Publishing

With motion control needing faith from the masses, Sony is keen to show thereâ??s no smoke and mirrors

It’s the most lucrative genre in the western video games market and EA now believes it is the best positioned publisher in the industry with regards to the FPS genre – and that’s the reason why it wasn’t in the race to sign a deal with Halo developer Bungie. Upcoming …

Akin to staring into the mirror and saying ‘Candyman’ three times, daring to label your product a ‘Halo killer’ has become a move only the brave or the stupid would dare to take – but that’s exactly how EA has chosen to describe upcoming shooter Crysis 2. The term ‘Halo …

Halo: Reach is the most anticipated upcoming game in the US, racking up the highest purchase intent rating among consumers. The Bungie title topped the GamePlan Insights charts for upcoming games, with fellow Microsoft releases Gears of War 3 and Fable III in third and fourth respectively, according to Gamasutra. …

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II will be released on October 26th. The release date was revealed by the game’s official Facebook page yesterday, with a status update reading: May The Fourth by with you, since it will be Unleashed Oct 26th, 2010!” Given that the date is a Tuesday, …

One budding South Korean game business buys another

Nick Thompson climbs the ladder

Details about the requirements of the Uniloc: SoftAnchor DRM that Sega has chosen to ship with the upcoming PC release of Alpha Protocol have been outlined by the publisher in an extensive blog post aiming to alleviate gamers’ concerns. Gamers will be required to have an internet connection to activate …

GAME has seen its profits tumble 27 per cent. Why has trading been so tough? Ben White: We’ve been clear with the market about where we expected to come out. We’ve hit our numbers exactly in line with expectations at 90.4 million profit before tax. If you look at the …

Street Fighter studio works with Aurora Feint to create iPhone and iPod titles