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Fils-Aime: Third-parties don’t get it

20 November 2008 |Nintendo of America head complains that publishers aren't bringing their best games out for the Wii, suggests price cut for the popular system a long way off.

Report: EA stacking up Boom Blox 2

20 November 2008 |EALA reportedly crafting follow-up to Steven Spielberg-produced Wii puzzler; EA Blueprint said to be shuttered.

Dead Rising wins copyright case

20 November 2008 |Capcom's zombie mall horror game determined not substantially similar to George Romero's zombie mall horror flick.

Wheelman spins out Feb. 16

20 November 2008 |Midway's Vin Diesel-led action racer shifts into high gear just in time for Valentine's Day on Xbox 360, PS3, PC.

“Hundreds” of Netflix vids unavailable via Xbox Live

19 November 2008 |Online rental service confirms licensing issues are temporarily preventing many films from being viewable on updated 360s; online reports point to Sony.

National Geographic charts games division

19 November 2008 |Media company follows up Namco Bandai Panda game partnership with fully fledged publishing and development label.

EA spikes Arena Football license

19 November 2008 |Megapublisher confirms opts not to renew its licensing deal with the indoor pigskin league, which it will reportedly also not invest in.

Ubisoft mulls POP DLC

19 November 2008 |Prince of Persia producer says potential add-on content, "maybe a prequel, maybe a sequel," could arrive for upcoming action-adventure next year.

Street Fighter HD Remix arrives next week

19 November 2008 |Capcom promotes November 26 Xbox 360 launch for revamped version of arcade fighter.

Crytek opens Korean shop

19 November 2008 |Crysis creators establish CryEngine licensing studio to support and grow Asian-market business.

Prince of Persia Blog: The Technical Side

20 November 2008 |Prince of Persia (PC)Ubisoft goes over some of the improvements made to the Prince of Persia engine.

BioShock DLC Released Tomorrow

20 November 2008 |BioShock (PS3)In case you've been looking for another reason to run through the halls of Rapture, 2K Games has been hard at work preparing their upcoming downloadable content for BioShock, which will launch tomorrow. According to ...

Left 4 Dead - FAQ/guide (Console)

20 November 2008 |Left 4 Dead (PC)Left 4 Dead, PC

Left 4 Dead - FAQ/guide

20 November 2008 |Left 4 Dead (X360)Left 4 Dead

Rune Factory 2: A Fantasy Harvest Moon - Character FAQ/guide

20 November 2008 |Rune Factory 2: A Fantasy Harvest Moon (DS)Rune Factory 2: A Fantasy Harvest Moon

Gears of War 2 - Collectibles FAQ/guide

20 November 2008 |Gears of War 2 (X360)Gears of War 2

Alone, You’re Great; Together, You’re Unstoppable in WWE Smackdown

20 November 2008 |WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 (Cell)10th anniversary release from leading fighting videogame franchise to offer unparalleled WWE virtual universe.

THQ Wireless Launches Star Wars: The Clone Wars Game for Mobile Platforms

20 November 2008 |Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Cell)Players take the animated series to the next level with new mobile game.

EverQuest II The Shadow Odyssey Now Available for Pre-Order

20 November 2008 |EverQuest II: The Shadow Odyssey (PC)Exclusive in-game item free with pre-order at Direct2Drive.com.

Capcom Announces the Season of Street Fighter

20 November 2008 |Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix (PS3)An amazing array of downloadable surprises arrive in celebration of the launch of Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix.

Little Big Planet Goes LocoRoco This Week

20 November 2008 | <!--Begin feature--><!-- for syndication --> A post on the official PlayStation blog yesterday outlined this week's slate of downloadable costumes for Little Big Planet. One is a design from the community that ...

Capcom Confirms SF2 HD Release Dates, Announces Themed DLC

20 November 2008 | <!--Begin feature--><!-- for syndication --> <embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="500" height="319" ...

