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CES, Spin, and Sony's Saddest Christmas

CES, Spin, and Sony's Saddest Christmas

As the Consumer Electronics Show kicked off Wednesday, Sony sent out a press release that attempted to set the tone of the console debate. Apparently this year's tone will be "crazy ex-girlfriend." With PlayStation 3 being the only one of... Read more


2K: BioShock Could Get Five Sequels

2K: BioShock Could Get Five Sequels

In an interview with MCV magazine, 2K global president Christoph Hartmann says that a franchise as rich and story driven as BioShock could see as many as five sequels, comparing the critically acclaimed first-person shooter to the Star Wars movie... Read more


1up Sold to Hearst Publications, EGM Closing Doors

1up Sold to Hearst Publications, EGM Closing Doors

Ziff Davis will sell its videogame media division to Hearst Corporation, which will shutter longtime print publication Electronic Gaming Monthly, numerous sources reported Tuesday. A story about the sale and closing of EGM went up on PaidContent today, but wa... Read more


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Oct 30 Beatles, MTV Tease 'Unprecedented' News Tomorrow
Beatles, MTV Tease 'Unprecedented' News Tomorrow
The Beatles haven't been much for the digital music revolution -- you can't buy their songs on iTunes, let alone Rock Band. Could at least one of those be set to change? Apple Corps, the company that oversee...
Aug 26 Metal Gear Solid 4 Assistant Producer Leaves Konami
Metal Gear Solid 4 Assistant Producer Leaves Konami
Metal Gear Solid 4 assistant producer Ryan Payton has left Konami, citing unspecified family medical concerns as the impetus. Speaking to Kotaku, the Vancouver, Washington native revealed that during hi...
Aug 21 Tecmo President Resigns Amid Lawsuits
Tecmo President Resigns Amid Lawsuits
Tecmo president Yoshimi Yasuda will resign from his head leadership role at the Japanese development firm on September 1st, citing "personal reasons" for the departure, reports Kotaku. Yasuda's resignation...
Aug 20 ESA Hires Former RIAA Exec
ESA Hires Former RIAA Exec
The Entertainment Software Association has hired former Recording Industry Association of America Senior Vice President, Litigation and Legal Affairs Kenneth Doroshow as the firm's General Counsel. Doroshow...
Aug 8 GameTap Hits the Auction Block
GameTap Hits the Auction Block
If you've ever dreamed of owning a premier downloadable gaming portal, now's your chance: Turner Broadcasting System is shopping GameTap around to prospective buyers in an effort to unload the subscription...
Jan 9 GameStop Lands Record Holiday Sales Despite Economic Woes
Oct 21 E3 2009 Growing Larger, But Will Public Attend?
Sep 9 Stardock Exec: How to Save PC Gaming
Sep 8 Video: YouTube Series Takes On GameStop
Jun 27 Rumor: Xbox 360 to Get $50 Price Drop
Jun 26 Capcom Re-Ups Unreal Engine License
Jun 18 Metal Gear Moves About 500K In Japan
Jun 17 Competitive Gaming Gets U.S. Coverage on G4
Jun 13 Nintendo Working On USB Wii Peripherals
Jun 12 Indie Developer Caffeinated Games Courts Community Buzz
Jan 8 Playstation 3 Invades Yankee Stadium [Ces]
Playstation 3 Invades Yankee Stadium [Ces]
Playstation 3s will be showing up in every suite of the new Yankee Stadium and in a gaming zone for non-rich folk, as part of a new agreement between the stadium and Sony Electronics.
The plan will bring...
Jan 8 Fable II's Knothole Island DLC Hits Next Week [Fable II]
Fable II's Knothole Island DLC Hits Next Week [Fable II]
Fable II's Knothole Island hits Xbox Live worldwide on Jan. 13 for $10 (800MP). And the expansion isn't coming without gifts. Even gamers who don't purchase it will get some freebies next week.
Knothole...
Jan 8 "How Do I Change The Color Of SoulCalibur Female Underpants?" [Maximum Risky]
"How Do I Change The Color Of SoulCalibur Female Underpants?" [Maximum Risky]
This is serious stuff. Very serious. An interoffice Namco conversation regarding changing panty colors for the Dreamcast version of SoulCalibur. No, really.
According to the individual who supplied these...
Jan 8 Sony To Bring In-House Racing Studios Together [Sony]
Sony To Bring In-House Racing Studios Together [Sony]
Sony have two in-house racing developers. Evolution Studios, who do MotorStorm, and SCEE Liverpool, who do WipeOut. Seems a bit silly having two teams doing the one genre, doesn't it? Does to Sony.
In...
Jan 8 No Men Allowed (For A Long Time Now...) [Purikura]
No Men Allowed (For A Long Time Now...) [Purikura]
Girls only. Japan's Asahi Shimbun has an article about how Japanese arcades are banning men from sticker picture machines. Why'd they do that?
According to the piece, "A growing number of arcade operator...
Jan 8 Sony Pictures Dates Ghostbusters Game [Sony]
Sony Pictures Dates Ghostbusters Game [Sony]
The release date for the Ghostbusters game has been announced by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment in a Ghostbusters Blu-ray movie release — accidently announced, maybe! Doh.
A Sony Pictures pre...
Jan 8 The Kinetics of Pinball [Pinball]
The Kinetics of Pinball [Pinball]
The man behind such pinball greats as Fun House, the Addams Family and The Twilight Zone, Pat Lawlor, recently sat down with Gamasutra to discuss the history and design of pinball games.
The interview...
Jan 7 EGM, RIP
EGM, RIP
If you're following the sale of 1up.com and the mass layoffs that ensued on Tuesday afternoon, you'll likely soon be reading a bunch of blog posts and goodbye letters from the dozens of displaced staff...
Jan 7 Rock Band Branded Memory Cards Come to the Wii [Ces09]
Rock Band Branded Memory Cards Come to the Wii [Ces09]
SanDisk today unveiled a Rock Band branded 2GB memory card for the Wii.
The SD cards will sell for $13 a pop and are set to hit the U.S. this spring. With songs taking as much as 50 megs each and the...

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Jan 9 Video: 'Mac Versus PC' in Paragon City
Jan 9 GameStop Lands Record Holiday Sales Despite Economic Woes
Jan 8 Fable II's First DLC Gets Official Release Date
Jan 8 Video: EA Sports Complex Headed To Home
Jan 8 The EA PlayStation Home Sports Complex In Motion [Playstation Home]
Jan 8 Creating Fable II's Knothole Island [Video]
Jan 8 CES 2009: Digital Experience! overview video
Jan 8 CES 2009: Sixense one-ups the Wii remote
Jan 8 CES 2009: Halo Wars actually coming out March 3
Jan 8 Commercial Success: Indian Sonic thinks Bollywood is stupid
Jan 8 Here Is American Money, Grandma [Night Note]
Jan 8 This Is A New Prototype Clip [Clips]
Jan 8 EA anounces four MySims games, we report
Jan 8 Nicalis announces Cave Story DLC, possible extras
Jan 8 Someone hasn't learned: Cooper Lawrence talks videogames on FOX again