Vietnam Restricts Online Play, Cites Concerns for Children
Saturday, July 31st, 2010The Ministry of Information and Communication has placed new, strict regulations on online gaming in the country, stating the action as a preventative measure against youth corruption. Pending the exact implementation of the new regulations, the measure bans all overnight online gaming from taking place over public access channels and all advertisements for online gaming [...]
Comments OffWipeout Dev Working on New Action IP
Saturday, July 31st, 2010As has been the case for a while now, a job posting can speak a thousand words on where a company’s headed. The latest resume-requesting reveal comes in relation to WipEout HD developer Sony Liverpool, who posted an opening for a person to help deliver “the most realistic, intense, action-packed game experience available.”
Comments OffLord British Wins $28m Lawsuit
Saturday, July 31st, 2010Patience is a virtue Richard Garriott (aka Lord British) knows very well. Allegedly terminated for NCSoft in late 2008, the Ultima-creator sued the company for $47 million on fraud and breach of contract charges. His claim comes mainly for the company truncating his time to sell off his stock, losing him assumed millions in the [...]
Comments OffGuillermo del Toro Working on ‘Big’ Video Game Projects
Friday, July 30th, 2010Cult favorite director (and video game enthusiast) Guillermo Del Toro has confirmed to MTV’s Multiplayer games blog that he is working with an unconfirmed – but assuredly “big” – game company on multiple projects. No details have been revealed on any of the projects, but one can assume at least one of them is related [...]
Comments OffBethesda Has ‘Really Cool’ Mobile Game in the Works
Friday, July 30th, 2010Speaking to IndustryGamers, Bethesda Game Studios Executive Producer Todd Howard spoke on a “really cool” mobile project that the company had been in development. Put on hold when their parent company Zenimax acquired id Software, Howard assured that the design was still on the back burner, being saved for a less crowded smart phone development [...]
Comments OffZynga Forms Japan Studio
Friday, July 30th, 2010Thanks to a hefty $150 million investment raised from Japan’s Softbank, Zynga has announced a new Japanese studio, simply called Zynga Japan. The joint venture between Softbank and Zynga is based in Tokyo and will “tap into Japan’s rich history of gaming and leverage Softbank’s cutting edge mobile and Web technology to produce the best [...]
Comments OffEA Providing Refunds for Battlefield 1943 Pre-Orders
Friday, July 30th, 2010Despite the fact that Battlefield 1943 has been available on Xbox Live Arcade and Playstation Network for more than a year, EA has still not released the World War II-based shooter for the PC. The release window has been pushed back several times. In response to a refund request from several consumers, EA has now [...]
Comments OffSuper Street Fighter IV 3DS Screens
Friday, July 30th, 2010We’ve received a healthy portion of promotional screenshots from the upcoming Nintendo 3DS version of Super Street Fighter IV. And seeing as pictures are worth a thousand words, we’ll just direct you to the gallery below.
1 Comment3DS Price, Release Date Coming in September
Thursday, July 29th, 2010Mark your calendars for September 29th. That’s the day that Nintendo (according to the quote Bloomberg‘s Japanese office received from company spokesperson Yasuhiro Minigawa) will reveal both the price and Japanese release date of the hotly anticipated 3DS. Prices are expected between the $150 and $250 range, with higher software prices also expected on average. [...]
6 CommentsBlack Ops Announces DS Version
Thursday, July 29th, 2010Call of Duty: Black Ops will be coming to the Nintendo DS day-and-day with its console big brothers (November 9th), recently announced Activision, developed by n-Space (Call of Duty: Modern Warefare Mobilized). The game will feature an optimized perk system spread across six multiplayer modes and a Co-Op campaign. The single player campaign will also [...]
Comments OffRare Fan Community Rebuked, Shuts Down
Thursday, July 29th, 2010One of the longest running (over 10 years) and largest fan communities in the games industry was MundoRare. Despite its longevity and its avid support for the developer that shares part of its namesake, the administrators of the website said that they would be shutting down all activity following repeated rebukes from the developer. Rare [...]
2 CommentsEverQuest II Goes Free-to-Play
Thursday, July 29th, 2010Like Dungeons and Dragons and Lord of the Rings Online before it, Sony Online Entertainment’s EverQuest II will be adding free-to-play service models to its existing subscription-based economy. The two play styles will run on separate servers, with various limits imposed on players depending on which of four possible tiers (Platnium, Gold, Silver, Bronze) they [...]
Comments OffPlaylogic Files for Bankruptcy
Thursday, July 29th, 2010One of the developers on the front line of titles for Playstation’s Move motion control setup has voluntarily filed for Chapter 11. Or, more appropriately, the Dutch studio filed for the local equivalent, “surseance van betaling”. The company was in over $21 million in debt at the end of the previous fiscal year, and its [...]
Comments OffNintendo Posts First-Quarter Loss
Thursday, July 29th, 2010Despite the apparent undiminishing popularity of the Nintendo Wii, Nintendo announced that it has made a loss during the first quarter of the current financial year, which ended in June. Overall sales fell with 25.6%, which lead to a loss of approximately ¥25.2 billion, or $289 million. During the same quarter in 2009, Nintendo made [...]
1 CommentThe Force Unleashed-Writer Resigns from LucasArts
Thursday, July 29th, 2010After having worked for LucasArts for more than 13 years, executive producer and writer Haden Blackman has announced today that he is resigning from his position at the developer. Blackman was known for having written the storyline behind several Star Wars-based classics such as Star Wars: Force Commander, the MMORPG Star Wars: Galaxies, as well [...]
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