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Growing video games publisher Warner Bros Interactive has acquired a majority stake in London-based developer Rocksteady Studios. The move comes after the tremendous success enjoyed by Rocksteady’s 2009 release Batman: Arkham Asylum. The deal is the latest in Warner’s ongoing strategy to strengthen its internal development capacity. In 2007 it …
Read More »Kotick thought MMOs were silly
Mind-boggling” – that’s the word Activision boss Bobby Kotick used to describe how he felt about the $7m acquisition of Blizzards by Davidson & Associates in 1994. The exec couldn’t believe the ludicrous amount of money Blizzard had been sold for” at the time. Eight years down the line Kotick …
Read More »Games software worth $64.9bn by 2013
The total value of the global video games software market will reach $64.9bn by 2013 – a jump of approximately 28 per cent on its current value – according to a new report by Strategy Analytics. The report, entitled ‘Global Video Game Market Forecast’, predicts not only a rise in …
Read More »VC games investment plummets
The amount of money invested in the video games sector by venture capitalists in North America was down 29 per cent in 2010 according to a new data from PricewaterhouseCoopers. Boston.com reports that in 2008 money from venture capitalists funded the development of 35 games in North America, representing a …
Read More »3.5m downloads for BFBC2 demo
The Xbox 360 and PS3 multiplayer demo for Battlefield: Bad Company 2 has been downloaded over 3.5m times since it was released by EA last month, the publisher has revealed. Since its arrival gamers have successfully slaughtered 500m times, though they’ve also revived 25m of their fellow soldiers. In addition …
Read More »Rebellion pushing for AvP sequel
Longstanding UK developer Rebellion has that it’s keen to progress negotiations with Sega for a sequel to the game after it shot to number one in the UK charts. We’re also in discussions with Sega about ongoing support for AvP, and also about a sequel to the game,” said company …
Read More »Heavy Rain banned in UAE
PS3 exclusive Heavy Rain has become the latest game to be banned in the United Arab Emirates thanks to its inclusion of adult material. In a statement released to Kotaku, Sony said: The UAE’s National Media Council has banned Heavy Rain on PS3. Heavy Rain has an 18+ PEGI rating …
Read More »EA eying mobile dev IronMonkey?
EA has acquired Australian mobile game developer IronMonkey Studios, reports allege. A story from news site Tsumea cited reliable sources” insisting that EA has acquired the Melbourne-based outfit, though no details were reported. Develop has the full story.
Read More »Valve sick of shitty party games
Half-Life 2 and Left 4 Dead developer Valve has slammed the slew of mini-game titles that have arrived a result of the motion-gaming revolution and urged developers to make more creative use of new technologies. Hopefully we’ve gotten past the point of mini-games,” Valve writer Chet Faliszek told CVG. I’m …
Read More »Square Enix sticking by PSP
Publisher Square Enix has voiced its support for Sony’s PSP and vowed to continue to release many of its major IP both on physical UMD and through Sony’s growing digital PSN portal. The PSP is a great portable device, for both disk-based and digital content,” VP of brand for the …
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