EA Ends Blueprint Division, Boom Blox 2 Confirmed

20 November 2008 | <!--Begin feature--><!-- for syndication --> However much Boom Blox (pictured) ended up selling after all was said and done, it seems the amount was enough for Electronic Arts to carry forward with a sequel. ...

Skate It Review

20 November 2008 | <!--Begin feature--><!-- for syndication --> I haven't skateboarded for a couple of years now, and playing Skate It made me doubt any abilities I ever had. This game demonstrates what happens when a developer ...

Sony Ordered to Pay $18.5M in Patent Infringement Case

20 November 2008 | <!--Begin feature--><!-- for syndication --> In a case dating back to July of 2006, Sony has been ordered to pay $18.5 million to Agere Systems after a jury found Sony guilty of infringing on Agere's patent for ...

Tomb Raider Underworld Review

20 November 2008 | <!--Begin feature--><!-- for syndication --> Tomb Raider recently underwent both a renaissance (2006's Legend, an excellent return to form) and a redux (last year's Anniversary, which seems to be in everyone's ...

Fable 2 Announcement Pushed Back Due to NXE

20 November 2008 | <!--Begin feature--><!-- for syndication --> The big Fable 2 announcement that Lionhead teased last week has been pushed back due to a request from Microsoft, according to a post on the Lionhead blog. "The big ...

Game Center CX 2 Detailed

20 November 2008 | <!--Begin feature--><!-- for syndication --> XSEED's Retro Game Challenge isn't quite out yet (expect it sometime in '09), but the game that inspired it in the first place is getting a sequel. Namco Bandai ...

Avatar Clothing ‘Theme Packs’ Planned for Next Six Months

20 November 2008 | <!--Begin feature--><!-- for syndication --> So the day is finally here -- the New Xbox Experience is live and available for download, and hopefully soon we can stop calling it the New Xbox Experience, since ...

Blood of Bahamut Bared on DS

20 November 2008 | <!--Begin feature--><!-- for syndication --> If you haven't seen the debut trailer for Square Enix's Blood of Bahamut yet, it'd behoove you to do so immediately. Looks a great deal like Shadow of the Colossus, ...

Midway Investing Millions in Wheelman Marketing

20 November 2008 |Hey, when you've already lost $75 million in your Q3, why not invest a few more in a game you believe will sell well?

Mirror’s Edge Gets Visceral with PhysX

20 November 2008 |Many of the neat particle effects in Mirror's Edge are thanks to Nvidia's PhysX middleware technology.

Sony: LittleBigPlanet Release Timing Hurt Sales

20 November 2008 |The PS3 title isn't struggling, but it could have been a No.1 at another time of the year, insists Sony.

EA Shuts Down Blueprint Division; Boom Blox 2 in Development

20 November 2008 |The mysterious group/label no longer exists, according to Variety. It's development practices, however, live on and are being put to good use it seems.

Crytek Sets Up Shop in Korea

19 November 2008 |The maker of Crysis and the developer of the leading edge CryEngine 2 is looking to expand its reach in the Asian region.

Disney’s Complete Track Listing for Ultimate Band

19 November 2008 |Disney has provided the complete song list and stamped an official release date of November 25 on its music title.

Ensemble Closing ‘Honestly Doesn’t Make a Lot of Sense,’ says Ensemble Director

19 November 2008 |The director of technology at the RTS developer says about Microsoft's resolution to close Ensemble: "Personally, we all disagree with the decision."

Midway Chicago Cuts Overstated, Next Mortal Kombat in Discussion, says Boon

18 November 2008 |Last week's layoffs at Midway Chicago didn't hurt Ed Boon's team or the next Mortal Kombat, which he tells GameDaily BIZ is already being planned.

Prince of Persia May Get Prequel/Sequel DLC, says Producer

18 November 2008 |As is becoming more and more popular with high profile game releases these days, Prince of Persia may get extra story content via DLC.

