Salary bonuses are a commonplace practice in high-stakes industries, but [shal]Activision[/shal] is taking the concept and applying it to an entire development team. And the team we’re referring to is Bizzare Creations, who’s famous (and very fun) Xbox 360 titles [shal]Project Gotham[/shal] Racing and [shal]Geometry Wars[/shal] sold millions of copies. Associate producer Chris Pickford revealed that the Project [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Activision Teases Project Gotham Developer with Massive Incentive
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009Sony’s Motion Controller is Lights, Camera, Action!
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009During last week’s Developer Conference, Eurogamer scored an interview with Sony Computer Entertainment Europe’s head of developer services, Kish Hirani, and vice president of R&D, Paul Holmam. Both took the opportunity to not only give even greater insight as to how revolutionary Sony’s new motion technology is, but also reveal some interesting details about the [...]
Europe Packs a Double Dose of GTA
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009With promise for more Grand Theft Auto for the PSP and Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars confirmed for the portable, Rockstar Games is giving European gamers an enticing deal for GTA fans who have not yet dived into the series on the PSP platform. var _CI = _CI || {}; (function() { _CI.counter = (_CI.counter) [...]
Ghostbusters Game Had Puft-Sized Budget
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009Ghostbusters: The Video Game recently released to a mass of criticism and frustration, as not only was the PS3 version graphically inferior by a big margin, developer Terminal Reality had previously proclaimed that PlayStation 3 was the lead platform for the game.
One Million Levels Uploaded by LittleBigPlanet Community
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009Sony Computer Entertainment and [shal]Media Molecule[/shal] announced today that the LittleBigPlanet community has published one million levels to the PlayStation Network since the award-winning [shal]PlayStation 3 exclusive[/shal] launched last November. Known for establishing the “Play, Create and Share” genre on PlayStation, [shal]LittleBigPlanet[/shal] continues to grow and evolve through its passionate online community. In fact, more than 2.4 million [...]
Brutal Legend is in for a Brutal Court Battle
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009If you remember a certain story from way back when, Activision claimed that they owned the publishing rights to Brutal Legend, and because of this felt justified in suing the developer, Double Fine. Now, Double Fine and the gang have striked back, countersuing the video game giant.
Activision Sways Visceral Execs from EA
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009Sometimes, even the the largest, most powerful companies can lose their employees to their equally powerful competitors. That happened to EA today, as it has been confirmed that two executives have left Visceral Games for Activision.
Valve is Searching for Change in the Sofa
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009The Managing Director of Valve, Gabe Newell, was recently interviewed and shared his vision of the future of gaming and development. Hopefully it doesn’t spark any interest from other game developers, as it paints a ridiculous vision of the future of game development.
MLG EA SPORTS Challenge Series
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009MAJOR LEAGUE GAMING AND EA SPORTS PARTNER TO LAUNCH A NEW ERA OF COMPETITIVE SPORTS VIDEO GAMING MLG to Host 2009 EA SPORTS Challenge Series Played on the PLAYSTATION®3 Computer Entertainment System; Best Buy Returns as Presenting Sponsor Electronic Arts Inc. and Major League Gaming today announced a collaboration to bring the 2009 EA SPORTS™ [...]
Own Kratos’ Blades of Chaos
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009Today, Sony formally announced a partnership with top entertainment companies to produce products based on the highly successful God of War franchise. Among the companies announced was the deal with DC Comics, for a God of War Comic Series, and with Del Ray Books’ God of War Novels. But there was one more previously unknown [...]
Digi-Guys Hasn’t Forgotten WarDevil
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009Ever since it’s unveiling at E3 2005, only a few screenshots have been released. Many have been speculating on the game’s status, and if it still is being developed by Digi-Guys.
Rumored PS Store Content for 07/23/09
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009This week the PS Store update is filled with notable content. Shatter is this week’s top pick. Europe is getting Final Fantasy Crystal Defenders, which also may come to the US PS Store. If it doesn’t make it to the US, you’ll still get your Final Fantasy fix, as the Dissidia demo is set for [...]
The Saboteur Exploding onto Store Shelves this December
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009PANDEMIC STUDIOS’ THE SABOTEUR EXPLODES ONTO RETAIL SHELVES DECEMBER 4th Hunt Down the Enemy and Fight, Climb and Race Through the Only Open-World Game Set in 1940s Paris Enter the seedy underground world of The Saboteur™, where the women are sexy, the action is epic and revenge is sweet. Today Pandemic™ Studios, a studio of [...]
Dante’s Inferno Descends into Comic-Con
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009EA AND DC COMICS ENTER NINE CIRCLES OF HELL WITH DANTE’S INFERNO COMIC Visceral Games Invades Comic-Con with Special Edition Preview Issue Giveaways, Limited Edition Signings, the World Premiere Trailer for the Starz Media Animated Feature and More Visceral Games™, a studio of Electronic Arts Inc. today announced a collaboration with DC Comics/WildStorm to develop [...]
The Beatles: Rock Band will “Twist & Shout”
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009MTV Games and Harmonix Unveil Next 15 Songs Featured In The Beatles: Rock Band One of the Most Anticipated Music Video Game of 2009 to Include “Twist And Shout,” “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” “Revolution,” “Yellow Submarine” and More MTV Games and Harmonix, the world’s leading developer of music-based games and a part of [...]
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