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Viacom Sues Former Harmonix Shareholders For $131M
Viacom Sues Former Harmonix Shareholders For $131M
Viacom is suing ex-stockholders of its former subsidiary, Rock Band developer Harmonix, to the tune of a $131 million "refund" for what it's calling an "overpayment to which they are not entitled."
Sept. 20, 2011
Release This: Gears of War 3, Resident Evil 4 HD Lead Console, Digital Lineup
Release This: Gears of War 3, Resident Evil 4 HD Lead Console, Digital Lineup
Gamasutra's latest custom compiled worldwide release list explores a week that brings Gears of War 3 and Kirby Mass Attack to North America, while Japan gets Dark Souls and HD remakes for ICO and Shadow of the Colossus.
Sept. 19, 2011
TGS Sets Record With Over 222K Attendees
TGS Sets Record With Over 222K Attendees
The organizers of the Tokyo Game Show have announced that this year's show saw record attendance of 222,668 people across the four-day event, as well as a new single-day record of 86,251 on Saturday.
Sept. 19, 2011
Great British Writers' Guild Awards 2011 Shortlist Revealed
Great British Writers' Guild Awards 2011 Shortlist Revealed
The Writers' Guild of Great Britain has revealed its shortlist for its 2011 awards, including the award for best video game writing, for which writers from the likes of Splash Damage and Ninja Theory are up for nomination.
Sept. 19, 2011
DC Universe Online Going Free-To-Play In October
DC Universe Online Going Free-To-Play In October
Sony Online Entertainment's DC Universe Online, first released in January of this year, is going free-to-play next month on both PC and PlayStation 3, with both free and subscription-based models available.
Sept. 19, 2011
Minecraft-Like Xbox Live Indie FortressCraft Surpasses 500K Sales
Minecraft-Like Xbox Live Indie FortressCraft Surpasses 500K Sales
FortressCraft, the Xbox Live Indie Game inspired by Mojang's popular PC title Minecraft, surpassed half a million sales in total over the weekend, marking the first Xbox Live Indie Game to reach this milestone.
Sept. 19, 2011
Dead Island Holds Onto Top Of UK Charts For Second Week
Dead Island Holds Onto Top Of UK Charts For Second Week
Techland and Deep Silver's Dead Island held on to the top spot for the second week running in the UK software sales charts last week, with no new releases entering the charts.
Sept. 19, 2011
Nexon's Facebook Debut MapleStory Adventures Passes 3M Players
Nexon's Facebook Debut MapleStory Adventures Passes 3M Players
Nexon's Facebook debut, an extension of its popular MapleStory PC game, has attracted more than 3 million registered users during its open beta, the company announced on Monday.
Sept. 19, 2011
Google Begins Rolling Out Google+ APIs
Google Begins Rolling Out Google+ APIs
Google has begun rolling out its first set of APIs for developers on its Google+ social networking platform, starting with tools that allow devs to access public profile information and user posts.
Sept. 19, 2011
Opinion: Sony's Updated Terms Of Service - Mountain Out Of A Molehill?
Opinion: Sony's Updated Terms Of Service - Mountain Out Of A Molehill?
Just as Sony was starting to put the consumer badwill of this year's hacking fiasco behind it, it goes and slips a change into the terms of service for the PlayStation Network. In this opinion piece, Chris Morris takes a look.
Sept. 16, 2011
Reports: EA May Close Visceral Melbourne Studio Monday
Reports: EA May Close Visceral Melbourne Studio Monday
Reports from in and around EA Visceral Melbourne, which has worked on titles including Dead Space and Dante's Inferno, suggest the studio may be planning on closing as soon as Monday.
Sept. 16, 2011
Level-5, Studio Ghibli Bringing PS3 Ni No Kuni To North America In 2012
Level-5, Studio Ghibli Bringing PS3 Ni No Kuni To North America In 2012
Level-5 has announced that the upcoming PS3 version of the Studio Ghibli DS RPG collaboration Ni No Kuni ("Second Country") will be coming to North America in early 2012.
Sept. 16, 2011