Street Fighter IV Confirmed February 17, 2009

15 November 2008 |Work on you dragon punch motions kiddies, because Street Fighter IV is hitting U.S. consoles in mid-February.

Q& A: The Surprising Truth About XNA Community Games: A Pro Speaks

20 November 2008 |The XNA Creators' Club is being touted as a way for semi-pro and amateur developers to bring their designs to the masses via XNA Community Games, which launch alongside the New Xbox Experience today. At its recent San Francisco XNA ...

The Future Of iPhone Games: Apple’s San Francisco Showcase

20 November 2008 |With the success of the iPhone (and the iPod Touch, which can also access the App Store), there has been a huge influx of games to the platform. At the W Hotel in San Francisco, Apple's senior director of marketing for iPhone, Bob ...

MIGS: Frontier’s Braben On Retailers ‘Killing The Longevity’ Of Games

20 November 2008 |In a Montreal International Game Summit keynote, Frontier Development chairman David Braben spoke on the evolution of game consoles over the last five game generations and speculated on the future, concluding his talk with a ...

2009 GDC Canada Announces Dates, Calls For Submissions

20 November 2008 |Think Services, organizer of the Game Developers Conference Canada (and also owner of Gamasutra), announced that next year's inaugural expo will run from May 12 - 13, 2009 at the at the Vancouver Convention and Exposition Centre in ...

MIGS: Microsoft’s Fryer On Creating a Culture Of Production

20 November 2008 |Laura Fryer's history with Microsoft Game Studios spans as far back as 1995 when she was one of the first members of the division, and she is now an executive producer for titles including the original Gears of War. As part of her ...

MI6 Game Marketing Conference Announces 2009 Dates, Theme

20 November 2008 |Organizers for video game marketing conference MI6 announced that the annual event will return for its fourth year on April 7 - 8, 2009 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in San Francisco. Targeted at marketing, promotion, design, and ...

Sponsored Feature: ‘What’s New in Game Studio 3.0’

20 November 2008 |In this sponsored feature, part of Microsoft's XNA microsite, the company's Frank Savage documents the new features in XNA Game Studio 3.0, its crossplatform indie, hobbyist and academic tool for making Xbox 360, Windows, and Zune ...

Fils-Aime: Wii Fit Supply To Fall Short For Holiday, Third Parties Still Don’t ‘Get’ Wii

20 November 2008 |Nintendo of America president and CEO Reggie Fils-Aime says that the company will likely meet consumer demand for Wii hardware this holiday season but will fall short with its supply for exercise software Wii Fit. "I think we've ...

Havok Releases Behavior Tool Downloads

20 November 2008 |Intel-owned middleware developer Havok announced that it will offer access to its Havok Behavior Tool, which allows designers to build and simulate interactive characters in a 3D game level, to professional game developers, ...

Analysts Predict Misses Of 2008 Holiday Season

20 November 2008 |As part of a new Gamasutra feature on holiday season game sales, analysts from Wedbush Morgan, Screen Digest and EEDAR have been picking potential sales disappointments for this holiday, from Tomb Raider Underworld to Animal ...

News: Codemasters keeps McRae name for new DIRT title

20 November 2008 |Late driver's name to remain part of publisher's racing brand

News: Square Enix to publish LostWinds in Asia

20 November 2008 |Frontier partners with Final Fantasy publisher to release WiiWare title in region

News: Microsoft launches New Xbox Experience

20 November 2008 |Capcom's Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix to be among the first titles offered on the new service

