A headline at Square-Enix Music Online, a fansite, notes that Square-Enix has voted to disband their in-house music team. The six affected composers on the team are reportedly out of a job, including: Masashi Hamauzu (Final Fantasy XIII, Dirge of Cerberus, SaGa Frontier II) Junya Nakano (Final Fantasy X, Threads of Fate, Musashi: Samurai Legend) Tsuyoshi Sekito (The [...]

Today publisher Activision announced new “strategic plans” for the Call of Duty franchise, including a new developer and the departure of key Infinity Ward staff members. As we’ve reported on earlier, former studio heads Jason West and Vince Zampella are no longer with Infinity Ward, officially. Activision announced it will form a “dedicated [Call of Duty] [...]

According to an interview with website UGO, God of War III director Stig Asmussen wanted to cut the topless ladies from Kratos’ latest outing. Asmussen asserted they needed a purpose beyond eye candy. “It was more a debate between me and several of the story writers,” said Asmussen. “I was like, ‘I’d rather not have it [...]

So SemiSecret, the developers of the surprise Flash and now iPhone hit Canabalt had a game put together before that, by the name of Gravity Hook – described as a mix of Bionic Commando and Peggle. Well, it’s being remade for the iPhone, but you can play it right now in Flash. It’s been overhauled in every [...]