Tuesday, January 31st, 2012 | Posted by Gavin Greene | 1 Comment

As reported by Andriasang, Capcom confirmed the production of Ace Attorney 5 in a recent issue of Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu. No release date or platforms have been announced, but Capcom did reveal that HD versions of the first three games in the detective adventure series will be coming to iOS and Android devices sometime in the future. Released as a single episodic collection, Ace Attorney 123HD will cost either ¥1,200 (approx. $15.65) for its entirety, or ¥600 (approx. $8) per chapter after the second (the first two acting as a free demo.)

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Monday, January 30th, 2012 | Posted by Robin Meijer | 3 Comments

Despite many rumors having circulated around the internet in recent weeks, representatives from Microsoft and Sony have stated that they are not looking to unveil new hardware at the upcoming E3, which is to be held in Los Angeles this June. More information is available after the jump.

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Thursday, January 26th, 2012 | Posted by Robin Meijer | 2 Comments

The Entertainment Software Association, more commonly known as the ESA, has announced that the state of California will be reimbursing around $950,000 for legal expenses made during the US Supreme Court case in June 2011. The ruling in this case granted videogames the same protection with regards to freedom of speech as enjoyed by media such as films and books. So far, the ESA has already received more than $3.1 million to cover all of the legal expenses it incurred during the legal battle.

Part of the funds received will be donated to an after-school program related to video game development, that will be launched by the ESA next spring.

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Thursday, January 26th, 2012 | Posted by Gavin Greene | 1 Comment

The city of Anaheim just lost a major source of summer revenue for this year. Blizzard’s first annual Battle.net World Championship eSports tournament is taking the place of the canceled BlizzCon this year. The event, taking place in Asia, was announced via Battle.net blog post, and will focus on challenges featuring Diablo III, WoW’s Mists of Pandaria, and Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm. More details on the Battle.net World Championship, and BlizzCon 2013, were promised for the near future.

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Wednesday, January 25th, 2012 | Posted by Michael Hunter | No Comments

Origin, EA’s digital distribution platform which launched early June of last year, has just added another eleven developers that are in support of the platform. Trion Worlds spearheads the list which also includes Robot Entertainment, CD Projekt RED, Freebird Games, Recoil Games, Autumn Games, 1C Company, inXile entertainment, Paradox Interactive, Core Learning Ltd and N3V Games.

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Saturday, January 21st, 2012 | Posted by Gavin Greene | No Comments

Originally scheduled to take place on January 24th, the Congressional vote on the Protect Intellectual Property Act (or PIPA) has been postponed by Senate majority leader Harry Reid (D-NV, above). While not as official as the House’s “shelving” of its sister legislation, the Stop Online Piracy Act (or SOPA) three days earlier, a new deadline for a vote has yet to be determined.

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Saturday, January 21st, 2012 | Posted by Gavin Greene | No Comments

Continuing the race for more media partnership acquisitions between itself and Gaikai, OnLive made a joint announcement with Google last week declaring its cloud platform to soon be a standard feature with Google TV service. The OnLive Viewer application is already available on Google TV devices, with actual gameplay streaming to follow sometime in the future.

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Saturday, January 21st, 2012 | Posted by Marcos Forgash | No Comments

Adventure Game Studio is bringing a very massive goody bag to the masses. They’re holding what they call a “Bake Sale” for Child’s Play Charity. Similar to the Humble Indie Bundle, you simply name your price (with a minimum of $1.50 to cover payment processing), and for a download of 14 independent games. All proceeds – minus the aforementioned processing fee – go to Child’s Play.

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Tuesday, January 17th, 2012 | Posted by Robin Meijer | No Comments

Gamefront reports that several large, international publishers have been sending out letters to alleged European pirates, ordering them to pay sums of up to 800 Euro (approximately $1000) for every illegally obtained copy of their video games. Publishers that have been sending out these letters supposedly include Codemasters, Square Enix, Atari, and Ubisoft. According to additional information provided by TorrentFreak, these publishers are tracking down users based on IP addresses. No official statement regarding these letters  has been made by the publishers.

