18 Dec

A while back Elder-Geek reported that Bethesda Softworks had sued Interplay over the rights to the Fallout franchise, specifically for breach of contract and trademark infringement due to the company’s selling of the series’ previous games on digital distribution platforms like GOG.com. According to a forum post at the Fallout fan hub Duck and Cover, […]

18 Dec

Gerhard Florin, the Executive Vice President of Western World Publishing for Electronic Arts, has announced his intention to leave his ridiculously long job title on March 31, 2010 (which also marks the end of the fiscal year.) Having worked for the company for over 15 years, Florin is one of the few majorly responsible for […]

17 Dec

If you have ever played Mafia Wars or Farmville on Facebook, you have seen the fruits of Zynga’s efforts. The world’s largest social games company has just received a mountainous investment from Digital Sky Technologies, Eastern Europe’s largest internet investor. DST has made an offer to purchase approximately $180 million worth of Zynga’s securities, making […]

17 Dec

The Australian government has come under a lot of slack from the gaming public across the globe for its censoring of multiple high-profile releases over the years. With its current maximum rating only covering the 15 and over demographic, many officials in the government are open to the possibility of creating a newer rating for […]