Archive for February, 2010
Naughty Dog co-founder: Natal’s killer app “may not be a game”
Project Natal’s killer app may not be a videogame, Naughty Dog co-founder and current social game startup Monkey Gods’ Chief Monkey Jason Rubin believes. It’s more about the interface, he says, and how it works into the rest of our living room setup.
“Things like Natal are going to revolutionize far more than gaming. I think [...]
Ex DICE CEO: Wii is “a virus”
Former DICE CEO Fredrik Liljegren voiced some strong opinions regarding the Wii in a recent interview with Gaming Union. When asked, Liljegren stated he would only develop a game for the Wii if he believed the game would be “an absolute home run.”
“Because the Wii, to me, I would describe it as a Virus, that [...]
Gamer Memories: Life, (Near) Death, and Games
Super Mario Bros. 2 (NES)One editor nearly finds his own “game over” screen, but games bring him back.
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News: PopCap’s Plants vs Zombies becomes top-grossing iPhone launch
PopCap’s Plant vs Zombies has become the highest grossing launch on iPhone and iPod Touch to date, having sold over 300,000 units in its first nine days on sale.
Selling at $2.99, the PC game adaptation grossed over $1 million during its opening week and a half. It went to number one in the App Store [...]
News: Games play a part in sexualising young audiences report
Videogame consoles should be sold with parental controls switched on in an effort to curb exposure to the sexualisation of young people and violent content, according to a new report published today by the Home Office.
The Sexualisation of Young People Review, by Dr Linda Papadopoulos, was commissioned last year by Jacqui Smith, the then home [...]
News: Former Sony, SEGA devs form new Judobaby studio
Former developers from Sony and SEGA have combined to create a new studio in California called Judobaby.
The studio’s first title – a family game for the Wii – has been in stealth development for a year, and the fledgling company has said that work on it is now nearing completion.
Judobaby’s management team is comprised [...]
News: EA expands Salt Lake City with Sims studio devs
EA is to expand its Salt Lake City development team with former members of EA Redwood Shores’ Sims Studio.
An unspecified number of Sims Studio employees will make the move, reports Gamasutra. A statement from EA said the company was still looking to fill various “critical leadership” positions.
“We’re truly thrilled to expand into Salt Lake City [...]
News: GAME to close 43 stores, axe 247 jobs
High Street retailer GAME has confirmed that it is to close 43 stores at the cost of 247 jobs in the UK.
The company will shut 12 GAME stores, six tation businesses and all 25 concessions in Debenhams stores. Sales over the Christmas period were down 18 per cent, and the firm announced last month that [...]
Editorial: Third Party Puzzle
If the strength of feeling displayed on forums and websites is a good measure of consumer sentiment (and I’m not implying even for a second that it actually is), Nintendo is a company in gamers’ black books right now. The stunning success of the Wii and the DS in reaching out to new audiences [...]
News: EVE Online developer CCP opens UK office
EVE Online developer CCP has confirmed to Industry.biz that it has opened a new studio in Newcastle, UK.
The company is currently recruiting for a number of positions in Gateshead, with some engineer roles specifically looking for console experience. The outfit will work on “current and future” console projects, according to CCP.
Although best-known for massively multiplayer [...]