Polish developer / publisher CD Projekt recently launched a similar attack on European pirates of The Witcher II, though it called these plans off after the company began facing strong opposition from the PC-gaming community.

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Wednesday, January 11th, 2012 | Posted by Gavin Greene | No Comments

A lot of dubious statements have come from video game developers recently. With Miyamoto’s hint at retirement last month being later censored by himself and Nintendo, Sony has put a similar kibosh on the rumors of Kaz Hirai ascending the ranks to become the electronics giant’s new CEO. Initially reported this past Saturday, Sony has clarified that it has made no such announcement of a power shift.

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Thursday, January 5th, 2012 | Posted by Gavin Greene | 3 Comments

Ex-Army Special Operations paratrooper – and Atlantic correspondent – D.B. Grady recently lashed out against a portion of Activision’s  marketing campaign for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, calling it “hideous” and that it “sanitizes war to an extreme”. The campaign, which features actors Sam Worthington (“Avatar”, “Clash of the Titans”) and Jonah Hill (“Moneyball”, “The Sitter”) as the “Vet and the Noob”, respectively. According to Grady, the semi-serious nature of the on-screen action and the flippancy in which the characters operate within it  “is so base and strident that it’s hard to believe that it’s not deliberately offensive.”

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Wednesday, January 4th, 2012 | Posted by Gavin Greene | 1 Comment

After seven years as the face and name of one of the gaming industry’s most influential blogs, Brian Crecente announced – via Twitter – that he will be leaving his position as Editor in Chief at Kotaku. Crecente did not hint at any future career plans or the reason behind his leaving the blog, but has promised “more on that tomorrow”. In his farewell post on the site, Crecente announced that Stephen Totilo will replace him as Kotaku’s lead editor. Totilo has since issued his first address to the site as Ed. in Chief.

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Thursday, December 29th, 2011 | Posted by Gavin Greene | 1 Comment

The first few details are starting to emerge about Kojima Production’s “Project Ogre”. Hideo Kojima recently told CNN that the game will be an more open-world adventure, in stark contrast to the producer’s more linear back catalog. While more “subdued” in tone compared to his Metal Gear franchise, Kojima promises over 100 hours of potential gameplay for “Project Ogre” along with an engine capable of rendering translucent clothing and realistic dust particles. No release date for the project has been set, with Kojima saying the game will still take some time to complete.

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Monday, December 19th, 2011 | Posted by Robin Meijer | No Comments

Joystiq reports that the MMO previously known as Marvel Universe Online will be known henceforth as Marvel Heroes. The news was announced by Gazillion Entertainment, who is the developer and publisher behind the free-to-play, browser-based MMO title. The game will be aimed at a more mature audience than Super Hero Squad Online, another MMO title operated by Gazillion Entertainment, which is also based on the Marvel license. No official release date for Marvel Heroes has been confirmed as of yet.

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Thursday, December 8th, 2011 | Posted by Gavin Greene | 1 Comment

UPDATE: In the wake of Miyamoto’s interview, Nintendo has put out a statement saying that Miyamoto is not, in fact, stepping down. Whether this means he will continue to hold the position of Senior Managing Director and General Manager of Entertainment Analysis and Development, or if it is just to emphasis his not leaving the publisher entirely, Nintendo did not clarify. Elder Geek has sent out for comment from the Big N, but has yet to hear back.

If there is one person in this industry whose name does not require an accompanying introduction, it’s Shigeru Miyamoto. Nintendo’s video game virtuoso has stepped down from his current post as Senior Managing Director and General Manager of Entertainment Analysis and Development to focus on smaller projects. In an interview with Wired, Miyamoto floated the possibility of working on unique IP with younger developers.

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