20 Sep

While Rock Band revolutionized the music-rhythm genre, it was not even close to be the first time such gameplay mechanics were tossed around the idea table. Back in 2008, Japanese game publisher Konami sued Viacom, the parent company of Rock Band devs Harmonix. Konami’s case argued that the music-rhythm game infringed on patents previously utilized […]

20 Sep

Fans of DRM-free PC classics bowed their collective heads today. The administrators of Good Old Games (GOG).com confirmed that the shut-down of their site was not, as it was previously believed, a publicity stunt. “Business and technical reasons” were the cited causes of the shut-down of the digital download retailer, with a more detailed explanation […]

20 Sep

At the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Media, Communications, and Entertainment Conference, Activision-Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has stated that he expects his company to start selling the cutscenes contained in videogames separately to users within five years. Kotick believes that the quality of cutscenes as found in games like Starcraft II are of such high quality […]