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Viacom has been ordered to pay a $299 million to Harmonix shareholders in a court battle that is now in its third year. The Delaware Supreme Court has upheld two previous judgments claiming that Viacom avoided paying out hundreds of millions in bonuses to stockholders. Under the terms of the …
Read More »No Ubisoft conference at Gamescom
Ubisoft has confirmed to MCV it will not be holding its usual press conference at Gamescom. The French publisher is one of many that often holds an E3-style press conference at the Cologne-based show, but has this year decided to focus on its plans as an exhibitor. Ubisoft will have …
Read More »Deadly Premonition calls for Steam Greenlight votes
Rising Star Games has started a Steam Greenlight appeal to release Deadly Premonition: Director’s Cut on PC. The Director’s Cut version of the survival horror game was released for PS3 earlier this year, improving on the Xbox 360 original with overhaul visuals, tweaked controls and additional content. The Steam version …
Read More »Beyond Good & Evil 2 ‘not possible’ before Xbox One, PS4
Ubisoft’s development legend Michel Ancel has said that only the next-generation consoles could handle his ideas for Beyond Good & Evil 2. The sequel to the acclaimed 2003 title has been teased for years now, and it was confirmed in 2011 that the game would not be coming out on …
Read More »BAFTA’s coding contest for new talent
Develop looks at the charity's support for smaller studios and its new contest for Welsh indies
Read More »Coming to Hamburg: Emigrating for a job in games
Alison Simpson explains how she went from player to community manager at a German studio
Read More »The Mark of greatness: Profiling Mark Cerny, the man who made the PS4
He built arcade classic Marble Madness. He produced Sonic 2. He brought Crash and Spyro to market. Oh, and his PS4 design reignited passions for Sony. MCV meets Mark Cerny These days Mark Cerny doesn’t get booed. Whether he is unveiling Sony’s next-gen console in New York, or recounting his …
Read More »Mind Pirate set to expand wearable computing
Start-up is betting against touch interfaces
Read More »NCAA ends college football partnership with EA
The NCAA has chosen not to renew its college football franchise contract with EA Sports, the organization has announced. The agreement comes to an end in June of 2014, meaning the recently launched NCAA Football 14 marks the final release of the partnership. "The NCAA has never licensed the use …
Read More »Current console model won’t work moving forward, says Itagaki
Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden creator Tomonobu Itagaki believes consoles must be more innovative to survive as the industry continues its expansion anddiversification. In a Famitsu feature piece translated by Polygon, Itagaki reflected on this year’s E3 – concluding that console companies won’t be able to maintain relevance in …
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