Publishing

Rockstar Games has made a significant acquisition ahead of the release of GTA IV on April 29th – Massachusetts-based Mad Doc Software. The deal comes amid EA’s hostile bid for Rockstar parent Take Two – a saga which isset to be concluded later this month. Massachusetts-based Mad Doc recently worked …

SCi’s share price has jumped by over 20 per cent off the back of heavy speculation that it has reopened takeover talks with potential suitors. The rise of 10.5p per share – to 60.5p – has set the tongues of investment market experts wagging, with Ubisoft, Time Warner and Infogrames …

Speaking to Reuters, THQ’s Brian Farrell has outlined the publisher’s M&A strategy – to grow organically. "We are seeing some opportunities in the marketplace given the two transactions going on," Farrell said. "It’s going to create some opportunities because we are actively looking at every developer, every license out there …

Do you have any fear that continuing with two ratings systems has the potential to confuse parents? No – because I’ve made some changes to the statutory bits, but also to the consumer-facing element. That’s the bit that stops parents making the right decision at the moment. As far as …

Speaking to UK newspaper The Guardian , UK Xbox boss Neil Thompson has insisted that his company did not back the wrong horse when it supported Toshiba and its HD-DVD high definition disc format. "The horse that we’re fundamentally backing is the one that says the future of entertainment content …

$1m prize fund available to modders using Unreal Engine 3

The New York Comic Convention, which will run in The Big Apple later this month, will include an airing for Gears Of War 2. In what will presumably be a rolling demo, Kotaku reports that Epic Games president Michael Capps and Gears of War scriptwriter Joshua Ortega will be offer …

Despite eye-catching rumours to the contary, Microsoft has insisted that Lite-On will not be manufacturing Blu-ray drives for its Xbox 360. According to TechRadar.co.uk, a Microsoft rep stated: Lite-On is not manufacturing Blu-ray drives for Xbox 360. As we have stated, games are what are driving consumers to purchase game …

Whilst Japanese gamers have been able to rumble along with their PS3 games since November, the Western market has to date had to make do with the rumble-less Sixaxis – but it’s all change from next week. Sony has announced via its US blog that the Dualshock 3 pad will …

Sierra Entertainment has announced that Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Conspiracy will be released in Europe on the 27th June. The movie adaptation will be release on the Xbox 360 and PS3. According to Sierra, ‘the game brings Jason Bourne’s signature combat style to life by sharply blending a seamless mix …