Leading games industry figures are concerned that the US Supreme Court has chosen to review a California law proposing restrictions on the sale or rental of violent games.
The Supreme Court said in April that it will review the law during its next term beginning this October, despite the motion being struck down as unconstitutional in [...]
Steam, and the burgeoning online presence of consoles, has proven that there is a strong market for games distributed only as digital media. Now companies like OnLive are offering a way to play games which circumvents even the download – streaming the title directly from their own servers, to subscribers. But where does the ownership [...]
Sony Japan has revealed the PS3 Move launch line-up, including software, bundles and pricing.
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Sony will launch a “Classic White” PS3 and increase storage capacity on a number of PS3 models later this month in Japan.
The black PS3 will be available with 160GB and 320GB hard drives, with the 160GB version also available in white. The higher capacity consoles and new colour will launch on July 29 at recommended retail [...]
Since at least Final Fantasy VII, an argument has been abroad that ‘emotional’ content is what signals (or will signal) videogames’ ‘maturity’. But this idea, lately rampant in the mainstream coverage of Chubby Drizzle, often conflates two very different processes – depicting emotion (in the game’s ‘characters’) versus evoking emotion (in the player).
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News Corporation has hired digital media veteran Sean Ryan to set up and manage the company’s new games unit.
A former CEO of social network service Meez and blogging platform LiveJournal, Ryan is now News Corp. Digital’s executive vice president and general manager, according to PaidContent.
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Rock Band 3 lead designer Dan Teasdale has left Harmonix to do more hands on work at The Maw and ‘Splosion Man developer Twisted Pixel.
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Mythic Entertainment, also previously named EA Mythic, is now called Bioware Mythic.
The news was revealed by Warhammer Online producer Carrie Gouskos in a letter to the game’s community, in which she said that the company is to take over management of the title in Europe from publisher GOA, as it did with Dark Age Of [...]
Activision CEO Bobby Kotick would like to break the walled gardens of online console services like Xbox Live.
The executive told the Financial Times he’s frustrated by existing business models that see companies like Microsoft benefiting most from the success of online third party content, such as that released for Activision’s Call of Duty series.
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