Studio known primarily for State of Decay.
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Jeff Strain’s indie studio Crop Circle Games lays staff, reportedly without severance
Back in 2022 we saw former ArenaNet and Undead Labs co-founder Jeff Strain open his own indie studio called Crop Circle Games with the...
One More Game’s multiplayer tactical game Spellcraft opens up its Steam alpha April 6
Back in 2020, we covered the formation of a new fully remote company, One More Game, with a bunch of relevant names from MMOs...
Former ArenaNet co-founder Jeff Strain opens second game studio called Crop Circle Games
At this point it seems like Jeff Strain, one of the former co-founders of Guild Wars ArenaNet, is really eager to launch all of...
Undead Labs partners with The Coalition to make State of Decay 3
After a long run with State of Decay 2, Undead Labs is moving forward with the next game in its zombie survival franchise. First...
Perfect Ten: Why we need more post-apocalyptic MMOs
Ever since playing the original Wasteland back in the late '80, I've had a high fascination with post-apocalyptic settings. Yet it's not been the...
The ‘death by a thousand papercuts version of sexism’ engulfed State of Decay studio Undead Labs, according to new expose
Earlier today, Kotaku ran an expose of Undead Labs, best known for the State of Decay franchise and now housed under no less than...
Dev studio One More Game touts a ‘players first’ attitude and a studio ‘free from ego’
Last July we got word of the founding of One More Game, a dev studio launched by former founder of ArenaNet and En Masse...
Former ArenaNet boss Jeff Strain’s new gaming company is called Possibility Space
There's a new games studio in town: Possibility Space, led by veteran game executive Jeff Strain. Strain, of course, is best known to MMORPG...
Former ArenaNet co-founder Jeff Strain calls for game dev unionization
Jeff Strain, a former employee of Blizzard, former co-founder of ArenaNet, and current founder of Undead Labs, is joining the cavalcade of voices condemning...
Hands-on with Monster Hunter Stories 2: Teasing out the multiplayer content
So Monster Hunter Stories 2 is out in the wild now, and to be honest, the demo does the game no justice for MH fans, and...
Former ArenaNet founder and former Riot Games dev get $5.7M for their startup studio One More Game
What can you do with $5.7 million? Apparently, beef up your own game studio. Patrick Wyatt, a former founder of ArenaNet and En Masse...
The MOP Up: Coronavirus concerns are impacting PAX East 2020
Sony became the biggest game company to pull out of Boston-based PAX East 2020, citing concerns about the coronavirus not-quite-an-epidemic. "Sony Interactive Entertainment made...
The Game Archaeologist: The legacy of Guild Wars
Last week on The Game Archaeologist, we examined the exciting beginnings of Guild Wars, thanks to a trio of ex-Blizzard developers who wanted to...
The Game Archaeologist: The rise of Guild Wars
In early 2005, World of Warcraft mania was rising exponentially, month over month. But even as Blizzard's MMO juggernaut barreled toward its full strength...
Undead Labs founder Jeff Strain to open a game dev studio and academy in New Orleans
Jeff Strain, the former ArenaNet co-founder who went on to helm State of Decay developer Undead Labs, has decided to expand his horizons with...
The MOP Up: Destiny 2 worships the sun
That glowing ball of thermonuclear radiation in the sky might just mean warmth and crispy tans for you, but for Destiny 2, it is...
Jukebox Heroes: The best of Fallout 76’s musical score
Last week, composer Inon Zur took to Twitter to celebrate a big moment: "Dear Friends,
Fallout 76 has been nominated for Best Original Video Game...
State of Decay 2 adds a new way to earn gear and other improvements in the Bounty Broker update
It has, admittedly, been a while since we've checked in on the... uh... the state of State of Decay 2, with our last major...
DayZ will be censored globally over Aussie ban, and nobody will say it’s because drugs, but it’s probably because drugs
Remember last week when we mentioned that DayZ was running into regulatory problems down under? The reigning Australian games rating board - the newly...
MMO Business Roundup: Riot’s diversity ‘progress’, NetEase’s esports arena, DayZ down under, and Twitch threats
Welcome back to another roundup of what's going on in the business of making online games! Let's start with the most controversial of the...
