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Battlestations: Pacific DLC deploying in July

3 July 2009 |Eidos WWII strategy game gaining Mustang add-on for $2 today, $10 four-map Carrier Battles pack due July 23 on 360, PC.

IGDA names new executive director

3 July 2009 |Industry outsider Joshua Caulfield will oversee game-dev association and will assume new leadership responsibilities.

Namco Bandai collects Dragon Ball rights

3 July 2009 |Publisher goes Super Saiyan, grabs five-year exclusive license for games based on license across all major consoles and handhelds.

UFC threatens to ban EA MMA fighters?

3 July 2009 |MMA Underground forum reports mixed martial arts organization will disavow any competitors that sign up for Electronic Arts' new brawler.

Asteroids on collision course with theaters - Report

3 July 2009 |Universal comes out on top of bidding war to bring Atari arcade classic to big screens; producer of G.I. Joe, Doom films attached.

Ubisoft fueling Heroes Over Europe

3 July 2009 |Parisian publisher picks up Transmission Games' World War II flight combat game for September worldwide release.

Judge approves Midway sale to Warner Bros.

3 July 2009 |Mortal Kombat maker cleared to emerge from bankruptcy thanks to $33 million acquisition offer.

Alpha Protocol initiated for October 6

3 July 2009 |Sega and Obsidian Entertainment's wetwork-heavy stealth RPG dated for this fall on Xbox 360, PS3, and PC.

Battlefield 1943 bombarding XBLA, PSN next week

3 July 2009 |EA Dice's multiplayer-only downloadable shooter arrives on Xbox 360 July 8, PS3 a day later for $15; PC edition slated for September.

Shippin’ Out UK July 2

3 July 2009 |The Wild West comes to life in Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood, while golf fans can come out swinging with Tiger Woods PGA tour 10.

2009 Game Developers Conference Austin to Host Inaugural iPhone Games Summit

2 July 2009 |Advisory board of esteemed industry experts announced for both summits.

1,300 Xbox 360s Stolen

2 July 2009 |Canadian thieves steal a trailer full of game consoles.

Chinese Ministry of Culture Issues Notification to Regulate Games

2 July 2009 |2009 Game Developers Conference China Stands as first and only approved game development event in China by the MOC.

Entire Damnation Dev Team Gets The Axe

2 July 2009 |This is what happens when you make bad games.

Entire Damnation Dev Team Gets The Axe

2 July 2009 |This is what happens when you make bad games.

Quake Arena Screenshot Reveals New Level

2 July 2009 |The wait may soon be over.

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Digital Animation Studio Plastic Wax Announces Latest Projects, Services & Tech

2 July 2009 |A mid-year update on the company's ongoing growth in 2009.

iMEvil, Featuring Voice Talent David Sobolov, Coming Soon to App Store

2 July 2009 |Some evil sounding iPhone news.

Nexon America Unveils its Summer Warm-Up for MapleStory

2 July 2009 |Numerous features are added to MapleStory, including its undefeated monster, Pink Bean.

Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth Import Preview

3 July 2009 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> The Ace Attorney series consistently delivers funny, well-written stories, and Capcom's latest game in the ...

New Splinter Cell To Run Roughly 12 Hours

3 July 2009 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> Splinter Cell: Conviction creative director Maxime Beland wants people to finish his game. ...

Desperate Struggle To Be Last Wii No More Heroes, Suda51 Says

3 July 2009 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> Looks like the Wii will soon be saying goodbye to one of its "hardcore" franchises. In a new ...

Unlocking Characters Outdated, Tekken Series Director Says

3 July 2009 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> Buy Street Fighter IV or Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and what's the first thing you have to do? That's ...

Rock Band DLC Brings Green Day and Mayhem

3 July 2009 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> Rock Band's DLC for next week includes the exclusive Green Day three-pack that was announced last ...

No Room For Mediocrity This Holiday Season, Eidos Says

3 July 2009 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> The past two holiday seasons have not been kind of Eidos Interactive. Kane & Lynch: Dead Men and Tomb ...

Battlefield 1943 Dated for Next Week

3 July 2009 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> EA set a date for their downloadable World War II shooter Battlefield 1943 this morning, and it's ...

Capcom Classics Coming to PSN Throughout Summer

3 July 2009 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> Capcom seems to be jumping aboard Sony's digital distribution wagon with a flurry of downloadable ...