News: Fils-Aime admits Wii Fit supply will “fall short” this Christmas

20 November 2008 |NoA president also thinks third-parties don't fully understand the Wii

News: NXE loses Sony Netflix titles

20 November 2008 |Previous movies offered through the streaming service now restricted from the Xbox 360

News: Midway shares fall again

20 November 2008 |Troubled publisher sees another 15% drop from its stock price

News: Mad Catz records $1.36 million loss

20 November 2008 |Bottom line falls despite a 53% rise in revenue for the peripherals company

News: Lack of profits force Championship Games Series to close

20 November 2008 |Organisation claims e-Sports outfit was "ahead of its time"

News: LittleBigPlanet “would be a clear number one” any other time of year

20 November 2008 |Sony says the spate of high profile sequels are to blame for the Media Molecule title's chart position

News: EA shuts down Blueprint division

20 November 2008 |Publisher also apparently working on Boom Blox sequel

Obama’s FCC Transition Team Has MMO Background

20 November 2008 |The co-chair of President-elect Barack Obama's FCC transition team is a World of Warcraft geek.That word comes by way of GigaOm, where Wagner James Au writes that Wharton Prof. Kevin Werbach (left), a Net Neutrality advocate ...

Sudden Death For CGS Game League (and we don’t mean overtime)

20 November 2008 |Direct TV has deep-sixed its Championship Gaming Series professional gaming league, according to the Hollywood Examiner.An announcement on the CGS website calls the league "an idea whose time came too early" and ...

Report: Game Consoles Waste Energy

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Suicide Game Sparks Outrage

20 November 2008 |An online game which parodies the struggles of a deeply depressed musician faces severe criticism in the U.K.The Sun reports that, in particular, Billy Suicide is outraging suicide prevention advocates. In the game players attempt ...

Copyright Lobby Group Adopts Dick Cheney Dialogue Model

20 November 2008 |If comments by the head of the Copyright Alliance are any indication of things to come, it's going to be difficult, indeed, for video game consumers to have an intelligent and productive dialogue on IP issues with the video game ...

Police Use Video Game, Beer Goggles to Warn Teens Of DUI Risk

20 November 2008 |Yesterday GamePolitics reported that police in Australia and Winnipeg engaged in a bit of game bashing by relating stolen cars and reckless road behavior to driving games.Today, the Peterborough Examiner reports that cops in ...

Research Group: Gaming PC Market is Huge

20 November 2008 |The reports of PC gaming's demise are greatly exaggerated, it would seem.A new study released by Jon Peddie Research predicts enormous growth in the market for gaming PCs. The research firm reports that PC gaming hardware ...

Henry Jenkins is Going Hollywood

19 November 2008 |Every gamer's favorite academic, Dr. Henry Jenkins of M.I.T., is heading to Hollywood.In a recent post on his blog, Jenkins writes that he will be moving on to the University of Southern California. A combination of new ...

Cops See Video Game Connection in Stolen Cars, Wild Driving

19 November 2008 |Police in Winnipeg believe that a quartet of youthful offenders were acting out in video game-like fashion by stealing cars and fleeing from pursuing officers.CBC reports on comments by Sgt. Doug Safioles:They all play the game, ...

Supporter Looks Back at the Success of Obama’s ARG

19 November 2008 |Gene Koo of TechPresident describes his experience with the reality game play of campaign site/ARG My.BarackObama.com:It featured minimal graphics, no sound effects, and deeply flawed gameplay. Yet one of the most ...

Will Arnett, Neil Patrick Harris star in Eat Lead

29 October 2008 |Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Action Remember a long time ago (OK, so it was at 8 a.m) when we complained about Eat Lead's generic game design and other problems we spotted during a demonstration? Well, ...

Xbox 360 wireless ‘Dragon’ controller w/ headset available now

29 October 2008 |Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Peripherals The Wal-Mart/Sam's Club exclusive "Dragon" controller we'd previously mentioned is now available on Walmart.com (and we understand making its way to stores), at a lower price than ...

World of Warcraft of reaches 11 million mark

29 October 2008 |Filed under: Mac, PC, MMO We decided we weren't going to make any sort of snide comments about how little Blizzard needs the money, this time. Nope, we're just going to hit you with the facts: World of Warcraft recently hit 11 ...

