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Hey Japan - No LEGO Games For You! [Rumors]

Hey Japan - No LEGO Games For You! [Rumors]

Activision are pulling Lego Batman, Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga, and Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures in Japan, according to Famitsu.
All three games will shortly be removed from store shelves or simply not shipped. Batman and Indy were set for release in the territory on December 18th... Read more

Only 4% Of Games Make A Profit - EEDAR [Harsh Reality]

Only 4% Of Games Make A Profit - EEDAR [Harsh Reality]

So many games, so little time. But do you ever wonder what happens to the also-rans? The non-AAA titles and the ones that don't have the huge marketing budgets behind them? Or even those that do, but just.. don't work? The answer, according to market analysts EEDAR, is not very much.
EEDAR offer a service... Read more

Midway One Step Closer To Oblivion [Midway]

Midway One Step Closer To Oblivion [Midway]

If you hadn't caught on when their boss resigned, they lost a ton of money or they started firing a ton of people, maybe we need to spell it out for you: once-proud publisher Midway are in trouble. Serious trouble. So much trouble, in fact, that on November 14 they got a letter from the New York Stock... Read more

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Nov 18 Two Devs Sue Brash For Not Paying Up [Brash Entertainment]

Two Devs Sue Brash For Not Paying Up [Brash Entertainment]

Brash Entertainment are no more. It's OK, your grief will pass. While you're waiting, know that two developers working with the now-defunct publisher are suing the company. 7 Studios - who were working...

Nov 14 Goodbye, Brash Entertainment [Rumor]

Goodbye, Brash Entertainment [Rumor]

According to Variety, Brash Entertainment are no more. The young company - who were only launched in 2007 - had recently laid off a bunch of employees and cancelled a few projects, but were promising the...

Nov 8 Midway Loses Another, Chairwoman Steps Down [Comings And Goings]

Midway Loses Another, Chairwoman Steps Down [Comings And Goings]

Shari Redstone, Midway chairwoman and daughter of CBS/Viacom billionaire Sumner Redstone, has left the building. The daughter Redstone joined Midway in 2004 — its last profitable year — and...

Oct 31 Konami Forecasts Its Financial Statement [Business]

Konami Forecasts Its Financial Statement [Business]

Konami has released a forecast of its financial statement for the six month period ending September 30, 2008. This isn't the actual statement, but a forecast, which is a fancy way to say guess. Here we...

Oct 31 EA Loses $310 Million, Sees "Weakness At Retail" In October [Things Are Tough All Over]

EA Loses $310 Million, Sees "Weakness At Retail" In October [Things Are Tough All Over]

Electronic Arts announced its Q2 results today, posting a $310 million net loss for the quarter, despite seeing an increase in revenue totally $894 million. That's a pretty big difference from last year...

Nov 22 MIGS Keynote: A Broken Business Model [Industry]

Oct 24 Eidos Exec: UK Establishment Sees Gaming As Step Above Porn [Ian Livingstone]

Oct 2 Koei-Tecmo Merger About "Survival" [Business]

Sep 27 The Export Problem: East to West Localization, Collaboration [Asia]

Sep 23 Midway Forced To Borrow Cash Just To Make Mortal Kombat v DC [Midway]

Sep 23 Ensemble "Shocked" By Closure, Bruce Shelley Won't be Joining New Studio [Ensemble Studios]

Sep 21 Evolving MMOs: Changing Business Models [Business]

Sep 20 Nintendo Make "Top 100 Brands" List [Nintendo]

Sep 19 GameStop Won't Say Goodbye [PC]

Sep 19 Sony Sees India As "Key Development Hub" [India]

Nov 25 2009 IGF Reminds Entrants Of Student Showcase, IGF Mobile Deadlines

2009 IGF Reminds Entrants Of Student Showcase, IGF Mobile Deadlines

[Just a final reminder for the IGF student and mobile competitions for 2009, which are finishing up this weekend and Monday respectively - good luck to all the entrants, both competitions have had some...

Nov 23 Cliff Huxtable Announces New Grand Theft Auto SKU? [Flith Flarn Flarn Filth Flarn]

Cliff Huxtable Announces New Grand Theft Auto SKU? [Flith Flarn Flarn Filth Flarn]

[sarcasm] Speaking in Greenwood, Miss., noted games industry insider Bill Cosby announced a new version of Grand Theft Auto IV. This one apparently costs $250 and has some extras, and not a key to Liberty...