Universal Buys Movie Rights to Asteroids

3 July 2009 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> Motion picture studio Universal has picked up the rights to produce a film based on the vintage ...

Sony Always Planned for UMD-less PSP

3 July 2009 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> Sony had plans to make a PSP without the UMD drive from the beginning of the system's life, ...

Fallout 3 Only $24.99

3 July 2009 |Early weekend deal offers 50% price reduction on one of its hottest games.

More Left 4 Dead Content to be Announced by End of Summer

3 July 2009 |Will this placate the legions of fans who felt snubbed by the L4D2 announcement?

Street Fighter Artist Opens New Online Comic

3 July 2009 |Anime and comic artist unleashes L33TASS.com to focus on two men going totally raw... playing ping pong.

Another Uncharted 2: Demo Coming

2 July 2009 |Even if its another marketing tactic to get us more buzzed about the game, we're giddy.

StarCraft II Shipping Without LAN Support

2 July 2009 |Piracy and quality of experience were given as reasons, though some are certainly distressed that the option isn't being given.

Wii Sports Resort Third Fastest Selling Japanese Wii Title

1 July 2009 |Expect even greater numbers to be thrown up when the game launches in Europe and the U.S. later in July.

New Harry Potter Game Casts a Spell in Stores

1 July 2009 |Fans of the wizard get a sneak peek of the upcoming movie by experiencing the video game.

Switch Sides in WoW?

1 July 2009 |Yes, the sacred choice to be Alliance or Horde may soon be broken.

Halo 3 Rocks Xbox Live Charts

1 July 2009 |Microsoft sci-fi shooter rides the top of this week's Xbox Live charts.

Movie Games Driving ‘Substantial Purchase Interest,’ says Nielsen

1 July 2009 |Movie-based video games aren't exactly known for innovation and quality, but recent game tie-ins have definitely helped build buzz around the properties, Nielsen has found.

Namco Bandai Gets Dragon Ball Game Rights

3 July 2009 |Namco Bandai Games America has attained the North American rights to publish official games for all platforms based on the Dragon Ball anime and manga series. The company says its new five-year agreement supersedes publisher ...

Warner’s $33M Midway Acquisition Approved By Judge

3 July 2009 |Warner Bros. can proceed with its proposed buyout of beleaguered publisher Midway and its assets, following approval granted by a bankruptcy judge, reports the Chicago Tribune. The $33 million deal will close within 10 days. First ...

Interview: Sidhe’s Wynands On Work-For-Hire’s Decline, New Paradigms

3 July 2009 |[New Zealand-based developer Sidhe (Gripshift, Speed Racer) is trying to transition its business model, and MD Mario Wynands tells Gamasutra about why it's a "crazy time to be trying to run a work-for-hire studio", and how the firm ...

Feature: Game Design Essentials - 20 RPGs

3 July 2009 |In the latest in his popular Game Design Essentials series, which has previously spanned subjects from Atari games through 'mysterious games', 'open world games', 'unusual control schemes' and 'difficult games', writer John Harris ...

An Indie Game Music Roundtable: Night, Flower, Eden and Proud

3 July 2009 |[In an all-star roundtable, the musicians behind PixelJunk Eden, Flower, Night Game, and Jonathan Mak's next project gather to share their philosophies on creating game soundtracks.] Recently four composers met to share their ...

NBA 2K9 Sells 2 Million Worldwide

3 July 2009 |2K Sports' NBA 2K9 has hit the two million-unit mark, and Take-Two will publish a special "anniversary edition" of 2K10 in North America this fall to celebrate. NBA 2K10: Anniversary Edition will launch packaged in a "sports ...

Social Game Mafia Wars Hits 4 Million Daily Users

3 July 2009 |The web-based social game Mafia Wars attracts 4 million daily users one year after debuting on social networking sites, developer Zynga said Thursday. The game launched in June 2008, and according to Zynga, doubled the number of ...

Analyst: Take-Two ‘Diversifying’ Away From GTA Dependence

3 July 2009 |Although analysts are often dubious on Take-Two's earnings power in years with no major GTA release, Kaufman Bros. analyst Todd Mitchell says the publisher will be profitable in fiscal 2010 even with no Grand Theft Auto V. "We ...