Joystiq review: Fallout 3

29 October 2008 |Filed under: PC, Sony PlayStation 3, Reviews, Microsoft Xbox 360, First Person Shooters, RPGs As an Oblivion fan, I was ready for Fallout 3 to completely blow me out of the irradiated water. I had the shiny "Game of the Year" ...

Tomb Raider: Underworld demo unearthed on Xbox Live

29 October 2008 |Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Action, Adventure It's a fantasy we've all indulged in: rummaging through forgotten history, examining ancient artifacts, dodging rickety death traps and fending off ferocious wildlife ... all ...

Metareview: Guitar Hero: World Tour

29 October 2008 |Filed under: Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Rhythm This week marked the debut of a second contender in the full-band-simulator genre. It's hard to find a review for Guitar Hero: World Tour ...

Avalanche Studios sliding 77 employees pink slips

29 October 2008 |Filed under: Business Avalanche Studios is preparing to terminate 77 of its 160-member staff following the loss of two publishing contracts worth $34 million. The Just Cause developer is currently working on a sequel to that game ...

Fable 2 slays Far Cry 2 in UK sales charts

29 October 2008 |Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Business More appropriately, we should probably say, "Fable 2 slayed Far Cry 2, then farted on it, did a heroic pose for the crowd, brought it a shoddy necklace, bought it a house to live in and ...

Don’t call ‘em achievements: Greenhouse adds ‘triumphs’ and ‘standings’

29 October 2008 |Filed under: Mac, PCthis will have triumphs </GLaDOS> Greenhouse Interactive - the digital distribution portal operated by the familiar faces at Penny Arcade and Hothead Games - announced the availability of its very own ...

Metareview—Fallout 3 (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

29 October 2008 |Filed under: PC, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, RPGs If, like us, you were frantically grasping at any excuse to avoid Fallout 3 and give the ol' wallet a break from its October pummeling, these glowing reviews of ...

Street Fighter II HD Spinning Bird Kicks Its Way To A November 26 Release

20 November 2008 |Enough with the conjecture already. When Capcom announced their NXE "Wii Channel" for SFIIHD earlier today, they also let slip the game's release date. It's November 26. As you can see above. Just in case you missed it earlier. ...

Guitar Hero Arcade: Some More Details, Some More Pics

20 November 2008 |Earlier in the week, bemanistyle said they'd heard about an Activision/Konami-branded Guitar Hero arcade game. Not the first time we'd seen one , but it was probably the first official one we'd see. We figured we'd see/hear ...

Wish We Had The Japanese Street Fighter IV Box Art

20 November 2008 |"Oh, come on Capcom - you can do better than this, surely?" <!-- Gawker Tags/Categories: street fighter iv, capcom, japan, media -->

Relax, GTA IV Is Coming To Steam

20 November 2008 |Phew. Remember all that stuff about GTA IV and Games for Windows Live? And how the press release kept dropping words like "exclusive" and "Games for Windows - LIVE" uncomfortably close to each other? It's OK. The game isn't ...

Not Enough Wii Fits To Go Around, Says Reggie

19 November 2008 |Not that this will concern any/many of you, but hey, you might have some Christmas shopping to do for that special bored housewife in your life. According to Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo are going to struggle to put copies of Wii ...

EA Kills Blueprint, Plans More Boom Blox

19 November 2008 |Electronic Arts' mysterious Blueprint division is no more, according to a report from Variety. Formerly lead by EA LA vet Neil Young, the shrouded-in-secrecy project was reportedly established to create lower cost content with ...

Kids Can Sit On Sonic For A ‘Full-Body Sensory Experience’

19 November 2008 |...with the Reactor Mini Chair from Ultimate Gaming Chair! The gaming chair manufacturer is delivering its first kid-sized, speaker-stuffed chair in time for the holiday season which just happens to coincide with the release of ...

