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Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick delivered a winning keynote at DICE in Las Vegas that was full of charming anecdotes about his own mistakes, as well as a vision for how large publishing companies can and should work with creative teams and individuals. His speech to a packed house verged …
Read More »Managers not welcome at Sony’s hit studio
"There is not one person at Naughty Dog whose only job is to mange other people. We have very little hierarchy." At the DICE conference in Las Vegas, Naughty Dog co-lead game designer Richard Lemarchand outlined the company’s "loose" culture and structure, which eschews management hierarchies in favor of communal …
Read More »Jury: Big projects untouched by App revolution
Thirst for AAA projects will not quench, despite rise of small indies
Read More »â??End is nigh for small App Store indie gamesâ??
Rising expectations and saturated market favours the big firms, says Assyriaâ??s Adam Green
Read More »Peggle arrives on Euro PSN
The long-awaited arrival of the 60m+ selling action puzzle series Peggle on the European arm Sony’s PlayStation Network is finally upon us, publisher Sony Online Entertainment has announced. The standalone original title costs 6.29 to download off PSN with expansion pack Peggle Nights coming in at 3.19. Both games can …
Read More »Lost Planet 2 cut on Xbox 360
Publisher Capcom has confirmed that it was forced to cut a significant” amount of content from the Xbox 360 version of upcoming shooter Lost Planet 2 thanks to the lack of space available on DVDs compared to Blu-ray. This time, truly, the content that was cut was significant,” producer Jun …
Read More »RETAIL BIZ: Battlefield Bad Company 2
Click here to access the RetailBiz Previews section for an in-depth look at some of the key releases heading to retail. This week, we take up arms for EA’s Battlefield: Bad Company 2. The long-running franchise returns to consoles once more in an aggressive bid to redefine the modern military …
Read More »HMV gets FFXIII official launch event
Square Enix has announced that the official UK launch event for Final Fantasy XIII in the UK will take place at HMV’s flagship Oxford Street store in London on the evening of March 9th. Guest appearances from producer Yoshinori Kitase and art director Isamu Kamikokuryo will be on hand to …
Read More »AUS: R4 distributor fined $520k
Nintendo is celebrating another victory in the war against the R4 card with news that an Australian distributor has been heavily fined for selling the device. ITnews reports that RSJ IT Solutions has been ordered to pay AUS$520,000 to Nintendo as a result of offering the R4 to customers. It …
Read More »Nintendo next in Sony’s firing line
Having launched a verbal volley against rival Microsoft yesterday, Sony has now turned its attentions to Nintendo with SCEA’s senior VP of public relations claiming that third party publishers are now putting resources once dedicated to Wii into PS3 development. What publishers have said is they’re not going to spend …
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