Online distribution firm Exent has introduced its own PC game download service to the market. GameTanium is currently available only to Verizon broadband users in the US, but will partner with a number of other ISPs later in the year. Although the service launches into an exceptionally competitive sector, it boasts 1800 titles which [...]
Microsoft will be increasing the pricing of some of its subscription packages for the Xbox LIVE Gold membership as of 1 November, affecting only the US, UK, Canada and Mexico. The rises are the first to be put in place since Microsoft launched the Xbox LIVE service in 2002, and follow closely on the heels [...]
Nintendo’s current generation of portable hardware is to see a $20 sliced off its RRP, in what may be the DS’s twilight months in the limelight before the arrival of the new 3DS handheld. The DSi drops to $149.99, while the DSi XL is now $169.99. The price of the older but still widely available [...]
The home console market is no longer supporting alternative products for big publishers, leaving only blockbuster titles to break the top ten and become profitable. Thats according to Ubisoft Euro MD Alain Corre, who told Industry.biz that its safer to invest in one AAA title rather than hedge bets on a handful of smaller productions. [...]
Ubisoft became the number two publisher in Europe earlier this year, after racking up a number of hits in the past 18 months, from mega-budget blockbusters like Assassins Creed II to more price-conscious Just Dance titles for the Wii. As the triple-A market becomes more expensive and risky, and at the same time offering incredible [...]
Update: Microsoft’s confirmed it at top’s annual managers meeting, Slashgamer reports. No prices or dates yet, but the company’s apparently getting ready to announce is tomorrow. Original story: Microsoft will be launching a new and improved version of the Xbox 360′s controller before the year’s out, Joystiq has it “on good authority.” According to the [...]
['Game Mag Weaseling' is a weekly column by Kevin Gifford which documents the history of video game magazines, from their birth in the early '80s to the current day. This time -- an analytical look at the latest video game magazines released in the last couple of weeks.] Interesting things are afoot in the magazine [...]
Japanese-headquartered publisher and developer Atlus’ parent company Index Holdings has dissolved the company as an independent entity as of today, according to an official announcement on the Index Holdings website. Index Holdings, which also owns game company Interchannel (Soul Bubbles’ Japanese publisher) and animation studio Madhouse, has been the owner of the Atlus brand for [...]
Further fueling rumors that it’s working on a new, -friendly social network site, Google has purchased Canadian mobile/social game developer SocialDeck. Neither company disclosed financial terms for the transaction. Founded in 2008, SocialDeck specializes in creating multiplayer that work across multiple mobile devices and social networks, such as Facebook, iPhone, and Blackberry. Its Spark technology [...]
Activision has dated its Gaijin-developed chopper sim Apache: Air Assault for November 9th, 2010, the publisher’s announced. The date — flown in by the fresh batch of screens viewable above and below — goes for North America only, but chances are the European version will be hot on its tail with the customary Friday release [...]
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