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MechScape cancellation costs Jagex tens of millions
gamesbrief.com - 27 days ago
MechScape cancellation costs Jagex tens of millions
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It’s a brave CEO who cancels his company’s second largest project after four years of development and shortly before release. But that’s exactly what Mark Gerhard of Jagex has done with MechScape. The new MMO from the makers of Runescape has been canned shortly before release. When Mark ...
gamesindustry.biz - 27 days ago
News: Decision to cancel MechScape costs Jagex "tens of millions"
— gamesindustry.biz — Jagex CEO Mark Gerhard has confirmed that RuneScape successor MechScape has been canned just prior to its... release. The decision, he told GamesIndustry.biz, was made in August when the ... (more) News: Decision to cancel MechScape costs Jagex ...

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eurogamer.net - 27 days ago
News: Jagex cans MechScape at enormous cost
— eurogamer.net — Didn't meet quality standards, apparently. Jagex CEO Mark Gerhard has confirmed that RuneScape successor MechScape has been... canned just prior to its release, GamesIndustry.biz reports. The decision, he told our sister site, was made in ... (more) News: Jagex cans MechScape at enormous cost

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Playfish: “Physical Media Doesn’t Have A Chance”
edge-online.com - 28 days ago
Playfish: “Physical Media Doesn’t Have A Chance”
— edge-online.com — Speaking at the London Games Conference last night, co-founder and CEO of Facebook game specialist Playfish Kristian... Segerstrale told panel chairman Phil Harrison that “physical media doesn’t have a chance in the future”. It was ... (more) Playfish: “Physical Media Doesn’t Have A Chance”

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