Best Of Indie Games: See You on The Under Side

3 July 2009 |[IndieGames.com: The Weblog editor Tim W. round's up the week's top indie games and related news, this time examining a Metroidvania platformer, a dragon-breeding sim, and many more.] This week on 'Best Of Indie Games', we take a ...

UK Retailer GAME Sees Revenue Decline, 24.2 Million Console Installed Base

3 July 2009 |The total current generation console hardware installed base in the U.K. currently stands at 24.2 million units with Nintendo platforms leading rivals, according to a mid-year sales report from U.K.-based retailer Game Group. The ...

News: Midway sale approved, 10 days until completion

3 July 2009 | The sale of Midway Games to Warner Bros. has been approved by a court in the US, with the deal expected to be completed within ten days. Warner had put in a USD 33 ...

News: Two new GTA IV DLC episodes due next year - analyst

3 July 2009 | Take-Two and Rockstar are expected to release two brand new downloadable episodes for Grand Theft Auto IV in fiscal 2010, and release GTA V the following financial year. ...

News: NBA 2K9 reaches 2 million sales worldwide

3 July 2009 | 2K Sports has shifted two million units worldwide of its most recent NBA title, NBA 2K9, according to sales figures released by the publisher today. 2K9, the most recent ...

News: Four million play Mafia Wars daily

3 July 2009 | Zynga's online title Mafia Wars is being played by over four million users every day, claims the company. The game is playable over Facebook, Tagged, Yahoo and Myspace, ...

News: Nintendo sponsors new Five quiz show

3 July 2009 | Nintendo is sponsoring Five's Britain's Best Brain – a new quiz show for UK TV. The company will benefit from sponsorship credits around the show in an ...

News: Reports of China’s ‘gold farming ban’ misinterpreted

3 July 2009 | An authority on the trade in virtual items and currencies has discredited claims earlier this week that the Chinese government had banned gold farming. On his ICTs for ...

News: Microsoft: Ads won’t interfere with Xbox Live experience

3 July 2009 | Microsoft has responded to concerns over a recent announcement it would be bringing Silverlight adverts to its Live service, saying the adverts won't interfere with the gaming experience for users. ...

News: Microsoft sued over Xbox Live

3 July 2009 | A court case in which Microsoft is accused of patent infringement with its Xbox Live service may soon reach a conclusion. Reports predict the hardware manufacturer could be on the verge of following suit with Sony - ...

News: GAME sales down in first half of 2009

3 July 2009 | Sales for specialist retailer GAME were down 9.1 per cent in the first half of the year, with like-for-like sales dropping 15.4 per cent. The results were in line with ...

News: UK console installed based tops 24m

3 July 2009 | The installed base of consoles in the UK has reached 24.2 million units in the UK, according to data from GfK Chart-Track. As of June 27, 2009, the Wii has sold 5.4 ...

IGDA Names New Executive Director

3 July 2009 |Following months of seraching, the International Game Developers Association has named a new executive director.Gamasutra reports that Joshua Caulfield (left) will replace Jason Della Rocca, who departed earlier this year. ...

Midway Sale to Warner Bros. Gains Court Approval

3 July 2009 |A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge has approved the sale of Midway to Warner Bros. for $33 million, reports the Chicago Tribune.No other bids were submitted.The decision apparently ends Mortal Kombat film producer Larry Kasanoff's bid ...

Boston Mayor Who Forced GTA Ads from Public Transit Now Appears on Buses Pushing ESRB

3 July 2009 |It wasn't that long ago that Boston Mayor Thomas Menino forced the removal of ads for Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories from public transit vehicles operated by the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority. Menino's office also ...

If a Pirated Song = $80K, What is the Value of a Pirated Game?

3 July 2009 |In a recent, highly-publicized court decision, music industry lobbying group the RIAA won an eye-popping $1.92 million verdict against Jammie Thomas-Rasset (left) of Minnesota. That works out to $80,000 per song for each of ...

Jack Thompson Debate Back On at SGC09

2 July 2009 |The on-again, off-again July 4th debate between disbarred Miami attorney Jack Thompson and gamer/attorney Mark Methenitis is apparently back on.The debate, planned for this weekend's SGC09 in Dallas, went off the rails rather ...

