Monday, 20th of May, 2013: Peter Molyneux and 22Cans partner with DeNa for Godus NEWS | Posted on: 05/20/2013

According to Polygon, mobile game developer, publisher, and service provider DeNA will be publishing 22Cans' next game, known as Godus.
Godus is billed by Molyneux as a god-style mobile game which serves as the spiritual successor to Molyneux's earlier title Populous. The immensely... [more+]
Friday, 17th of May, 2013: Game sales in April plummeted by 25% NEWS | Posted on: 05/17/2013

The NPD Group yesterday released its report for the month of April, and things look a touch grim at the moment.
Partially due to a lack of compelling new software or IPs (and the fact that Easter was in March this year), game sales overall dropped by 25% compared to the numbers from last year, totalling... [more+]
Venus Patrol and MOCAtv planning 'Horizon' event as E3 alternative NEWS | Posted on: 05/17/2013

Feel E3’s too mainstream? Looking for something with a more alternative flavor? Venus Patrol, the website "in search of beautiful things from the world of video games," has you covered, as it will be hosting a press conference of its own.
Next month, during the last day of E3, Venus... [more+]
Thursday, 16th of May, 2013: Google announces Google Play Games Services NEWS | Posted on: 05/16/2013

Today at Google I/O 2013, the tech giant formally announced its new Google Play games services. The redesigned games platform will include achievements, multiplayer match-making, cloud saves, and leaderboards. Google is also considering granting players the ability to transfer their games (and saves)... [more+]
SEGA trademarks and registers domains for 'Sonic Lost World' NEWS | Posted on: 05/16/2013

All’s been a bit quiet on the Sonic the Hedgehog front lately. SEGA has kept relatively mum about the future of its spiky blue critter, only hinting at big things to come in 2013, while the only games that have come out since Sonic 4: Episode 2 are iOS Sonicfications of Doodle Jump... [more+]
Wednesday, 15th of May, 2013: DICE to open Los Angeles studio; EA at work on mobile Frostbite engine NEWS | Posted on: 05/15/2013

Battlefield developer DICE is going west. Today, it was revealed that EA is opening a new DICE studio in Los Angeles. The plan, the Wall Street Journal reports, is to pull from the LA area’s “extreme talent pool” for the development of new Star Wars games, the publishing rights for... [more+]
Tuesday, 14th of May, 2013: Rovio announces the launch of its Rovio Stars publishing label NEWS | Posted on: 05/14/2013

Rovio, developer of the Angry Birds franchise, has announced that it is entering the business of publishing with a new label called Rovio Stars, which will release third-party titles from “talented and innovative developers.”
Already, the label has two games in the pipeline: Nitrome’s... [more+]
Nvidia Shield priced at $349; pre-orders go live on May 20 NEWS | Posted on: 05/14/2013

The Nvidia Shield, the five-inch handheld Android console which debuted at CES 2013, has finally been priced. Nvidia will sell the device for $349 through Newegg, GameStop, Micro Center, Canada Computers, and its own website in North America. Pre-orders for the device will start on May 20, though no... [more+]
Thursday, 09th of May, 2013: Ouya retail launch delayed three weeks; company acquires additional $15 million in funding NEWS | Posted on: 05/09/2013

The Ouya has been delayed. According to Ouya (the company, not its machine), the Kickstarter-funded, open-source, Android-powered $99 console’s release has been pushed back three weeks and is now set to launch on June 25. See, it’s not as severe as it could have been.
The delay also gives... [more+]
Wednesday, 08th of May, 2013: EA says there'll be no new Star Wars game before Q2 2014 NEWS | Posted on: 05/08/2013

Looking forward to the Star Wars games that EA will be creating as part of the exclusive publishing deal it made with Disney? Don’t get too excited now, for we still have to wait a good while more before we see said deal yield fruit.
EA addressed the question of when the new SW games will be... [more+]
Electronic Arts severs ties with gun manufacturers, but will still use guns in games NEWS | Posted on: 05/08/2013

Violent video games have come under a great deal of fire in the wake of the Newtown shooting; perhaps they serve as a fitting scapegoat for men and women trying to make sense of a senseless tragedy. Whatever the reason, they've been subjected to a considerable degree of scrutiny ever since... [more+]
Friday, 03rd of May, 2013: Creators of Nyan Cat and Keyboard Cat sue Warner Bros. and 5th Cell NEWS | Posted on: 05/03/2013

EA’s not the only company under legal fire this week. Christopher Orlando Torres and Charles Schmidt, creators of the super-popular Nyan Cat and Keyboard Cat memes, have sued Warner Bros. and 5th Cell over the Scribblenauts series, which has featured the memes in several of its games.
In a... [more+]
Thursday, 02nd of May, 2013: Sony executives refuse bonuses for the second year in a row NEWS | Posted on: 05/02/2013

After a less-than-stellar year, Sony CEO Kazuo Hirai put forth the proposition that he and his fellow executives give up their bonuses. The board has, according to Bloomberg, backed this proposal, with somewhere around 40 executives giving up their bonuses, equal to between 30-50% of their salaries.
Things... [more+]
Wednesday, 01st of May, 2013: Juniper Research claims mobile will be the 'primary hardware' for gaming by 2016 NEWS | Posted on: 05/01/2013

Though some may argue its legitimacy, mobile gaming has caught on like wildfire. The mobile market is among the most profitable in the field (though, due to piracy, it's often one of the riskiest), and the proliferation of better hardware means mobile platforms are becoming more and more capable... [more+]
Peter Molyneux's experimental iOS / Android title, Curiosity, is nearing its end NEWS | Posted on: 05/01/2013

Since November of last year, millions of iOS and Android users have chipped and chipped away to see what lies at the core of the massive cube at the center of Peter Molyneux and 22cans’ Curiosity, seemingly without end. But soon the world will finally get to know what’s inside the... [more+]
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