Xbox 360 Netflix Offerings Gutted Of Columbia Pictures Flicks

19 November 2008 |The selection of movies that one can stream from Netflix to the Xbox 360 just got a bit smaller, as a batch of content distributed by Columbia Pictures — owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment (dun dun dunnnnn!) — is now ...

MGS Bande Dessinée Headed For DVD

19 November 2008 |Comic book fans! Did you know there was an even more pretentious way to refer to comics than 'graphic novel'? Thanks to our friends the French Bande Dessinée can be your go-to phrase when you want to compare The Punisher to ...

Another Pro Gaming League Goes Under

19 November 2008 |The Championship Gaming Series is no more. Sponsors BSkyB, STAR and DirecTV have officially ended their professional gaming business, according to an announcement posted on the league's web site. The statement explains that the CGS ...

Majesco Defends Cooking Mama from Activists

20 November 2008 |Not everyone thinks the Majesco's Cooking Mama is super-cute. Recently, animal rights organization PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) strongly criticized the cooking-themed game for its use of animal-derived ...

Midway: Wheelman Has “Enormous Sales Potential”

20 November 2008 |Midway has seen tumultuous times as of late, with financial losses, layoffs and studio closures marring the company's operations. But the publisher is hoping that the game and film property The Wheelman, starring Vin Diesel, will ...

Square Enix Takes LostWinds to Japan

20 November 2008 |<!--paging_filter-->Square Enix has been revealed as the new publisher for Frontier’s popular WiiWare title LostWinds. The Japanese giant, which recently made a landmark partnership with Washington-based developer Gas ...

MI6 Conference Dates

20 November 2008 |Non-profit game marketing group MI6 has confirmed the return of its annual conference. The next MI6 Conference, started in 2006, will take place April 7-8, 2009 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel San Francisco. The conference brings in ...

Study Claims PC Market is the Largest

20 November 2008 |<!--paging_filter-->This year the PC gaming market was worth over $20 billion, that figure will rise to $34 billion before 2012, and since 2005 there has been more gaming PCs shipped than the Wii, PS3 and 360 combined. read more

EA Closes Blueprint Arm

20 November 2008 |<!--paging_filter-->As part of EA’s recent wave of job cuts to save the company an annual $50m, reports have emerged that the publisher has closed its Blueprint division. Blueprint always remained under the news radar ...

Sony Movies Vanish From Netflix

20 November 2008 |<!--paging_filter-->Multiple reports are claiming that the 360’s new Netflix package, a movie and TV streaming service that has launched as part of NXE in the US, has removed a range of movies on offer from Sony ...

Fils-Aime: Third Parties Don’t “Get it”

20 November 2008 |<!--paging_filter-->Nintendo of America president and COO Reggie Fils-Aime has explained that third party publishers are failing to deliver their best content for the Wii because they don’t fully understand the console ...

Sony: PS3 Has 14m Active PSN Accounts

20 November 2008 |Following the news on Sunday that PS3 had celebrated its second birthday since launch, the system’s hardware marketing boss John Koller has posted a speech of sorts on the Playstation blog by going through every success the ...

Review: MotorStorm Pacific Rift

19 November 2008 |The first flushes of a console launch hide a multitude of sins. While MotorStorm isn’t the prime candidate from PS3’s natal period for retrospective denouncement by overexuberant critics – that dubious honour is ...

Ars reviews Left 4 Dead

20 November 2008 |Valve seems dedicated to the cause of multiplayer gaming on the PC. Sure, you can get Left 4 Dead on the 360, and I'm sure many people will enjoy it, but the best way to play this game is with a mouse and a keyboard, headphones on, ...

Trek Fallout 3 Efficiently with Google Maps

20 November 2008 |The world of Fallout 3 is vast and packed full of all kinds of stuff, so it's nothing to be ashamed of if you are feeling lost or a little overwhelmed. There is help, however, as the good folks at Planet Fallout have put together ...

