Publishing

EA has announced that Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 will offer support for Sony’s as-of-yet undated PS3 Motion Controller. However, the game won’t be supporting Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Natal. A rep for the publisher told VG247 that this is purely down to the timing of the game’s release – an …

The video games industry is well ahead of music and DVD when it comes to combating IP theft, says trade body ELSPA. The UK games industry was instrumental in securing prison sentences for 13 game pirates last year, and already in 2010 a further three people have been sent to …

Electronic Arts has announced a deal with 38 Studios to publish the company’s first game, an RPG called Project Mercury. Project Mercury is being developed by 38 Studios’ subsidiary Big Huge Games, by team-lead Ken Rolston, best known for his work on the Elder Scrolls series, along with fantasy author …

Over the past six months, the games industry has ramped up its efforts in tackling piracy. For instance, publishers Ubisoft, EA and Sony have all recently announced measures to discourage IP theft. Consumers playing one of Ubisoft’s PC titles have to remain constantly connected to the internet so that the …

Having teetered on the brink late last year, the short-term future of UK video games forum rllmuk has been secured after the site successfully raised 6,000 – a sum that should safeguard the site for at least two years. It has also today been confirmed that the portal has been …

As many as 25m gamers have played Modern Warfare 2 online since its launch, according to developer Infinity Ward, who made the announcement yesterday on Twitter. Robert Bowling, director of communications at Infinity Ward said: The 25m users is only made up of those who play the game online, with …

Publisher Ubisoft has revealed that the servers set-up to facilitate its new PC game DRM strategy are once again under attack in what many are presuming is a further protest against its anti-piracy measures. Players of both Assassin’s Creed II and Silent Hunter 5 – the first two games from …

The first reviews have flooded the internet of Sony’s upcoming PS3 only God of War III, and it seems that Sony has yet another critical smash on its hands. The next-gen hack ‘n’ slash outing was awarded an impressive nine from Eurogamer, a 9.3 from IGN, 94 per cent from …

Following a weekend of server trouble that lead to some gamers being unable to play their copies of Assassin’s Creed II or Silent Hunter V thanks to Ubisoft’s new internet-only DRM, the publisher has apologised for the outage – adding that the problems were down to an attack” on its …

AT New Media will introduce Mr. Men and Little Miss to the interactive gaming industry, securing third-party multi-platform licensing deals worldwide. Platforms will include PCs, games consoles, hand-held games and mobile phone devices. The full story can be found on MCV’s sister site Licensing.biz.