» News: Epic secures Fighting Fantasy titles for Unreal contest
08/02/12 19:20 from GamesIndustry.biz
Epic Games has secured the iOS rights to Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone\'s choose-your-own adventure Fighting Fantasy books. As part of the Make Something Unreal contest, the developer is tasking students to create a game based on one of..
» News: No UMD Passport programme for US Vitas
08/02/12 14:50 from GamesIndustry.biz
The UMD Passport programme available to Japanese PlayStation Vita users will not launch in America. The handheld manufacturer confirmed the news to Kotaku, while SCEE spoke to Eurogamer, but remained vague on the situation for the Vita in ..
» News: French tax breaks under threat, Quantic Dream threatens to relocate - report
08/02/12 14:45 from GamesIndustry.biz
Game companies in France face losing tax breaks worth up to 20 per cent of their production costs, Develop reports. January 2012 marked the culmination of a 5 year period during which French game developers were allowed exemption from EU l..
» News: Ex-Rare dev: Company is \"a survivor\"
08/02/12 14:15 from GamesIndustry.biz
A new feature on UK developer Rare has revealed former employees\' true feelings about the Microsoft acquisition in 2002, and explained why it was so essential. \"I think what has happened to Rare really just reflects what has happened in th..
» News: Gaikai realises streaming goals with Darkness 2 demo
08/02/12 12:45 from GamesIndustry.biz
Gaikai has launched an instant trial of 2K Games\' upcoming title The Darkness II - marking a significant step towards CEO Dave Perry\'s goal of pre-release streamable demos for all major titles. Gaikai allows gamers to stream demos of promi..
» News: €1.75 million in new funding for BoosterMedia
08/02/12 12:11 from GamesIndustry.biz
Mobile games distribution company BoosterMedia has secured €1.75 million in its latest funding round. \"With this latest investment, we can further execute on our ambition to establish the largest network for mobile browser-game distributio..
» News: Simraceway dev raises another $5m in funding
08/02/12 10:09 from GamesIndustry.biz
Ignite Game Technologies has closed a $5 million round of series C funding from existing and new investors. The San Francisco-based developer is working on Simraceway, a highly realistic online racing simulation that entered public beta in..
» News: Nielsen: 56 per cent of US households own 7th-gen console
08/02/12 09:34 from GamesIndustry.biz
Global market research firm Nielsen has published figures suggesting that 56 per cent of US households owned an Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 or Wii in 2011. Of that amount, 65 per cent are found in the living room, with as much as 45 per cent c..
» News: D3Publisher signs game rights for next 3 Dreamworks films
08/02/12 09:08 from GamesIndustry.biz
D3Publisher, which is wholly owned by Namco Bandai, has signed a deal to produce the licensed games for the next three Dreamworks films, taking over after THQ decided to withdraw from the licensed and children\'s games markets to concentrat..
» News: Seropian resigns from Disney role
08/02/12 09:05 from GamesIndustry.biz
Bungie co-founder Alex Seropian has resigned from his post as Disney\'s SVP and general manager of core games. Disney confirmed the news to Gamasutra, and informed the site that Seropian would be replaced by Bill Roper, who has previously h..
» News: Disney\'s interactive media revenue down 20% to $279m
08/02/12 08:50 from GamesIndustry.biz
Disney\'s latest financial results revealed a 20 per cent fall in revenue for its Interactive Media operations, alongside plans to expands its social gaming business with eight new titles in the next year. Sales fell to $279 million for Q1 ..
» News: Microsoft: \"Together we can prevail over criminals\"
08/02/12 08:49 from GamesIndustry.biz
Microsoft\'s Alex Garden, general manager of Xbox Live, has issued an open letter calling for gamers\' assistance in the ongoing struggle against hackers. Garden posted the letter to Major Nelson\'s blog as part of Safer Internet Day, and not..
» News: DeNA sales up Y-o-Y, profits and sales down from last Q
08/02/12 08:14 from GamesIndustry.biz
Japanese mobile platform DeNA has reported a drop in profits and sales from last quarter, although revenues are up year-on-year. For the quarter ending December 31, 2011, DeNA pulled in ¥34.15 billion ($445m, £279m) in sales - a drop of tw..
» Article: Tech Focus: Next-Gen Cloud vs. Console
08/02/12 07:50 from GamesIndustry.biz
The recent announcement of GFACE - a social media network with Cloud support, backed by Crytek - demonstrates that the concept of \"gaming over IP\" is likely to gain further traction as viable competition to both current and next-gen consol..
» News: New LG TVs to feature Unity games
07/02/12 16:00 from GamesIndustry.biz
Unity Technologies and LG have partnered to feature Unity authored games on the manufacturer\'s 2012 range of Smart TVs. \"The television technology LG is introducing this year is very impressive and offers an incredible opportunity for the ..
» News: Splash Damage devs launch online gaming service
07/02/12 14:45 from GamesIndustry.biz
Former Splash Damage executives Arnout van Meer, Stephen Gaffney and Ben Hopkinson have launched Fireteam, a new service providing online support to console, transmedia and free-to-play developers. \"As with many developers, at Splash Damag..
» News: Jaffe expected to leave Eat Sleep Play to pursue iOS development
07/02/12 13:29 from GamesIndustry.biz
Update Jaffe has confirmed via Twitter, that he has \"zero plans to make games like Farmville and Angry Birds\", but is founding a studio in San Diego in order to get back to frontline development. It\'s understood that Jaffe will lead this t..
» News: 46 Jobs to go in GAME head office restructure
07/02/12 11:20 from GamesIndustry.biz
The GAME group has reshuffled the management at its head office, making a number of promotions alongside 46 job losses. Only roles at the company\'s Basingstoke support centre will be affected. \"As part of our strategy to position GAME for ..
» News: Apple warns developers not to manipulate App Store charts
07/02/12 09:51 from GamesIndustry.biz
Apple has issued a statement warning its developers to avoid services which \"manipulate\" the App Store charts, cautioning that doing so could endanger a studio\'s development licence. A post on the company\'s developer blog makes clear that ..
» News: ChangYou reports 2011 net income of $245.5 million
07/02/12 09:25 from GamesIndustry.biz
MMO publisher ChangYou has reported total revenues of $484.6 million for 2011, and a net income of $245.5 million. Revenues had increased by 37 per cent compared to the previous year, while net income had increased by 26 per cent. Gross pr..