Speaking with IndustryGamers, president of SEGA Mike Hayes has stated that 36 SEGA West staff in San Francisco, as well as and 37 SEGA West staff in London, have been left off due to company restructuring – about12 percent of the division’s workforce. The plan is apparently to refocus the San Francisco studio as a digital products company for consoles, mobiles and PC, while the London offices would continue to focus [...]

As some of you may know, Norwegian developer Funcom is working on a new MMORPG entitled The Secret World. Some screenshots have previously been leaked to the internet, but nothing else since then. But at the Game Developer’s Conference in San Francisco this year, The Secret World will be demoed behind by designer Ragnar Tørnquist. The title features an original setting created by Funcom, with contemporary elements combining with “magic, [...]