Publishing

Publisher to release free basic version of Dead or Alive 5 Unlimited on PS3

Movie company set to film documentary as it plots to uncover thousands of buried E.T. cartridges

Develop discovers how the Call of Duty studio returned from the brink of collapse

Publisher scrapping scheme from existing games as well as new releases

Publisher EA has removed all Online Passes from existing games. Eurogamer reports that titles that had previously required the purchase or activation of an Online Pass to access either additional content or online multiplayer are now free of such restrictions. Titles that until now prompted users to enter a code …

Sony has reportedly employed financial services corporations Morgan Stanley and Citigroup to research a potential split of the firm’s entertainment division from its electronics sector. A report out of Bloomberg cites statements from people familiar with the matter,” following word that Sony was considering the same plan earlier this month. …

There are two important conclusions to draw from the following news story. Take-Two chairman Strauss Zelnick told an audience at the Cowen and Company Technology, Media and Telecom Conference that his company hopes to benefit from Xbox One’s potential monetisation of pre-owned console games. "There’s no question that if Microsoft …

'If Microsoft has figured out a way to tax used games, then we should get paid too,' says Zelnick

Company hires Morgan Stanley and Citigroup to look into a separate entertainment IPO

Publisher Activision has ended hopes of a Skylanders cartoon or movie. Speaking to MCV, the firm says that the video game ‘is the entertainment’ and that the regular release of new toys is the best way to keep kids engaged. Kids, when they see the new toys, it is a …