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David Jaffe: $60 Is Way Too Much To Pay For Entertainment
Tweet David Jaffe has echoed what some of the industry’s top executives are now saying: videogames are way too expensive. He also gave more details as to why exactly Twisted Metal was delayed, stating the November-December months are too busy… Read More »
L.A. Noire Developer Team Bondi Is Bankrupt – Rumor
Tweet NeoGAF’s rumoring that Team Bondi, the developer responsible for one of this year’s bestselling games, L.A. Noire, is bankrupt, and is currently seeking help from KMM, a studio in Australia that will eventually acquire the dev.
Dragon Age Anime Dawn of the Seeker Will Release In 2012, Teaser Trailer Inside
Tweet The Dragon Age anime that was announced last year and promised a 2011 release, will instead go live next year. It’s being helm at FUNimation Entertainment, with Bioware EP MarkDarrah and creative director Mike Laidlaw executive producing. Quench the… Read More »
Team Bondi Boss Praises Rockstar For Taking Risk With L.A. Noire
Tweet The relationship between top publisher/devloper Rockstar, and L.A. Noire developer Team Bondi has gone down south as of recent, but the latter firm’s boss still finds room to praise Rockstar for taking a chance on L.A. Noire, after Sony’d… Read More »
Quick Quenchers: Epic Games On Giving Credit To Developers
Tweet “I think credit is really important, and it’s really f*&^ing cheap – pardon my French. It doesn’t cost you a thing to have a guy in the credits who worked for you for three years and had to move… Read More »
Develops Should Expect To Work Long Hours, Says Michael Pachter
Tweet Wedbush Morgan Securities Analyst, Michael Pachter is at it again, this time siding with development firms bent on working their employees to the brink, stating in a recent episode of his own show that game developers should not expect… Read More »
New Uncharted Movie Director Beginning “From Scratch”, Going “Back To The Videogame”
Tweet Uncharted the movie was almost sentenced to hell, but thank God someone had the guts to stop the madness from David O. Russell. Production is underway again, this time finding brand new direction with director Neil Burger, and according… Read More »
Quick Quenchers: Game Reviewers To Endure “Bad” Games To The End Before Judging
Tweet “Below-average games are not being reviewed as often as they once were and, partly as a result, critics have not honed their skills at assigning scores from the lower end of their grading scales. The question of exactly how… Read More »
Women Who Play Videogames Love It More Than Sex
Tweet A study conducted by Doritos which surveyed 2,052 people, has found women who play online games prefer it to having a bath, shopping, exercising or having sex. It’s time to takeaway that console from her.
Ex-Bungie Staffer Now Working At Sucker Punch
Tweet Jaime Griesemer, the ex-Bungie staffer who became infamous for his quote describing Halo as “30 seconds of fun that happened over and over again”, has found a new home at inFamous developer Sucker Punch.
Cellphones Will Overtake Consoles “Within A Very Short Time”, Says Carmack
Tweet While hardcore gamers despise the rise of games on smartphones, the phenom is doing wonders for developers and publishers bottom line. In fact the movement is so great that id Software boss John Carmack believes games on cellphones will… Read More »
Rockstar Will Not Publish Team Bondi’s Next Game – Report
Tweet Team Bondi and Rockstar’s relationship was dealt a great blow when an expose about overworked staffers at the Sydney-based studio rocked the gaming world last week, and now another report has surfaced, this one talking of Rockstar’s “disdain” for… Read More »
Gaikai Is Better Than Consoles, Says Perry, New Deals Happening Now
Tweet If you haven’t heard of Gaikai, it’s a cloud gaming service much like Onlive, and according to founder Dave Perry, it’s better than PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii.
SCOTUS Rules On Games Industry Side, Neglects California Violent Games Law
Tweet The Supreme Court of the United States has declared the videogames industry the winner in the EMA (Entertainment Merchants Association) vs Brown case that has ran for over six years.
Report – Geohot Now Employed At Facebook
Tweet So that’s the way of life, then. Hack the life out of the PS3, get Sony pissed until the firm sends its dogs after you in the form of a lawsuit. Settle out of court and then get hired… Read More »
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