Naughty Dog is hiring to potentially develop a next-gen game

Peter White Television EditorPopstar Alicia Keys is to exec produce a feature-length documentary about six iconic African American female entertainers for PBS.American Masters: How It Feels To Be Free will tell the story of Lena Horne, Abbey Lincoln, Nina Simone, Diahann Carroll, Cicely Tyson and Pam Grier and how they challenged an entertainment industry deeply complicit in perpetuating racist stereotypes, and transformed themselves and their audiences in the process.The doc, which will air in

What do WME's Ari Emanuel, CAA'sRichard Lovett, Universal's Donna Langley, Netflix's Bela Bajaria and Rideback's Dan Lin have in common? They have all appeared in The Hollywood Reporter's annual Next Generation issue, our definitive list of the year's 35 best and brightest leaders age 35 and under. THR is now accepting online submissions for the 27th edition of the Next Gen list, which is slated to publish Oct.

Ubisoft has confirmed that it will not be raising the prices for next-gen games being released later this year.CEO Yves Guillemot announced the pricing move during an earnings call with investors. “For the Christmas games, we plan to come with the same price as the previous generation of consoles.

Overcooked! series is coming to PS5 and Xbox Series X in the form of a remaster bundled with the original two games.News of the remaster came to light during today’s (July 20) Summer Games Fest Developer Showcase, which was dedicated to highlighting many upcoming indie games. Overcooked! All You Can Eat will be available both digitally and physically when the game lands.

Nacon (formerly known as Bigben Interactive) has announced that its 2019 hack-and-slash game Warhammer: Chaosbane will be ported over to next-gen consoles.The publisher announced the next-gen version of Warhammer: Chaosbane during its Nacon Connect event on Tuesday (July 7).

Microsoft has allegedly told video game developers not to charge players for upgrading current-gen games to next-gen versions.The move appears to be aimed at propelling Microsoft’s Smart Delivery system for the Xbox Series X, which will grant players free next-gen upgrades, according to a report from Video Games Chronicle.The report also alleges that Microsoft is leaving the door open for publishers and developers to employ other mechanisms, such as Electronic Arts (EA)’s Dual Entitlement

Mark David Doc Rivers, a former NBA All-Star player and championship coach, who since 2013 has been the head coach of the Los Angeles Clippers, is looking to shake up his real estate portfolio, quietly listing a beachfront home in Malibu for nearly $13 million.

The Last Of Us Part II, developer Naughty Dog has received multiple abusive threats after controversial choices made in the game and the company has now responded.The development team behind The Last Of Us Part II has been subject to multiple death threats and verbal harassment since story details of the game leaked earlier this year.Since then steps were taken to disable comments on YouTube and Twitter to avoid spoilers being shared and further backlash being escalated.

Gemma Collins to launch her music career as music producer Naughty Boy has pulled the plug on their duet. The pair originally planned to collaborate on a Christmas track before production was delayed and they decided on releasing a summer anthem together.

Naughty Dog’s vice president Neil Druckmann has shared his thoughts on how transition to developing games for the next generation of consoles will impact the company.During a recent podcast episode with former Nintendo head Reggie Fils-Aime, Druckmann spoke about why he’s looking forward to the next-gen system’s SSD removing barriers – despite his team already putting an extraordinary amount of work into minimising loading times.He said: “At the end of a [console] generation, you always feel the

Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5 to integrate “movie-quality assets” into games, claims the company’s chief technology officer Kim Liberi.“It has been a lifelong dream of mine that real-time computer graphics, and in particular games, can be as believable and realistic as a movie,” said Liberi in an interview with Official PlayStation Magazine UK, as Video Games Chronicle reports.Liberi mentioned Epic Games’ collaboration with Disney’s The Mandalorian, which used the Unreal Engine for visual effects,

Naughty Boy has revealed his decision to pull the plug on his musical collaboration with Gemma Collins.The famed record producer, who has joined forces with the likes of Beyoncé, had planned to release a "summer banger" with The Only Way Is Essex star Gemma, 39. But, the 35 year old music star has now shared his decisions to pull the plug on any form of duet with his unlikely reality TV star friend.

Following the news that NBA 2K21 is going to be more expensive on PS5 and Xbox Series X, it looks like more companies are considering following the same price model.According to Osaki, “IDG works with all major game publishers, and our channel checks indicate that other publishers are also exploring moving their next-gen pricing up on certain franchises”.“The last time that next-gen launch software pricing went up was in 2005 and 2006 when it went from $49.99 (£44.99) to $59.99 (£54.99) at the

NBA 2K21 is set to release later this year and its retail price for PS5 and Xbox Series X hints that next-gen games could be getting a price increase.This price inflation will mark the first increment since the jump to the PS3 and Xbox 360 generation which went from $49.99 (£44.99) to the current $59.99 (£54.99) recommended retail price.Multiple games such as Cyberpunk 2077 and Marvel’s Avengers have stated that players who purchase the title on current console systems will be eligible for a

Tencent Holdings has opened a new development studio in Los Angeles that will work on AAA games for next-gen consoles.The studio is called LightSpeed LA, and will be headed by former Rockstar Games studio manager and director Steve Martin.