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Interview: Maintaining the Vigil
Vigil was founded in 2005 by David Adams and Joe Madureira, and acquired by THQ in 2006. Earlier this year the team released the critically-acclaimed Darksiders as their first full internal project – a game in the works on and off for five years.
Additionally, the studio is working on an MMO based around the [...]
News: Vigil: THQ has taken "a lot of bullets" while restructuring
The restructuring of THQ, which has resulted in cancelled projects and studio closures, has been necessary to help turn around the company and change perceptions that it’s not just a house for kids and wrestling licenses.
And according to David Adams, general manager at Darksiders outfit Vigil , the publisher has put great faith in [...]
News: EA to distribute Rock Band 3
After initial doubts about its involvement in future releases, Harmonix has confirmed that Electronic Arts is due to distribute MTV and Viacom’s Rock Band 3 this Christmas.
Earlier in the year Viacom had said that it was still in negotiations over a future distribution deal for its Rock Band series, after slower than expected sales hit [...]
News: Movie studios sign for PlayStation Network
20th Century Fox, Walt Disney Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal Pictures, and Warner Bros. Digital Distribution are all set to offer HD movies for purchase and download via the PlayStation Network.
Initially announced only for the US, the service will be the first on a home console to offer movies to buy as well [...]
News: Arc but not Natal support for Tiger Woods 11
Electronic Arts’ Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 will include support for the PlayStation motion controller – currently believed to be codenamed “Arc” – but not Microsoft’s Project Natal.
The latest iteration of the franchise was unveiled at the ongoing Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, for the PS3, Xbox 360, Wii and iPhone.
The game is due [...]
News: Final Fantasy XIII ships 5 million units
New release Final Fantasy XIII has shipped 5 million units worldwide on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, according to publisher Square Enix.
The game was released simultaneously in North America, Europe and other PAL markets on Tuesday, 9 March with the game previously having been released, as a PS3 exclusive, in Japan on December 17, 2009. [...]
News: PC games revenues up 3% in 2009
Software revenues for the PC market rose by 3 per cent last year to a total of $13.1 billion, according to the new 2009 Horizons Report from the PC Gaming Alliance (PCGA).
The non-profit corporation, which includes members such as Microsoft, Intel, AMD, Epic, NVIDIA, top and Dell, sources data from every region in the [...]
News: Evolved games market has stumped next-gen console plans
Alex St John has told Industry.biz that he believes the reason Microsoft and Sony haven’t announced a new generation of consoles is because it’s no longer clear what they can do to improve on the systems they are already offering.
The former executive at Microsoft and WildTanget, and now president of social business hi5, [...]
News: Analyst: PS3 to outsell 360 and Wii by cycle end
The PlayStation 3 will outsell its rivals over its lifetime, becoming the best selling home console of the current generation – according to a new report by the Strategy Analytics Connected Home Devices (SACHD) service.
The prediction is based on the PS3 remaining a commercial platform for five years after the Wii has been replaced. Report [...]
News: Full Natal line-up due at E3
Microsoft is due to unveil its “full line-up” of Project Natal at E3 2010 in June, according to comments made by Mindy Mount, CFO of Microsoft’s Entertainment & Devices division.
Speaking at the Jefferies Annual Global Technology Conference in the US, as reported by website IGN, Mount claimed that the company’s best designers were working [...]
