Publishing

Publisher Electronic Arts has dated one of its key new next-gen IPs today with the news that Dead Space will be released on Xbox 360 and PS3 in both Europe and North America on October 31st. The game, which is being developed by EA’s Redwood Shores Studio, is a survival …

Though it may only be the techno-savvy who will be excited by the news, the fact that Sony’s upcoming PS3 PVR PlayTV will not implement any kind of DRM (digital rights management) is potentially quite important. Content recorded from the Freeview tuner is converted into MPEG-2 format and can then …

After failing to spark the imagination of The Sims fanbase first time out, EA has resurrected its MMO adaptation of its famous franchise under the new name EA Land. Based on the architecture behind The Sims Online, the free-to-play title offers several improvements on the first game. The 12 separate …

Advertising Age is claiming that Sony has opened up its in-game advertising platform on PS3, representing what is one of the biggest new opportunities in the sector. Sony is reportedly in the process of beginning to sell its own in-game ads via a PlayStation Network-dedicated sales team, whilst third party …

SCE worldwide studios boss resigns - but will announce his return to the industry shortly

Brand Atari has taken quite a beating in the last few years – but it still holds a special place in the industry’s collective mindset. Even if you have no personal experience of working with the likes of Bruno Bonnell, there’s still fond gaming memories to fall back on – …

Take Two’s pre-market stock valuation enjoyed a huge 46.9 per cent increase this morning, following news of EA’s bid for the firm . Shares of Take Two rose to $25.50, up from Friday’s Nasdaq close of $17.36. MCV broke the news of EA’s bid yesterday, which totalled $1.9 billion. Optimism …

Take-Two decided EA’s $2bn offer was "Not in the best interests of its stockholders” and rejected the bid. We believe EA’s unsolicited offer is highly opportunistic and is attempting to take advantage of our upcoming release of Grand Theft Auto IV, one of the most valuable and durable franchises in …

In a recent meeting with Wall Street analysts, EA boss John Riccitiello has stated that the company’s dropping average review score is the most important problem facing the firm. Reuters reports much of Ricitiello’s presentation concerned review aggregation site Metacritic, whose average score for EA’s software in 2007 fell from …

Nu-Rave has passed us by without a single raised eyebrow, and we clearly cannot pull off that skinny jeans look. Although to be fair, we’re no strangers to the rising popularity of crystal meth. It’s pretty moreish. Another, more sensible trend we can boast decent knowledge of is the games …