Is Gold Farming Really Banned? Confusion Over China’s New Virtual Currency Rules

2 July 2009 |Earlier this week GamePolitics covered a story by Information Week which reported that new Chinese regulations on virtual currency would outlaw gold farming.But there appears to be confusion about whether the practice of gathering ...

In Soviet Russia, Retro Arcade Games Play You

2 July 2009 |If you're into the back-in-the-day arcade scene, Offworld has a nice report on the Soviet Arcade Games Museum located at Moscow State Technical University:Art Lebedev's design studio... has given the museum a full website makeover, ...

Former QB Lawsuits Could Spell 4th & Long for EA, NCAA

2 July 2009 |Yesterday, GamePolitics reported that two more former college quarterbacks have sued EA over the alleged inclusion of their likenesses in the best-selling NCAA Football series of games.Ryan Hart of Rutgers and Troy Taylor of ...

Second Life: We’re Still Alive in Australia

2 July 2009 |Faced with rumors of a Second Life ban by Australian government authorities, publisher Linden Lab issued a statement last night to reassure SL users Down Under that no such action has taken place. At least, not yet.Here's what ...

PETA Game Discourages Animal Testing in Breast Cancer Research

2 July 2009 |Animal rights group PETA has posted a new online game designed to spotlight the use of animals in breast cancer research.Breasts, Not Tests is a Whack-a-Mole clone. Players click on cleavage shots and try to avoid clicking the ...

‘Drug Wars’ offers fresh start for Merchants of Brooklyn

3 July 2009 | If people can clean their hands with a simple name change, then why can't games? Paleo Entertainment recently re-dubbed its bargain-priced shooter, Merchants of Brooklyn, as "Drug Wars." Currently exclusive to Steam, Merchants of ...

Man your download stations for Battlestations: Pacific DLC

3 July 2009 | Click image to fire a volley of screens at your eyeballs Eidos just fired off a press release, scoring a direct hit on our inbox, informing that Battlestations: Pacific will receive two resupply convoys in the form of the Mustang ...

FIFA 10 offers brief glimpse of footy-filled gameplay

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Fez coming to XBLA in 2010

3 July 2009 | With just the simple image you see above, developer Polytron announced that its dimensional-shifting platformer Fez would arrive on the Xbox Live Arcade platform at some point next year. Though we've seen a date of 2009 in a ...

Valve ‘up’ on idea of PS3 development, waiting to build talented PS3 team

3 July 2009 | Valve isn't quite as against the idea of developing games for the PS3 as we previously thought. Speaking to Doug Lombardi at the Left 4 Dead 2 event in London today (look out for the full interview soon), we discovered that the ...

Capcom’s mystery game is Sengoku Basara 3

3 July 2009 |Capcom's latest teaser site, which was last showing the number 1600, was generally believed (and hoped) to be leading up to the announcement of a new Onimusha game. However, the game being teased is actually a new entry in Capcom's ...

PSP Go processor more than 40% faster than original

3 July 2009 | The PSP Go isn't just smaller than the original PSP series -- it's more powerful. In fact, it features a processor that's more than 40% faster than the original. The original PSP (1000-3000) series include a processor capable of ...

PSN Thursday: The Punisher will shock you to your Qore

3 July 2009 | The American PSN update today isn't quite as interesting as the European one, but it's still got an okay amount of content. Punisher: No Mercy has been released, alongside the latest episode of Qore and the normal amount of ...

Techland’s Dead Island still shambling about

3 July 2009 | You know Techland, right? No no, not that weird Discovery Zone ripoff your Dad used to take you to when you were a little kid -- the Polish developer! You know, the comany that makes Call of Juarez and ... ummm ... not much else. ...

Video Tour: Kodu, Microsoft’s DIY game builder

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Marvelous May Bring Its Wii Games To PS3 & Xbox 360

3 July 2009 |Japanese publisher Marvelous Entertainment hasn’t seen the success on the Wii that it might have envisioned. Releases like No More Heroes, Muramasa: The Demon Blade and Arc Rise Fantasia haven’t captured the Wii ...

