A comparative look at the role-playing game industry on both Western and Japanese shores yields a strong dichotomy: one of consistent innovation, and one of arguable stagnation. At least, that is the belief that Bioware co-founder/director Greg Zeschuk recently expanded upon in an interview with video game website Destructoid.
With 3-D technology raking in heavy cash at the box office, the first steps in bringing the format to home gaming have already been taken with titles like G-Force and Avatar: The Game. But with recent rumblings from both the Blu-Ray Disc Association and PS3-makers Sony Computer Entertainment, it seems like the industry is poised […]
With NPD statistics casting an end-of-the-year gloom over comparative industry sales (2009’s numbers are down an overall 12% from the same period last year,) financial firm DFC Intelligence has released a report on what investors and consumers alike could expect from the industry next year and beyond.
While NPD and other financial analysts bring forth gloomy news on the industry as a whole, those titles deemed “hardcore” by most media professionals have seen a significant uptick in sales in the past six months. Specifically, while a decline in previously heavy-selling franchises like Nintendo platforms and music/rhythm games has brought down the overall […]