News Microsoft backed the right "horse" Microsoft's Neil Thompson says the company has been fundamentally backing digital downloads in the format war April 3, 2008 Mark Androvich
News NCsoft partners with Double Fusion Double Fusion will be providing in-game advertising for NCsoft's City of Heroes MMO April 3, 2008 Mark Androvich
News "Make Something Unreal" contest announced Epic Games and Intel have partnered to offer prizes worth $1 million for modifications to Unreal Tournament 3 April 3, 2008 Mark Androvich
News Moore explains Madden NFL 09 PC snub EA Sports' Peter Moore has elaborated on the publisher's decision not to bring Madden NFL 09 to the PC platform April 3, 2008 Mark Androvich
News Darrell Rodriguez named LucasArts president Darrell Rodriguez, formerly of EA Los Angeles, has been named the new president of LucasArts April 2, 2008 Mark Androvich
News 72% of US playing games, says NPD A new study from the NPD Group found that 72 per cent of the US population played videogames in 2007 April 2, 2008 Mark Androvich
News Hothead and Penny Arcade form Greenhouse Hothead Games and Penny Arcade have announced a new distribution platform supporting independent game development April 2, 2008 Mark Androvich
Data Gran Turismo debuts atop Australian charts Sony's Gran Turismo 5 Prologue has taken the top spot on the Australian sales charts in its debut week April 2, 2008 Mark Androvich
News Stormfront closing its doors? Stormfront Studios is reportedly closing down after 19 years of videogame development. April 2, 2008 Mark Androvich
News TimeFly formed by Rainbow Studios vets Three former employees of Rainbow Studios have founded an independent development company named TimeFly April 1, 2008 Mark Androvich
News THQ expands casual games portfolio THQ is expanding its casual games portfolio through the acquisition of Elephant and a distribution deal with Oberon April 1, 2008 Mark Androvich
News Ubisoft titles coming to Steam Valve and Ubisoft have announced that more than 40 of the publisher's titles will be made available via Steam April 1, 2008 Mark Androvich
Feature Ratings Systems: An Overview A brief comparison of ratings systems currently in use around the world April 1, 2008 Mark Androvich
News ESRB launches ratings search widget The ESRB and Clearspring Technologies have launched a free ratings widget allowing a search of more than 14,000 titles April 1, 2008 Mark Androvich
Feature Somatone Sounds Off Somatone's partners on the evolution of music games, creative freedom and game audio's crossover with film April 1, 2008 Mark Androvich
News Game audio a different mindset, says Minkus Although the two industries use many of the same audio tools, there is still a different mindset between films and videogames April 1, 2008 Mark Androvich
News Atari Inc appoints Wilson CEO Atari Inc has appointed Jim Wilson as CEO and president of the company effective immediately March 31, 2008 Mark Androvich
News SCEA downplays GTA IV episodic content SCEA's Scott Steinberg has downplayed the importance of Xbox 360-exclusive GTA IV episodic content March 31, 2008 Mark Androvich
News Ubisoft raises current year targets Ubisoft has raised its forecasts for the current year based upon strong performance from its games - including Assassin's Creed and Rainbow Six Vegas 2. March 31, 2008 Mark Androvich
News PlayStation Store: Open during remodel Sony says new additions to the PlayStation Store will cease for two weeks while the site is overhauled March 31, 2008 Mark Androvich
News PopCap Games hires marketing VP PopCap Games has announced the hiring of Ben Rotholtz to the newly-created position of VP of Marketing March 31, 2008 Mark Androvich
Feature Stock Report: March 24 - 28 The US stock markets extended their worse quarterly slump since 2002 March 29, 2008 Mark Androvich
News Playlogic reports first full-year profit Playlogic has announced its 2007 financial results, with net revenues of $10.1 million - double that of 2006 March 28, 2008 Mark Androvich
News Nintendo titles dominate German charts Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games remains on top according to data released by GfK International March 28, 2008 Mark Androvich
News Paramount expands its videogame business Paramount has expanded its interactive department in order to oversee development of games it intends to finance March 28, 2008 Mark Androvich