News

Lack of data loss prevention will cause businesses to fail, warns Ovum
Lack of data loss prevention will cause businesses to fail, warns Ovum
Low enterprise adoption of data loss prevention (DLP) technology will cause businesses to fail, the research firm cautions.
April 5, 2011
THQ And Random House Working To Create 'A Rich IP Universe'
THQ And Random House Working To Create 'A Rich IP Universe'
THQ and the Random House Publishing Group have announced the establishment of a joint team, dedicated to developing IP through games and books to create "a rich IP universe."
April 4, 2011
Analyst: GameStop Expects $1.5B Digital Revs By 2014, Streaming Games
Analyst: GameStop Expects $1.5B Digital Revs By 2014, Streaming Games
GameStop said it expects $1.5 billion in digital revenues by 2014, and may offer streaming game demos by 2012, and possibly Kindle-like devices for games. [UPDATE: More details on streaming plans.]
April 4, 2011
Ex-Infinity Ward Heads Add Fraud Charges to Activision Lawsuit
Ex-Infinity Ward Heads Add Fraud Charges to Activision Lawsuit
Ex-Infinity Ward heads Jason West and Vince Zampella have added two counts of fraud to their original lawsuit against former employer Activision, as the pair tries to regain control of the Modern Warfare series.
April 4, 2011
MI6 Game Marketing Conference Awards Announces 2011 Finalists
MI6 Game Marketing Conference Awards Announces 2011 Finalists
The finalists for this year's MI6 Game Marketing awards have been announced, with the likes of Halo: Reach, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood and Call of Duty: Black Ops up for multiple awards.
April 4, 2011
Crysis 2 Holds On To Top Spot On UK Sales Charts
Crysis 2 Holds On To Top Spot On UK Sales Charts
Crytek and EA's Crysis 2 held on to the top spot for the second week running in the UK software sales charts for the week ended April 2, beating off competition from Pipeworks and 505 Games' Zumba Fitness.
April 4, 2011
Release This: Karaoke Revolution, Carnival Games Sequels Debut Stateside
Release This: Karaoke Revolution, Carnival Games Sequels Debut Stateside
Gamasutra's latest custom compiled worldwide release list explores a week that brings Karaoke Revolution Glee: Volume 2 and Carnival Games: Monkey See, Monkey Do to North American store shelves.
April 4, 2011
2011 Games for Health Conference Reveals Keynote, Initial Speaker Lineup
2011 Games for Health Conference Reveals Keynote, Initial Speaker Lineup
Organizers of the 2011 Games for Health Conference revealed that this year's opening keynote will be delivered by Positive Psychology founder Dr. Martin Seligman, who will speak on games' psychological benefits.
April 4, 2011
Opinion: FileSystemWatcher - A Cool Thing I Didn’t Know About Until Recently
Opinion: FileSystemWatcher - A Cool Thing I Didn’t Know About Until Recently
Q-Games' (PixelJunk) Ben Carter talks about how the FileSystemWatcher utility has made a "massive difference" to his studio's build system, in this #altdevblogaday-reprinted opinion piece.
April 4, 2011
Tretton: Japan Quake May Delay Sony's NGP Past 2011 In Some Regions
Tretton: Japan Quake May Delay Sony's NGP Past 2011 In Some Regions
SCEA president Jack Tretton said production delays caused by the recent Japanese earthquake may delay the release of the company's code-named Next Generation Portable past the end of the year in some regions.
April 4, 2011
EVE Online Players Raise Over $44,000 For Japanese Aid
EVE Online Players Raise Over $44,000 For Japanese Aid
Players in EVE Online, CCP's science-fiction MMORPG, donated $44,607.50 over the past two weeks to help those affected by Japan's recent earthquakes and tsunamis.
April 4, 2011
Hacker Group Anonymous Threatens Sony Sites Over PS3 Hacking Lawsuit
Hacker Group Anonymous Threatens Sony Sites Over PS3 Hacking Lawsuit
Anonymous, the hacker group responsible for recent attacks against PayPal and Amazon, announced its intentions to attack Sony websites in retaliation for the legal actions against PS3 hackers. [UPDATE: Group gathering employees' personal informatio
April 4, 2011