Industry
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1.4KAtlus Attempts to Clarify Persona 4 Arena Region Lock
In the face of almost immediate outcry from fans everywhere, Atlus released a statement late tonight seeking to address the recent revelation...
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1.5KEuropean Union Says Digital-only Games Can Be Resold
The Court of Justice of European Union, their highest court of law, has passed a ruling that publishers cannot prohibit the resale...
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1.4KActivision Closes Radical Entertainment
Activision has decided to shut down Vancouver-based Radical Entertainment, known primarily for their work on the Prototype and Scarface games. Although we...
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2.6KSWTOR Patch 1.3
Continuing their free updates for Star Wars: The Old Republic, the folks at Bioware would like to announce the arrival of patch...
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1.7KWorld of Warplanes Dev Diary 3
World of Warplanes continues to taxi down the closed-beta runway, but they aren’t leaving us in the dark – this morning we...
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3.0KDDO: Menace of the Underdark Launch / Lloth Trailer
Those of us who grew up on the story of Drizzt Do‘Urden and his dark elf adventures have been looking forward to...
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2.3KWorld of Warplanes Recruits Carrier-Based Aircraft
World of Warplanes, a highly anticipated flight combat MMO, is currently giving dozens of aircraft some thorough testing in the game’s closed beta. Wargaming...
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38 Studios Closes, All Employees Laid Off
38 Studios, best known for developing Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, has laid off all of their employees and closed down their offices....
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Blizzard Offers GAME Refunds
Australian gamers woke up to a nasty surprise yesterday when GAME, one of the country’s biggest video game retail chains, filed for...
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Lord of the Rings Online: Skirmish Screenshots
Usually when our good friends at Turbine send over screenshots of their latest MMO content, I like to spotlight one of the...
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iOS devices comprise eighty-four percent of mobile gaming revenue
As we prepare to talk about the transformation of handheld gaming in next week’s podcast, you can be sure I’ll be throwing...
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Elder Scrolls Online Announcement Trailer
To go along with yesterday’s announcement of Bethesda’s “Arrow-to-the-knee” simulator / MMO The Elder Scrolls Online, we have a shiny new trailer...
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The Morrowind/Oblivion/Skyrim MMO is here: Elder Scrolls Online Announced
The Game of the Year for 2013/14 has officially been announced today, my friends. Today, Bethesda has revealed that they are...
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Nexon Offers to Buy EA
Bloomberg is reporting that Nexon has extended an offer to buy Electronic Arts. Japanese online game company Nexon reportedly contacted Electronic Arts (EA) about making...
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Valve Employee Handbook
Every wonder what it’s like to work at Valve? This weekend, the Valve Employee Handbook showed up on the Internet. This book...
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Codemasters to Focus on Racing Games
Codemasters has announced plans to drop its shooter franchises and focus all development efforts on its racing games. “The focus is an...
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Menace of the Underdark Screens
If our previous screenshot galleries of daring druids and sun-dappled forest groves lulled you into the belief that the upcoming Dungeons &...
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Author Sues Ubisoft Over Assassin’s Creed
Gamesindustry.biz is reporting that Ubisoft is facing legal action from science fiction author John L. Beiswenger, who claims that the popular Assassin’s...
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3.7KNew Screenshots from Dust 514
Earlier today CCP Games released new screenshots from the upcoming free-to-play MMO first person shooter Dust 514. The game will be set...
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EA Voted “Worst Company in America” in Consumerist Poll
Electronic Arts is in the news again, this time as the winner of the Consumerist’s 2012 award for worst company in America....
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1.5KThe Secret World Pre-Order Offers Extras Galore
The new MMORPG The Secret World is due to launch this summer and developer/publisher Funcom promises that it will revolutionize the genre. Set...
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Bioware Responds to Mass Effect 3 Ending Criticisms
Dr. Ray Muzyka has posted to the BioWare blog acknowledging fan dissatisfaction with the ending of Mass Effect 3. As co-founder and GM...
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Obsidian Layoffs
GameBanshee is reporting that Obsidian Entertainment (developer of the Fallout: New Vegas) has cancelled Project North Carolina and scaled back on the...
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Blizzard Announces Job Cuts
Blizzard software has announced that they have cut 600 jobs. Fortunately, very few of the cut positions are related to game development,...
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Microsoft Phasing Out MS Points?
As spotted on Gamasutra, there are rumors that Microsoft has plans to phase out the MS Points system by the end of...
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1.6KDC Coming to HeroClix Online
The HeroClix games are known for their stats on the bases that click as you turn them. The game isn’t necessarily deep,...
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Gearbox Casting Call For ‘Lilith’ In Borderlands 2
Ladies, do you like to dress up as videogame characters? Gearbox has sent out a casting call for women interested in acting...
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Telltale Employees Submit ”User Reviews”
Gamespot is reporting that Telltale Games employees have been submitting reviews of their own game to Metacritic. Developers should have enough...
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SEGA Acquires Three Rings
Today SEGA announced that it has officially acquired Three Rings, the developer of Puzzle Pirates and Spiral Knights. “Three Rings has always...
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Zynga Demands That Employees Return Stock Options
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that social gaming giant Zynga has decided that it has been a bit too generous with...
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Dungeons & Dragons Online Opens Vaults of the Artificer
Turbine has announced that the latest content update for their free-to-play MMO Dungeons & Dragons Online has arrived. In addition to adding...
