Jim Sterling early this week, with fellow YouTuber Totalbiscuit also adding that the contract requirements boggled his mind”. Steven …
Read More »INTERVIEW: Bob Roberts talks Shadow of Mordor and procedural design
At EB Expo in Sydney last weekend, we spoke to Lead Designer Bob Roberts from Monolith Studios about the interconnected systems design in Shadow of Mordor
Read More »Dying Light release date shuffles forward a bit
Having been delayed once, Warner Bros’ zombie title Dying Light has now had its release date moved forwards. The game was previously due out in 2014 before being bumped back to February 2015. Now developer Techland says the game will be ready by January 30th in Europe. There’s also a …
Read More »Batman’s third title is first LEGO game to offer a Season Pass and day one DLC
Warner Bros is offering LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham buyers the option of buying a Season Pass. It’s the first Season Pass to be offered in a LEGO game, Eurogamer reports. The 12.79 Pass entitles buyers to six content releases, which are also available separately for 2.55 a piece. These …
Read More »Batman: Arkham Knight slated for June 2015 release
The latest Batman title is coming to stores worldwide next June, Warner Bros has announced. Batman: Arkham Knight is coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC on June 2nd 2015. It was originally meant to be coming out at the end of 2014, but was delayed until 2015so that …
Read More »‘WB Play’ rumoured to be a Steam competitor from Warner Bros
Warner Bros has filed a series of trademarks for what reportedly could be a digital retail and streaming platform. The Escapist reports that the filings for ‘WB Play’ concern a number of activities such as ‘online retail store services’, ‘audio and video broadcasting services’ and ‘downloadable virtual goods’. Of the …
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