Last November when Electronic Arts shut its Chicago studio, EA Games president Frank Gibeau said that pulling the plug on the studio was “the toughest decision I’ve made in my career.” But the plug was fatefully pulled, with a promise to relocate some staffers and offer others severance packages.
One former EA Chicago member that […]
Today’s story about Star Trek Online’s licensing change has prompted w00tstudios to dig deeper and find out from anonymous sources that City of Heroes/Villains developers Cryptic Studios has acquired the license for Star Trek Online.
Shares in Swiss-based computer peripherals maker Logitech International SA rose as much as 12 percent on Thursday based on speculation Microsoft Corp would launch a takeover bid, traders said.
This while analysts dismissed rumors of an $8 billion Microsoft takeover bid as unlikely and Logitech board member Daniel Borel, the company’s largest shareholder, said he […]
Rockstar Games will be expanding its digital distribution efforts by announcing that it has reached an agreement with Half Life developer Valve to offer its back catalog via the Steam PC download service. Titles planned for Steam availability include such acclaimed games in the Grand Theft Auto, Max Payne and Midnight Club series.
In December, Rockstar […]
OMFG Jade Raymond interviews Kojima for Famitsu! 2 Development heavyweights go head to head and the Metal Gear creator talks about his desire to create violent games.
It seems the editors of Famitsu may have hired a new staff writer: in the latest issue, the magazine has enlisted the help of Assassin’s Creed producer Jade […]
NCsoft’s Robert Garriott will leave his position as president of the North American business in the new year, and will take on a role in global business development and planning. Filling Garriott’s position of president is Chris Chung, NCsoft veteran and currently VP of worldwide product development.
“We’re extremely pleased with Robert’s plans to become […]
Last week, Electronic Arts had warned that Rock Band would be scarce this holiday season. Now, EA is saying Guitar Hero III may experience similar shortages, Activision confirmed during its fiscal Q2 earnings call today.
CEO Robert Kotick said there is a possibility GHIII supply would not meet demand on “certain platforms”. I thought they were […]
In an interview posted on the Nintendo web site recently, Nintendi executives offered investors (and gamers) a rare glimpse into the Japanese gaming giant’s business strategy and future plans, discussing everything from Shigeru Miyamoto’s recent hobbies to the chances that we’ll see a DS that has integrated phone functions any time soon.
After months of web rumors, Microsoft has finally confirmed the existence of a new Xbox 360 SKU called the Arcade bundle and it goes on sale in stores across the US for USD 279.99.The Xbox 360 Arcade is designed to appeal to family groups and comes with five Xbox Live Arcade favourites, a wireless controller, […]
It has been reported that Nintendo of Japan is finally ceasing hardware support for the Famicom system (the Japanese equivalent of the NES) as of October 31st. With all the news of Sega finally ending support on the Dreamcast consoles this past year, it is amazing to think that Nintendo has carried on the Famicom […]
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