Despite the explosions of browser-based, iPhone, and other social/casual gaming fronts bringing in a literal flood of cash into the video game economy, financial agency VentureBeat has released a report showing overall investment in the industry was down in 2009. Zynga’s recent investment of $180 million tipped their scale to a slightly higher mark, but […]
With so many AAA titles being delayed into the next calendar year, it seems probable that all of the games pushed back to avoid a crowded holiday season are in fact creating an equally crowded first quarter of 2010. Developer Capcom seems to agree with the sentiment, as three of its high-profile releases; Lost Planet […]
While all of us on the Western edge of the globe wait with baited breath for Square Enix’s latest Final Fantasy epic, but reports and reviews from the other side of the world market are striking notes on both sides of the aisle. While famed Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu awarded the title a near perfect […]
The passing of the original Electronic Gaming Monthly video game magazine brought tears to many a gamer, but through some impressive financial maneuvers the editorial was able to revive itself under transferred management, and is set to be fully revitalized in the consumer market. The first issue of the new Electronic Gaming Monthly will hit […]