Zynga to File for IPO This Thursday
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011According to a very short report by Reuters, social-gaming giant Zynga is preparing to file for Initial Public Offering (IPO) with the Securities and Exchange Commission this Thursday. The source was not identified, and Zynga has declined to comment on the matter. Zynga was recently estimated to be worth over $20 billion, and rumors of [...]
Comments OffHUD: Infinity Ward Lawsuit, PS Vita Info, F2P XBL Titles
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011Heads Up Display or HUD for short is a fast paced news show featuring everything you need to know about the gaming industry, and nothing more.
3 CommentsForced Update Episode 80
Wednesday, June 29th, 201120 casts in and still holding strong… ish.
2 CommentsElder-Geek’s Favorite Oblivion Mods
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011No need to spend money to fight off the summer gaming lull while waiting for Skyrim. Just update Oblivion and you’re good to go for another month.
11 CommentsSony: Hacked Because We Protect Our IP
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011Kotaku reports that in a shareholders meeting held earlier today, Sony Corporation CEO Howard Stringer has stated that the company was attacked by hackers in May April because the company “tried to protect our IP (intellectual property), [and] our content, in this case videogames.”
Comments OffIGDA to Investigate Team Bondi ‘Crunch Policies’
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011Following an interview with several unnamed former members of the Team Bondi development team by IGN earlier this week, the International Game Developers Association has confirmed to Develop it is planning to investigate the allegations. The IGDA has called on current and former Team Bondi employees to share their stories with the organizations, be they [...]
2 CommentsE3 Preview – ‘Street Fighter x Tekken’
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011The biggest names in fighting games collide. We got some time with the game, come check out our first impressions!
Comments OffGaming Industry Victorious in Supreme Court
Monday, June 27th, 2011The United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Entertainment Merchants Association today, in a historic case that resulted in video games being granted the same first amendment rights as books, films, and music. More information on the ruling is included after the jump.
2 CommentsThe Great Playstation Network Outage of 2011: One Man’s Story (Part 1)
Monday, June 27th, 2011Our researchers found an artifact from the 2011 PSN Outage.
4 Comments19-Year Old Londoner Arrested In Suspicion of PSN Breach Involvement
Monday, June 27th, 2011An unnamed British teenager (giving names of those arrested is illegal under British law) was arrested near London last week. The teen was taken into custody for suspicion of involvement in multiple recent cyberattacks on “a number of international businesses and intelligence agencies,” according to the London Metropolitian Police. These businesses include the UK’s Serious [...]
1 CommentClass Action Suit Claims Sony Laid Off Key Security Before PSN Breach
Monday, June 27th, 2011The newest Playstation Network breach-spawned lawsuit alleges that Sony fired a significant portion of network security employees prior to the hacking of 100 million+ accounts across PSN and SOE. According to the court document, Sony “laid off a substantial percentage of its Sony Online Entertainment workforce, including a number of employees in the Network Operations [...]
Comments Off‘Star Wars Galaxies’ To Be Canned By End of Year
Sunday, June 26th, 2011It’s as if a couple thousand IP addresses requested log-in data, and were silenced. Sony Online Entertainment and LucasArt made a joint statement saying that the Star Wars Galaxies MMO will be taken offline permanently on December 11, 2011. John Smedley, SOE President, clarified to Massively that the cancellation was entirely a business decision, more [...]
Comments OffRumor – PS4 Reveal Coming 2012?
Sunday, June 26th, 2011IndustryGamer sources at a “top developer” have claimed that Sony’s Playstation 4 is expected to revealed sometime next year, most likely at one of the larger industry trade shows. This potential reveal could easily be moved up should Nintendo’s Wii U tablet find extreme financial success, or should Microsoft announce a successor to the Xbox [...]
Comments OffSupreme Court Gaming Industry Verdict Expected Monday
Saturday, June 25th, 2011More than six months ago, the United States Supreme Court decided to hear arguments on both sides of Swartzenegger v. EMA. The case is believed to be the greatest legal challenge the industry has faced, with the potential for massive media censorship on the line. If the Court decides in favor of the plaintiff, video [...]
2 CommentsE3 Preview – ‘Final Fantasy XIII-2′
Saturday, June 25th, 2011Square Enix wants you to know that you can jump now.
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