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Just days after a Swedish Court sentenced the four owners of BitTorrent site The Pirate Bay to jail, allegations have surfaced that could see the case returned to trial, according to The Guardian. The lawyer representing The Pirate Bay has stated that he is considering demanding a retrial after it …
Read More »Trion World Network president departs unexpectedly
Van Caneghem 'transitioned out' as rumours of disorder at the publisher continue
Read More »Budget 2009: Govt has failed to back the games industry
Games industry group Tiga has slammed the Labour government for failing again to back one of the principal creative industries of the future.” In his Budget speech, delivered on Wednesday in the House of Commons, Alistair Darling failed to materialise any of the promises that Tiga was looking for. Speaking …
Read More »Lightning Fish looks to trump Wii Fit
Ambitious new UK studio looks to beat Nintendo at its own game with new peripheral-based lifestyle games
Read More »EA Sports â??transformedâ?? by online play
500 million online games since June last year, as FIFA and NFL each clock over 2.4 million registered users
Read More »Warner to publish LEGO Rock Band
Warner Bros has confirmed that it will release LEGO Rock Band on Xbox 360, PS3, Wii and DS this year. The game will come in two versions, with the home console iteration developed by TT Games and Harmonix. The DS SKU was created by the duo in tandem with Backbone …
Read More »PS2 legacy to help PS3 win over casual market
Long before Nintendo unleashed the DS and Wii, Sony was winning over a new type of family gamer with titles such as SingStar, EyeToy and Buzz – and that PS2 legacy will become a vital tool in Sony’s plans to take PS3 to the casual market, according to VG247. CasualGaming.biz …
Read More »Grand Theft Blockbusters
We have all heard the tale by now. In its first month, Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars sold a mere 90,000 units. That’s almost 2 percent of sales snagged by Grand Theft Auto IV its first week in stores. While analysts projected the title would sell as many as …
Read More »JAPAN: Microsoft planning fresh 360 offensive
With the Xbox 360 having passed the one million unit sales barrier in Japan last month, Microsoft has announced a fresh offensive for its console in the Far East. At a press conference last night, the platform holder revealed that it’s going to hand out 1m Microsoft Points to Japanese …
Read More »Ian Livingstone joins Tory review body
Eidos co-founder joins consortium of industry veterans to bolster the UKâ??s position as a global hub in the creative industries
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