Age Of Exclusive Games Coming To An End – Insomniac Games

Tweet When Insomniac Games announced that it was breaking away from making exclusive games for Sony platforms, and was instead moving into a partnership with EA Partners, many PS fans cried foul, but the firm’s founder, Ted Price, believes the… Read More »

CD Projekt – Xbox 720 Used Game-Blocking Technology Is A “Bad Thing”

Tweet The developer of Witcher 2: Assassins Of Kings soon to be released exclusively on Xbox 360, has weighed in on the hot topic of whether Microsoft’s next console should feature used game-blocking technology, however unlike the THQ developer, CD… Read More »

Finally, NPD Reaches Agreement With Wallmart To Include The Firm’s Sales Data

Tweet NPD numbers have never been complete. In fact, we interviewed David Riley some time back and asked him this very question, and his answer wasn’t very convincing. But let’s leave bygones be bygones, because finally, NPD’s reached an agreement… Read More »

NDP December 2011: Industry Falls 21%, MW3 Tops, Microsoft Takes 46% Of US Market

Tweet The NPD December 2011 report has revealed that the gaming industry suffered a decline of 21 percent, one of its poorest performances in recent years.

New Low: GameStop/EB Games Do Away With Used Games Section

Tweet In what seems to be a new low from GameStop in Canada (otherwise known as EB Games), the firm’s getting rid of the used games section to remove the distinction between new and used, leaving customers with the short… Read More »

Most Children Play Video Games – Report

Tweet Two years after birth.

Ubisoft Opening Abu Dhabi Studio In December

Tweet Ubisoft and twofour54, the Media Zone Authority in Abu Dhabi announced yesterday the opening of a new Ubisoft games development studio in Abu Dhabi, making the firm the first major publisher to set up shop in that region of… Read More »

L.A. Noire Devs “Team Bondi” $1.4M In Debt

Tweet You think your student loans debts are a bit much to handle? Early this week we heard that L.A. Noire’s developer “Team Bondi” was on the road to closing their doors. This was due to a long period of… Read More »

Half Of UK Population Play Video Games

Tweet A new report claims that half of everyone who lives in Britain play videogames. We don’t know if this is good or bad.

More Games Made On iPhone Than Any Other Platform

Tweet According to a report by by the UK games industry trade association TIGA the iphone is now the most popular development platform in the UK.

Consoles Will Continue To Be “Gold Standard” – GameStop

Tweet While the smartphone boom shows no sign of waning, and more and more gamers are finding themselves playing games on said platform, mega games retailer GameStop believes consoles will continue to be the industry’s gold standard for the foreseeable… Read More »

Dead Island Goes Hollywood

Tweet Lionsgate has secured the rights to produce a Dead Island feature film from publisher Deep Silver.

The Deal We Had With Activision Was “Great, Had It Been Honored” – Vince Zampella

Tweet Speaking to Gamasutra, Vince Zampella said the deal he and Jason West signed with Activision was a great one, but the publisher, according to Zampella, didn’t honor the deal, which then led to events leading up to their dismissal…. Read More »

Confirmed: Visceral Games Australia Shuts Down

Tweet Over the weekend, Kotaku ran a rumor claiming Visceral Games AU, the Australian branch of the Dead Space developer, was to shut its doors come Monday. Well today’s come and gone and the closure has happened indeed.

Because Of Second Hand Game Sales, Heavy Rain Lost €10 million

Tweet According to Quantic Dream CEO Guillaume de Fondaumiere, Heavy Rain has lost about €10 million to the second hand game sales market, adding the problem is the biggest facing the industry to date.