Publishing

Having irked some consumers with its on-disc DLC policies with Street Fighter X Tekken, Capcom has said it is re-evaluating” its additional content policies. The publisher suffered a backlash of sorts when it transpired that premium DLC for the cross-brand fighter was already included on the disc, with consumers paying …

Publishing giant Activision has paid a portion of its employees $42 million in long-delayed royalty payments for Modern Warfare 2, as part of a wider lawsuit between the company and development staff. The lost bonuses were initially due after the release of Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2, which broke …

The world of PC gaming was jubilant last night as Blizzard’s Diablo III finally hit the High Street… only for the developer’s servers to crash almost immediately. And is there anything more indicative of modern PC gaming than owners of a high-profile single player release being unable to play their …

Former Microsoft executive Robbie Bach has said that mistakes made by the Sony management in the transition between PS2 and PS3 played a big part in the tremendous success of Xbox 360. Some of the success of Xbox was due to the fact that Sony did some really not so …

Zynga throws a wildcard in unconfirmed talent aquisition

'Fastest selling XBLA game ever', says Microsoft

Partnership with Wargaming.net seals operating rights in China for all current games

'But maybe Sony Japan thinks different'

Zynga, the defining force in the free and social games boom, says that it is stealing a march on the traditional core and console games market. And its COO, John Schappert, should know – he was once a prominent exec at both Electronic Arts and Xbox Live. MCV quizzed him …

Publisher EA claims previous reports were inaccurate