Bargain Hunter: July Big W Catalogue

3 July 2009 |Big W’s “Toy Spectacular” is underway. And guess what? Video games are classified as toys! (more…)

New Astro Boy Game, New Screens, New Impressions

3 July 2009 |The Wii version of the next Astro Boy game showed up in New York a couple of weeks ago. As of July, we can cover it. Look at the screens. Read my notes. All at once. (more…)

Fez To Get Awesome On XBLA “Early 2010″

3 July 2009 |Polytron’s Fez is coming (finally!) to Xbox Live Arcade next year, the independent developer announced today. Yes, that will be a long wait on top of an already long wait for the gorgeous puzzle-platformer. (more…)

Tell Us Dammit

3 July 2009 |Dammit, we want you to tell us stuff! Stuff like the games you’re most looking forward to in the second half of the year.This isn’t some marketing survey or whatever. It’s an emotional investment in you. Yes, we’re ...

Valve: Left 4 Dead DLC Announcements Coming Soon

3 July 2009 |Making good on its intentions to continue supporting the original Left 4 Dead, Valve says that the next batch of downloadable content for the Xbox 360 and PC game will be announced sometime this Summer. (more…)

Wish I Had A Record Player

3 July 2009 |Unmarked package arrived today, continuing the BioShock 2 marketing campaign. Too bad my brother’s record players are inaccessible to me until the weekend. (more…)

Breakfast Wrap: Best of Thursday Night

3 July 2009 |Please enjoy your last bacon and egg-filled breakfast wrap for the week.Frankenreview: The ConduitCertainly a game that seems to have divided opinion.Fallout 3 Falls 50% On SteamMaking it US$35 for us.DJ Hero Taps The ...

PlayStation Store Update: Hope You Like The Punisher!

3 July 2009 |Because the adventures of Frank Castle, better known as The Punisher, is this week’s new playable addition to the PlayStation Store. Not a bad way to start the holiday weekend, but PSP owners get the better end of the deal. ...

Insomniac Moons For Your Ratchet & Clank Pre-order

3 July 2009 | Insomniac is promising players the moon in exchange for their Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time pre-order, one of four different pre-order packages scattered across the universe of video game retail. (more…)

Midway Sale Approved By Court

3 July 2009 |Warner’s bid to purchase Midway has officially been cleared following a court hearing. The majority of Midway’s US assets will now be transferred to Warner within the next ten days. "We had a court hearing ...

IGDA Names New Executive Director

3 July 2009 |The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) has appointed Joshua Caulfield as it new executive director. Described as an avid gamer who has held a number of senior positions in business management and marketing, Caulfield ...

Nintendo Buys TV Quiz Show

3 July 2009 |Nintendo has reportedly spent £2 million to bankroll a primetime quiz show on UK TV channel Five. Britain’s Best Brain will see contestants compete in memory, co-ordination, numeracy, recognition and risk tasks. The ...

Sony: UMD-Free PSP Was Always Planned

3 July 2009 |Naoya Matsui, the boss of Sony Computer Entertainment's product planning division, has revealed that the platform holder always planned to release a UMD-free PSP once the digital distribution market had matured. "We'd planned ...

Review: Monster Hunter Freedom Unite

3 July 2009 |Format: PSPRelease: Out nowPublisher: CapcomDeveloper: In-house read more

Xbox Live Patent Infringement Trial Underway

3 July 2009 |Microsoft is currently defending itself in an Xbox Live patent infringement case. read more

NBA 2K9 Sales Reach Two Million

3 July 2009 |Worldwide sales of 2k Sports’ NBA 2K9 have passed the two million mark. The Xbox 360, PS3, PS2 and PC basketball sim released last October. As it celebrates a decade of the franchise this year, the company also confirmed ...

Interview: What Makes FIFA Tick? Part 2

3 July 2009 |<!--paging_filter-->This is the second part of our interview with Gary Paterson, the creative director of FIFA 10, in which he continues to explain exactly how the football game works, how FIFA finally made its way into the ...

Sales Down 9.1 Per Cent At Game

3 July 2009 |Sales for the 21 weeks to June 27 were down by 9.1 per cent at retailer Game, but in line with company expectations. Like for like (lfl) sales for the same period were down by 15.4 per cent. In the UK and Ireland, total sales were ...