Nov 23 'To Do: Finish Any Game' [Game Design]

'To Do: Finish Any Game' [Game Design]

Tom Endo has a nice essay up over the Escapist on the issue of finishing games (or not finishing games, as the case may be). "What other medium," he queries, "allows us to be so blithely indifferent to...

Nov 22 [Updated] Gold Lancer Removed; Consider Lootathon Over [Great Banjo Lootathon]

[Updated] Gold Lancer Removed; Consider Lootathon Over [Great Banjo Lootathon]

OK, gang. I think the fun is over. Many of you pointed out that the Golden Lancer for Gears of War 2 is now either 99999 points or won't download. I tried to cue it up again and got the can't-download...

Nov 22 [Updated] Gold Lancer Removed, Revoked; Consider Lootathon Over [Great Banjo Lootathon]

[Updated] Gold Lancer Removed, Revoked; Consider Lootathon Over [Great Banjo Lootathon]

OK, gang. I think the fun is over. Many of you pointed out that the Golden Lancer for Gears of War 2 is now either 99999 points or won't download. I tried to cue it up again and got the can't-download...

Nov 22 [Updated] Free Golden Lancer Joins Early Banjo, CoD:WaW Extras in XBL Lootathon [Banjo Kazooie]

[Updated] Free Golden Lancer Joins Early Banjo, CoD:WaW Extras in XBL Lootathon [Banjo Kazooie]

This is big enough to warrant an update I think. Reader Shawn B. found, in the great Xbox Live Loot Bonanza, that you can in fact get your gold plated Gears of War 2 Lancer, for free, off XBL via the web...

Nov 22 CFP/Scholarship Application: Foundations of Digital Games '09 [Call For Papers]

CFP/Scholarship Application: Foundations of Digital Games '09 [Call For Papers]

I spoke to Professor Jim Whitehead of UC Santa Cruz yesterday, and at the end of our conversation he brought up the 2009 Foundations of Digital Games conference. FDG will run from 26 - 30 April, 2009...

Nov 22 [Updated] Banjo-Kazooie Early, CoD:WaW Extras on XBL via the Web [Banjo Kazooie]

[Updated] Banjo-Kazooie Early, CoD:WaW Extras on XBL via the Web [Banjo Kazooie]

Alert reader Chris J. just sent this in. Banjo-Kazooie (the original) officially hits Xbox Live Arcade on Wednesday, but it's been available for early download for those who preordered Banjo-Kazooie: Nut...

Nov 22 [Updated] Banjo-Kazooie Early, CoD:WaW Extras, Left 4 Dead Demo Resurrected on XBL via Web [Banjo Kazooie]

[Updated] Banjo-Kazooie Early, CoD:WaW Extras, Left 4 Dead Demo Resurrected on XBL via Web [Banjo Kazooie]

Alert reader Chris J. just sent this in. Banjo-Kazooie (the original) officially hits Xbox Live Arcade on Wednesday, but it's been available for early download for those who preordered Banjo-Kazooie: Nut...

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Nov 23 Batman: Arkham Asylum Debut Teaser [Guilty By Reason Of Insanity]

Nov 23 [Sponsored]

Nov 22 MIGS Keynote: A Broken Business Model [Industry]

Nov 22 Weekend Destructainment: The real Bike Hero

Nov 22 On the LOC Preserving Virtual Worlds Project [History Is Fun!]

Nov 22 Disjunctive Play and Otherness: Between [Game Design]

Nov 22 Editorial Calls for Aggressive Obama Intervention in Growing Games Industry [Updated] [Bad Idea Jeans]

Nov 22 Editorial Calls for Aggressive, Obama-Led Regulation of Used Game Sales []

Nov 22 Holiday Game Shopping

Nov 22 Giant Online Revenue Falls, Still Rockin' the Chinese Market [Only In China]

Nov 22 [Sponsored]

Nov 22 Suck at Guitar Hero? Buy this Robot [Cheater]

Nov 22 First look at the twisted insides of Arkham Asylum

Nov 22 Freeware App Pick: theRelativity (Jun Fujiki)

Nov 22 Talking About Super Columbine Massacre RPG (Exclamation Point) [Super Columbine Massacre RPG]