Rental chain Movie Gallery has announced they are filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy to structure and reorganize its business operations resulting in 760 Game Crazy stores being liquidated and closed. Movie Gallery will still run 250 Game Crazy stores at selected locations and plan on continuing normal operations with a focus on fewer, more profitable […]
Sales charters at Rentrak Corporation recently released their year-end tallies of the games most picked up at rental chains and the ones with the biggest marketing budgets, and it appears that Microsoft’s console topped both lists for 2009. Having 17 of the Top 20 rentals and 9 out of 20 Top Advertised slots, it’s worthwhile […]
With many Game Industry veterans voicing their expectations regarding the iPad recently, it has become clear that developers have mixed feelings with respect to the viability of the iPad as a gaming platform. However, SCEA Director of Hardware Marketing John Koller stated that the launch of the iPad would be a ‘net positive’ for Sony […]
In a report recently filed by CVG, Satoru Iwata of Nintendo was shown a prototype in 2007 by Israel firm 3DV Systems, the prototype was of a 3D motion sensing camera with voice recognition capabilities. Sound familiar? It should. That’s because this is exactly how one would describe Microsoft’s upcoming Natal product.