‘Jet Set Radio’ Getting Enhanced Vita Port (Screens)
Saturday, May 26th, 2012An enhanced port of Jet Set Radio was just announced for the Playstation Vita, sporting features that utilize the handheld’s unique mechanics. Containing all of the features present in the PSN and XBLA version coming this Summer, the game will also allow players to use one of the Vita’s touch screens for the game’s graffiti [...]
No Comments38 Studios Lays Off Entire Staff
Friday, May 25th, 2012The entirety of 38 Studios – and its Maryland subsidiary Big Huge Games – was laid off today, the blame for the company’s history of financial problems placed in part on the failure of the studio’s RPG Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning to move the necessary 3 million units to cover production costs. Financial returns place [...]
No CommentsRon Gilbert’s Double Fine Adventure Game Revealed
Friday, May 25th, 2012Sega announced that it will be publishing The Cave, the new adventure game from Ron Gilbert (Maniac Mansion, The Secret of Monkey Island), which is set for a release sometime in early 2013. In development at Double Fine (unrelated to the studio’s now famous Kickstarter project), The Cave will release digitally on Playstation Network, Xbox [...]
No CommentsRI Governor Holds Sudden Press Conference on 38 Studios
Thursday, May 24th, 2012Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee held an unexpected press conference on the state of 38 Studios earlier today, expressing a worsening state of affairs for the makers of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. Lacking any new outside investment, the studio is being denied all the tax credits it has applied for, likely due to company not [...]
No Comments15-Disc ‘Street Fighter’ Collection Announced
Thursday, May 24th, 2012Capcom is celebrating 25 years of Street Fighter in a big, beautiful way. The publisher announced a whopping 15-disc collector’s box set of games and supplements from the franchise. The games included are Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix, Street Fighter 3 Third Strike Online Edition, Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition, and Street [...]
No CommentsGamestop Consumer ‘EXPO’ Set for August
Thursday, May 24th, 2012PAX Prime may have some competition. On August 29th, two days prior to the convention in Seattle – in San Antonio, Texas – the first GameStop Consumer “EXPO” will be open to PowerUp Rewards card holders. Regular passes cost $35, but a $100 “VIP” option is available, for those that want “four in-depth sessions with [...]
2 CommentsEx-Lionhead Devs Form Kinesthetic Games
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012Alasdair Martin and Anish Antony; developers whose resumes include credits at Lionhead Studios, Codemasters and Electronic Arts; have formed the motion-control focused studio Kinesthetic Games. Their first release – Kung Fu Superstar – began life as an entry in Lionhead Studios’ Creative Day initiative by fellow staffer Kostas Zarifis. Superstar, which aims to teach real [...]
No Comments‘Old Republic’ Team Faces Layoffs
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012Bioware Founders Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk posted an announcement on the Star Wars: The Old Republic forums confirming layoffs at the MMO’s Bioware Austin studio. The scope of the layoffs has yet to be revealed, but changes in LinkedIn resumes such as Community Manager Stephen Reid (via Joystiq) suggest this isn’t just a trimming [...]
No CommentsRumor: A Fusion of ‘Metroid’ and ‘Star Fox’ Coming to the Wii U?
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012It is the stuff that fanboy dreams are made of. Paul Gale Network is reporting that Retro Studios is gearing up to collide the universes of Metroid and Star Fox on the Wii U with the aptly named “Star Fox – Metroid: Fusion Saga”. Believed to switch between a first person perspective as Samus and [...]
1 CommentBungie’s Project ‘Destiny’ Detailed via Activision Contract
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012In the midst of Activision’s ongoing legal battle against ex-Infinity Ward heads Jason West and Vince Zampella (latest update here), a 27-page contract between the publisher and developer Bungie has surfaced courtesy of the LA Times. The ten-year agreement has Bungie on the line for four “sci-fantasy, action shooter games” in a franchise project currently [...]
No CommentsSony Confirms ‘Bullet Run’ Development
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012First appearing on our radar as a rumor early this month following a domain registration, Bullet Run has been confirmed as being in production under Sony Online Entertainment. Developed by German studio ACONY, Bullet is a free-to-play multiplayer shooter that works under the Deadly Reality Television Show premise made famous in “Battle Royale” and “Running [...]
No Comments38 Studios Pays off Rhode Island, Governor Gives MMO Release Date
Monday, May 21st, 2012The second time’s the charm for 38 Studios. The developer’s second $1.125 million check sent to the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation cleared late last week, fulfilling the first payment on the company’s $75 million loan. The state believes the totality of the $49 million portion given to the studio has been spent, their next [...]
No CommentsBlizzard Issues Statement on ‘Diablo III’ Server Issues
Friday, May 18th, 2012Players around the globe have been encountering server issues rendering Blizzard Entertainment’s Diablo III unplayable due to a need for constant internet connection, an issue the company released a statement apologizing for earlier today. In addition to proclaiming that all Battle.net problems causing the widespread lack of connectivity have been resolved, Blizzard announced that it [...]
No Comments38 Studios Fails to Pay State, Employees
Friday, May 18th, 201238 Studios’ check to the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation was returned due to insufficient funds, according to local news outlet WPRI. The $1.125 million owed by the Curt Shilling-backed studio was the impetus for the company’s default on May 1st, as per a 2010 loan agreement. Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee stated that the [...]
No CommentsActivision v. EA Settled
Thursday, May 17th, 2012A settlement agreement has been be filled by both Activision and Electronic Arts, a little under two weeks before their case was to go to court. The move comes one day after an appeal for a 30-day postponement of the trial by Activision lawyer Beth Wilkinson was denied. The agreement removes EA from the list [...]
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