BEIJING (Reuters) - China said it would issue new rules cracking down on “undesirable” elements of online games amid fears of growing Internet addiction as the number of players soars, state media reported on Thursday. The number of online game players in China rose 23 percent to 40.17 million last year, Xinhua news agency said […]
TOKYO (AFP)–Japanese video-game lovers choosing a console care more about the games they want to play than the price, with Nintendo’s (7974.OK) Wii so far holding an edge in coolness, a survey said Thursday.
The poll of 3,422 gamers by product pricing site kakaku.com found that 49.2% said their top concern for picking a console was […]
Spacetime, an Austin, Texas-based game studio, has announced that NCsoft will no longer be funding the company’s MMO project. NCsoft had signed a publishing deal with Spacetime two years ago for the development of Blackstar - an original IP space combat MMO. According to a Spacetime blog entry, the developer “…won’t be entering production in […]
Pressure is mounting on SCi Entertainment bigboss Jane Cavanagh to step down after last week’s revelation that the company is no longer in talks to sell the company. A report by The Times Online states that investors have labelled Cavanagh’s position as “untenable” whilst also demanding the resignation of commercial director Bill Ennis and chairman […]
Nintendo of America has added two new members to its newly-relocated Bay Area sales and marketing group, replacing well-known company spokeswoman Perrin Kaplan and announcing a new leader for its Latin America division.
Filling Kaplan’s shoes will be Denise Kaigler, who currently works as Reebok’s head of Global Corporate Communications and Corporate Citizenship. Kaigler also served […]
..And you think there was no relation between Warner’s decision to move to Blu-ray and cheaper ps3s. Businessweek says: “For months, Sony’s (SNE) PlayStation 3 video game console has seemed like a high-profile boondoggle for the Japanese giant. While Microsoft’s (MSFT) Xbox 360 took an early lead that it later forfeited to Nintendo’s Wii machine, […]
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 […]
Lost Odyssey, an upcoming role-playing game from Blue Dragon developer Mistwalker and feelPlus, is now available for pre-order, publisher Microsoft announced today.
Gamers who buy a pre-order card for Lost Odyssey will also get a download code for an additional mission and an unlockable weapon, redeemable on Xbox Live Marketplace after the game releases. The download […]
The European Commission has approved the French government’s request to apply film industry tax breaks to the games industry. The move will allow for around a 20 per cent rebate on the cost of development for games that fall under qualifying criteria - and it is estimated that around half of all games developed this […]
Two Delaware politicians are teaming up with the Entertainment Software Ratings Board (or ESRB) to launch a new series of public service announcements encouraging parents to heed videogame ratings. Delaware Lt. Governor John Carney, State Rep. Helene Keeley and ESRB president Patricia Vance announced the PSAs today. The advertisements will run on billboards, on shopping […]
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