Xbox Live Ads Will “Enhance, Not Interfere” With Gaming Experience

3 July 2009 |Microsoft has moved to assure Xbox Live users that plans to brings adverts to Xbox Live won’t interfere with their gaming experience. read more

How to Force Blizzard to Add LAN to StarCraft II (PIC)

3 July 2009 |Make your point in a meaningful way.

Ultimate Unauthorized Nintendo Fail

3 July 2009 |Never trust a homeless fox to do a man's job.

Games invade Google Street View [PICS]

3 July 2009 |Have you ever seen Google Street View in action? It's incredible, and already coming up with some amazing images... it's a wonder the world survived without it. But if you look closely, you might just spot some familiar faces in ...

Hilarious History Of Video Games On South Park (VIDS)

3 July 2009 |Video games are so much better from South Park's point of view...

Hilarious History Of Video Games On South Park (VIDS)

3 July 2009 |Video games are so much better from South Park's point of view...

10 Video Games That Should Be Made Into Movies

2 July 2009 |Here are 10 games that should be made into a film, complete with director and casting suggestions. So listen up, Hollywood! We're here to help.

10 Video Games That Should Be Made Into Movies

2 July 2009 |Here are 10 games that should be made into a film, complete with director and casting suggestions. So listen up, Hollywood! We're here to help.

Last.fm on XBL: free to gold subscribers, 3 hours per month

2 July 2009 |Silver users will be able access what we're considering a trial period of three hours a month, which comes with video advertising. Gold users will have unlimited ad-supported access, so they can use it 24 hours a day. There will ...

Zero Punctuation: The Sims

2 July 2009 |This week, Zero Punctuation reviews The Sims 3.

IGN: Top 10 PlayStation Network Exclusives

2 July 2009 |The PlayStation Network doesn't have the regular release schedule of Xbox Live Arcade or WiiWare, but it still has a rich library of great downloadable games.

The Essentials of RPG Design

3 July 2009 |simoniker writes "As the latest in his Game Design Essentials series for Gamasutra, writer John Harris examines 10 games from the Western computer RPG (CRPG) tradition and 10 from the Japanese console RPG (JRPG) tradition, to ...

Universal Lands Rights To Asteroids Movie

3 July 2009 |It seems Universal Studios has won the highly sought-after movie rights to the 1979 Atari game Asteroids. Disney's Matthew Lopez will be writing the adaptation, having previously worked on the scripts for Bedtime Stories, The ...

What Are the Best First Steps For Becoming a Game Designer?

3 July 2009 |todd10k writes "I've recently decided to go back to college. I have a lot of experience with games, having played them for most of my adult life, and have always toyed with the idea of making them one day. I've finally decided to ...

Blizzard Confirms No LAN Support For Starcraft 2

2 July 2009 |Kemeno writes "Blizzard has announced that they will be dropping LAN support for Starcraft II, citing piracy and quality concerns. Instead, all multiplayer games will be hosted through their new Battle.net service. I suppose I ...

Scammers Target Neopets Users

2 July 2009 |An anonymous reader writes "If you have children that play on the popular virtual world game Neopets, you might want to warn them of a social engineering scam gleefully targeting 12-year-old kids. Neopets users looking for rare ...

Dave Perry Shows Off Cloud Gaming Service “Gaikai”

2 July 2009 |jasoncart writes "Veteran gaming man Dave Perry has shown off his OnLive-rivalling, cloud gaming service called Gaikai in a new video that is drawing a lot of attention. As you can see from the video, Perry plays World of Warcraft, ...

Sega Not Giving Up On Mature Wii Games

2 July 2009 |Sega has recently taken a few attempts at developing games for the Wii that were targeted at adults rather than kids. House of the Dead: Overkill and Madworld haven't been incredibly popular, but they've done well enough to turn a ...

Sega Not Giving Up On Mature Wii Games

2 July 2009 |Sega has recently taken a few attempts at developing games for the Wii that were targeted at adults rather than kids. House of the Dead: Overkill and Madworld haven't been incredibly popular, but they've done well enough to turn a ...

100 Million Used Games Traded Each Year In the US

2 July 2009 |We occasionally discuss the complaints from video game publishers and developers about how used game sales are hurting them, and how they've been testing out countermeasures disguised as features to compensate. Now, industry ...

On Realism and Virtual Murder

2 July 2009 |Gamasutra has an interesting article about how the push toward realistic graphics and extremely lifelike characters in modern games is making the term "murder simulator" — once laughed off for referring to pixelated dying ...