Following the announcement that EA Partners had been chosen to publish id Software’s upcoming Rage, id’s co-founder recently told gaming site GameSpot that he once took a very dim view of the way EA dealt with small studios.
“I’ll admit that, if you asked me years ago, I still had thoughts that EA was the Evil […]
Well look at that, Internet rumors of an Xbox 360 price cut have been circulating for quite some time and Target went ahead and made it official from a retailing standpoint earlier today. The new Xbox 360 60GB model will retail for $349, which the “old” SKU Pro previously sold for. The Elite model, which […]
It’s E3 Time once again and Square Enix’s offerings are some of my personally anticipated showings. One SMALL question though: WHERE IN THE WORLD IS FINAL FANTASY XIII?
Here’s a list of what’s on the floor at the Los Angeles Convention Center for E3:
On display at the Los Angeles Convention Center at Concourse 401 from […]
Nickelodeon is expanding its games portfolio via interests in the areas of virtual worlds/games and the formation of two separate divisions, the company announced today. The Nickelodeon Kids and Family Games Group includes all of its gaming initiatives, both paid and subscription, for online, PC, handheld and console, and will be led by senior VP […]
On June 10th, Tecmo filed with the Tokyo District Court for a “gag-order” against former employee and Dead or Alive creator Tomonobu Itagaki before the court case begins. The provisional disposition includes the following four points, prohibiting:
LucasArts is reportedly ceasing internal development after the release of The Force Unleashed, according to speculation coming off the back of staff cuts last week. The layoffs included VP of Product Development Peter Hirschmann and Lego Indiana Jones producer Shawn Storc, and now Shacknews is now citing a source claiming that LucasArts will indeed halt […]
3D Buzz has just announced the Old School Level Design Contest for Unreal Tournament 3! The Unreal mod community is in need of some new recruits, and they want you to be one of them.
This contest is unique in that ONLY those assets included with the retail version of Unreal Tournament 3, […]
Noted Japanese Game Developer Tomonobu Itagaki is leaving Tecmo and is reportedly suing the company for unpaid bonuses. The Dead or Alive creator says that one cause was an unfulfilled Dead or Alive 4 completion bonus, stating, ” (Tecmo) President Yoshimi Yasuda chose not only to violate this agreement, but also turned defiant, telling me […]
May 23 (Bloomberg) — Capcom Co., publisher of the “Resident Evil” video-game series, is in talks with Hollywood studios to jointly produce movies based on its software, President Haruhiro Tsujimoto said.
“We are in the process of working out contracts for several offers we received at the Cannes Film Festival last week and hope to […]
id Software has confirmed it has left the Entertainment Software Association, joining a growing list of recent departures that includes Activision, Vivendi and LucasArts.
The publisher departures follow decisions made by the ESA board surrounding last year’s E3 move to Santa Monica that ultimately cost the association $5 million and necessitated raising its membership dues, as […]
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