Take Care (of Me)

In a grim week for the games industry where Microsoft laid off 1,600 people (with 1,600 further job cuts hanging over the heads of Xbox employees) one decision stood out as especially egregious. Id Software, developer of Doom and Quake, was forced to lay off 136 people – more than half of its workforce. Read more

Aspyr Media shadowdropped a new "Legacy Edition" of the 2011 The Lord of the Rings game, War in the North, earlier this week. It won't be the last The Lord of the Rings re-release from Aspyr, as the company has confirmed "even more classic releases" from The Lord of the Rings series are coming "in the future." That's all Aspyr had to say, so it's anyone's guess as to the other "classic" The Lord of the Rings games that could make a return. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_gZuaXTDEo War in the North's Legacy Edition was released under a licensing deal with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainmen

Paramount Pictures and Activision have confirmed the upcoming Call of Duty movie will take place in its long-running Modern Warfare universe.

We've been introduced to the cast of Game of Thrones: The Mad King, a new stage play set in the Game of Thrones universe

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 developer Infinity Ward has announced that the playable beta for the next first-person shooter in the long-running franchise has been extended until 10pm PT tonight/1am ET tomorrow morning.