Gameloft cleared after 'crunch' probe (ouch)

Former Gameloft Auckland head studio programmer Glenn Watson alleged in July that Gameloft pushed its employees to work 14-hour days, seven days a week, violating New Zealand's 2002 Health and Safety in Employment Act. The resulting investigation by the New Zealand Labour Department, covered by Develop, has now been closed after finding no substantial evidence of inappropriate crunch time or any breach of health and safety laws, and no legal action will be taken against Gameloft.

This is good news for mobile-game enthusiasts -- and for Gameloft... (Continue Reading...)

En Masse Entertainment publishing Tera with Atari

Atari is happy enough about its MMO revenues to go shopping for another one. Publisher En Masse Entertainment announced that Atari will distribute its action MMO, Tera, to retail in North America. The game, which attempts to combine MMO trappings with a timing-based, action-game-style combat system, is expected to be available in America through the new partnership this year.

En Masse's Chris Lee cited Atari's "strong distribution network" and "culturally iconic brand" as reasons Atari was a good fit as distributor; we're guessing it's mostly that first... (Continue Reading...)
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