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Report: Universal Monsters-Themed MMO Planned
Report: Universal Monsters-Themed MMO Planned
Universal Pictures reportedly signed an agreement with SEE Virtual Worlds, the studio behind the Michael Jackson-themed MMO, to create an online game starring classic movie monsters like Frankenstein and the Wolf Man.
Oct. 27, 2010
RuneScape Publisher, TIGA Launch Project Ignite For Browser-Based Games
RuneScape Publisher, TIGA Launch Project Ignite For Browser-Based Games
Cambridge-based RuneScape publisher Jagex and UK video game trade association TIGA have unveiled Project Ignite, a service designed to help small studios release browser-based games through Jagex Game Studios.
Oct. 27, 2010
Critical Reception: EA/Harmonix's Rock Band 3
Critical Reception: EA/Harmonix's Rock Band 3
This week's edition of Critical Reception examines online reaction to Harmonix's Rock Band 3, which one review describes as "the greatest rhythm game ever made, and quite possibly the only rhythm game you need to own."
Oct. 27, 2010
ESA Raises $1 Million For Foundation At 'Nite to Unite' Gala
ESA Raises $1 Million For Foundation At 'Nite to Unite' Gala
The ESA announced today that last week's Night To Unite charity gala raised $1 million, to be put towards the ESA Foundation's youth-focused grant and scholarship efforts.
Oct. 27, 2010
2K Reverses Decision, Will Bring BioShock 2 Patch, DLC To PC
2K Reverses Decision, Will Bring BioShock 2 Patch, DLC To PC
2K Games said two downloadable content packs and a final gameplay patch for BioShock 2 would be released for the PC version of the game, reversing a decision earlier this month to withhold their PC release.
Oct. 27, 2010
Reports: Electronic Arts Lays Off Employees In 'Seasonal Roll-offs'
Reports: Electronic Arts Lays Off Employees In 'Seasonal Roll-offs'
Reports point to layoffs for 100 or more EA employees from around the company -- which it says are part of seasonal staffing adjustments following the busy holiday production cycle.
Oct. 27, 2010
Analyst: Mobile Gaming To Be Worth $10B in 2014
Analyst: Mobile Gaming To Be Worth $10B in 2014
A market analysis by Futuresource Consulting predicts mobile games will draw worldwide revenues of $10 billion in 2014, up from the firm's current projections of nearly $6 billion in annual revenues for the space.
Oct. 27, 2010
Hydro Thunder Hurricane Dev: Self-Made Tech Key To Indie Success
Hydro Thunder Hurricane Dev: Self-Made Tech Key To Indie Success
Former EARS and Stormfront developer Matt Small writes in Gamasutra's latest postmortem that home-grown tech was essential to the success of the Summer of Arcade gam
Oct. 27, 2010
Microsoft's Spencer: Stereoscopic 3D Gaming Promising, Not 'Really Accessible' Yet
Microsoft's Spencer: Stereoscopic 3D Gaming Promising, Not 'Really Accessible' Yet
Microsoft VP Phil Spencer tells Gamasutra his company "isn't closing its eyes" to stereoscopic gaming on consoles, but the lack of home penetration for 3D TVs means the tech isn't "really... accessible".
Oct. 27, 2010
GDC Celebrates 25th Conference With Official History Outreach
GDC Celebrates 25th Conference With Official History Outreach
GDC 2011 organizers are announcing a call for written memories, photos and videos from the past twenty-four Game Developers Conferences, headed by digital historian Jason Scott.
Oct. 27, 2010
In-Depth: What The (Game) Papers Say - October 2010, Pt. 2
In-Depth: What The (Game) Papers Say - October 2010, Pt. 2
Magazine vet Kevin Gifford peeks inside the latest video game mags, this time looking at staff shake-ups at GamePro, features at Game Informer and a surprisingly thin November issue of EGM.
Oct. 27, 2010
Interview: Assassin's Creed's Brothers In Arms
Interview: Assassin's Creed's Brothers In Arms
Gamasutra's Simon Parkin sits down with the developers of Ubisoft Montreal's Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood to discuss the challenge of turning around a sequel in a blockbuster franchise in just 12 months.
Oct. 27, 2010