Zero Punctuation: Fallout 3

20 November 2008 |Fallout 3 review on Zero Punctuation via The Escapist

Zero Punctuation: Fallout 3

20 November 2008 |Fallout 3 review on Zero Punctuation via The Escapist

Megaman Math Homework is Awesome [PIC]

20 November 2008 |

Top 5 Things Videogames Have Taught Me Never to Do

20 November 2008 |On the heels of the infinitely more useful 5 Things I've Learned From Videogames, I thought I'd do a rundown of their five least helpful lessons. If I took these to heart I've never leave the house.

Video Games By National Geographic Coming Soon!! 

20 November 2008 |National Geographic Society is set to announce today that it has created National Geographic Games.

The Best Dead Things in Video Games

20 November 2008 |Dead stuff makes a vastly under-rated contribution to the world of videogames. Sure, the heroes are usually a living, breathing, virile lot, with pulses and all that boringly conventional malarky, but dead things bring a much more ...

Transparent Billboards of PSP

20 November 2008 |

10 Things You Should Know About The New Xbox Experience

20 November 2008 |The New Xbox Experience, a.k.a. the new Xbox 360 Dashboard, hits tomorrow. If you've got an Xbox 360 that's connected to the internet, you're going to be prompted to update your console as soon as you turn it on. No exceptions; ...

NRDC Rates Energy Efficiency of Video Game Consoles

20 November 2008 |An anonymous reader writes "Today, more than 40 percent of all homes in the United States contain at least one video game console. Recognizing that all that gaming could add up to serious demand for electricity, NRDC and Ecos ...

The Importance of Procedural Content Generation In Games

20 November 2008 |Gamasutra reports on a talk by Far Cry 2 developer Dominic Guay in which he discussed why procedural content generation is becoming more and more important as games get bigger and more complex. He also talks about some of the ...

Gaming Benchmarks For the New MacBook Pros

20 November 2008 |PC World takes a look at the performance of the new MacBook Pros compared to models from the middle of 2007. In addition to benchmarking software, they run comparisons on the Crysis demo and the World in Conflict demo. The results ...

National Geographic Getting Into Video Games

19 November 2008 |penguin_dance writes "The AP is reporting that National Geographic is getting into video games. National Geographic Games, a subset of the parent company, will 'work with game publishers to turn its material into games for PCs, ...

Crowdsourcing Site Offers Rewards To Bust Patents

19 November 2008 |holy_calamity writes "Article One Partners is a new startup that offers $50,000 rewards to people that find prior art for certain valuable patents. The company's founder told New Scientist she thought the initiative would improve ...

Game Designer Makes Case For Used Games

19 November 2008 |We've recently had a couple of discussions about the plans of various game developers to fight used game sales — in particular, the idea of a free, one-time download that may be bonus content or may be a vital part of the ...

New Details On Halo Wars

19 November 2008 |As Halo Wars gets closer to its February release, details are gradually emerging about the game. In an interview with CVG, lead designer Graeme Devine claimed that the controls are actually better than those of a PC RTS, and said ...

Stardock Tried To Make Star Control, Master of Orion Sequels

19 November 2008 |Gamasutra reports on comments from Stardock CEO Brad Wardell in which he described his efforts to revive two old but popular franchises: Star Control and Master of Orion. Quoting: "'I actually pitched Atari on a whole idea for a ...

Microsoft, Blizzard Crack Down On Piracy, Cheating

18 November 2008 |Microsoft has confirmed that they've been wielding the banhammer lately over modifications to the Xbox 360 which allow players to run pirated games. Xbox Live's Major Nelson said the action would also void the warranty on the ...

Second World of Warcraft Expansion Launched, Conquered

17 November 2008 |The much-anticipated second expansion to World of Warcraft, entitled Wrath of the Lich King, launched on Thursday, introducing a new continent, raising the level cap to 80, and bringing a wealth of new items, spells, dungeons, and ...