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Former NetEase exec's new investment group is funding Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic because 'everyone wins' if you 'give the best creator the opportunity to work on a dream project'

… In addition to Arcanaut and Fate of the Old Republic, GreaterThan is investing the $100 million it's raised into BulletFarm, a studio founded by former Call of Duty: Black Ops design director David Vonderhaar and yet another developer that was caught in the NetEase funding cull. …

May 12, 2026 · Lincoln Carpenter

Surprise: The studio making Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic is full of former BioWare devs

… Returning to head up its development is Casey Hudson, project director on KotOR 1 and the Mass Effect series, former BioWare general manager, and now co-founder, CEO, and game director at Fate of the Old Republic developer Arcanaut Studios. …

May 5, 2026 · Lincoln Carpenter

After his shock retirement last year, legendary former Tekken boss has landed at one of Japan's biggest fighting game publishers

… During his time at Bandai Namco Harada worked on a bunch of non-fighting projects including Katamari Damacy Reroll, Ace Combat: Assault Horizon, and Code Vein. …

May 12, 2026 · Shaun Prescott

A trio of former BioWare devs are making 'a neon-noir supernatural mystery game set in a stylized Canadian cityscape'

Former BioWare developers launching their own studios may not be the biggest news of all time—lots of them have done it, to varying degrees of success—but the premise of the debut project in the works at Studio Reset has me intrigued: It's "a neon-noir supernatural mystery game set in a stylized Ca… …

May 21, 2026 · Andy Chalk

The League of Legends MMO adds another World of Warcraft vet to its team

… Riot previously added former WoW lead software engineer Orlando Salvatore to its roster in October 2024. …

Jun 1, 2026 · Andy Chalk

Former Elder Scrolls Online boss describes Tango Gameworks and Arkane Austin closing as a turning point at Xbox: 'I know where this is going'

… Firor said that the one-two punch caused developers to, in Firor's words, see themselves in an "EA 2008" situation, a reference to the publisher cutting 1,100 jobs in response to the '08 Financial Crisis at the beginning of 2009, with an even larger 1,500-person layoff to come later in the year. …

May 3, 2026 · Ted Litchfield

Destiny developers reflect on the end of an era: 'We all worked so hard to maintain the quality bar under unrealistic constraints'

… In light of the Traveler-sized bomb Bungie just dropped, former developers and voice actors alike have shared their experiences working behind the scenes on one of gaming's biggest franchises. …

May 22, 2026 · Rory Norris

Former Elder Scrolls Online boss was told in 2001 that 'There's already enough MMOs out there, no one is ever gonna play a new one'

… I don't think gaming is too big to fail, but it's too diffuse for there to stop being cool new games to play: Too many developers working at varied levels of complexity on every continent. …

May 3, 2026 · Ted Litchfield

Former Bungie dev says 'you'd be surprised how many times' expansions were pitched for a fan-favorite Destiny archvillain who's now left hanging

… But according to former Bungie senior narrative designer Robert Brookes, Destiny's devs had tried—repeatedly—to give Xivu Arath the debut that players have been left to dream of. …

May 22, 2026 · Lincoln Carpenter

Sony thinks generative AI 'will make it easier to take on more innovative and ambitious projects'

… Though former head honcho Shuhei Yoshida thinks companies should invest in smaller, experimental projects , that doesn't seem to be the vision for generative AI. …

May 12, 2026 · James Bentley

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