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A leading psychiatrist in the treatment of online game addiction has revealed that some World Of Warcraft users are more ashamed of being addicted to the game than to online porn. Speaking to The Boston Globe, Dr Jerald Block spoke about the rise in internet addiction and some of the …
Read More »Edinburgh Interactive Festival dates unveiled
The Edinburgh Interactive Festival 2008 will take place between August 10th and 12th this year at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre – and registration is now open for those who would like to attend . The festival will feature a two-day conference program, networking events and an expanded EIF Games …
Read More »LucasArts killing off internal development?
After last week laying off 100 staff at its San Francisco HQ, fresh reports say LucasArts will fire its remaining 100 staff as the company prepares to withdraw from internal development completely. Shacknews says a ‘reliable source’ has told the site that George Lucas’ games development studio will move towards …
Read More »1C announces first 360, PS3 titles
Russian games publisher 1C has announced its first games developed for multiple platforms – and revealed it is targeting global growth with the two games. Internally-made Captain Blood is a Xbox 360 and PC Caribbean-themed game inspired by the novels by Rafael Sabatini. "1C is using cutting-edge technology, including the …
Read More »Two more publishers leaving ESA?
The head of US gamers’ consumers group the Entertainment Consumers Association has said that he knows of two more games companies that are planning to leave US publisher body the Entertainment Software Association. Hal Halpin told the Washington Post that a duo of firms were set to join Activision, Vivendi …
Read More »JAPAN: PSP rules May hardware sales
Sony’s PSP continues to dominate the Japanese hardware market, after clocking up 270,750 sales in May. According to data exclusively given to MCV by our media partner Famitsu/Enterbrain, the handheld took 37.3 per cent of all console sales in the month. It was followed by Wii, which shifted 220,052 units …
Read More »Blu-Ray sales outpacing DVD
Optical disc hardware specialist Singulus has received orders for 21 Blu-Ray dual-layer duplication machines in the first quarter of this year – a faster adoption than of the format’s predeccesor DVD 11 years ago. "This means that the orders for Blu-ray in the first year of the dual layer technology …
Read More »Bach: People wont pay extra for Blu-Ray
Xbox president Robbie Bach has criticised Blu-Ray’s lack of sales success since the HD-DVD format imploded – and questioned why consumers would bother upscaling from DVD. Speaking to the San Francisco Chronicle, Bach also ruled out any possibility of a Blu-Ray enabled Xbox – either in this or the next …
Read More »Nintendos NZ distributor in receivership
Nintendo and Activision’s official distributor in New Zealand has gone into receivership. SPI (Softprint Interactive) boss William Flew confirmed to The New York Herald that the company has been placed into receivership. Flew could not comment on what that will mean for Nintendo or for game brand Activision, referring all …
Read More »Age Of Conan ‘has a long shelf life’
Eidos is set to continue its support for Age of Conan following a stellar first week for the new IP. The game came second in the ChartTrack Top 40 in its debut week, only kept from the top spot by GTA IV, and has become the biggest PC game of …
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