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ESRB President Believes Digital Distribution Will Promote Adult Only Titles

Adult Only video games have long been considered a form of suicide for those companies brave enough to release them, but the leader of the main association representing the industry believes that the AO rating will become more familiar and accepted during the coming years. Patricia Vance, who is the current presiden...

11 April 2012
16:31 GMT

Wasteland 2 Developer Attacks Developer - Publisher Relations

After successfully funding his Wasteland 2 development project via Kickstarter Brian Fargo, the leader of inXile, has offered some insight into the relationship between publishers and developers and the problems it can create. The developer says that publishers tend to restrict the information about their relationsh...

30 March 2012
02:37 GMT

Kickstarter Does Not Threaten Familiar Video Game Development Model

Despite the recent projects that have acquired funding from the fan base via the Kickstarter service, the traditional publisher – developer business model will not be eliminated anytime soon, according to one veteran game creator. Speaking at the Game Center of the New York University, Tim Schafer, the leader ...

26 March 2012
09:53 GMT

Starbreeze Is Exploring a Number of New Intellectual Properties

Starbreeze, the developer of the upcoming Syndicate first person shooter remake, has announced that it has plans to explore the original intellectual property space, after launching the Electronic Arts published title.Mikael Nermark, who is the Chief Executive Officer at Starbreeze, has told Gamasutra that, “We...

23 January 2012
14:31 GMT

Publishers Are Supporting Rentals to Eliminate Second Hand

In the long running fight against the second hand market for video games it seems that big publishers like Electronic Arts and Ubisoft are now interested in making the rental market more attractive via retailers like Blockbuster.Gerry Butler, who is the commercial director at Blockbuster, told MCV that, “We hav...

22 November 2011
10:27 GMT

Take Two Wants Independence, Still a Good Target for Acquisition

Take Two has long been rumored to be on the brink of being acquired by a larger company in the video gaming market ever since Electronic Arts tried to make a move on it just as Grand Theft Auto IV was being released, but one executive says that the publisher aims to remain independent, even though there is still inte...

26 July 2011
13:31 GMT

Weekend Reading: One Save Game, One Market

How many save games does a player use? It certainly depends on the type of video game he is playing and on the difficulty, on the device he is playing on (there are certain PC titles that can be described as crash happy) and on how worried he is that he will have to redo a part of the game if and when he screws up. ...

9 July 2011
05:51 GMT

THQ Unveils New Logo, Aims for Bigger Success

Video games publisher THQ has announced that it is adopting a new main logo for the company, one which is set to show off the new strategic vision from the company and its commitment to values like innovation and quality. The new logo, which can be seen in the screenshot attached to this article, has sleeker lines...

13 January 2011
05:37 GMT

High Price Keeping People Out of Gaming

Brian Farrell, who is the Chief Executive Officer at publisher THQ, has stated that in order for video games to attract bigger numbers of customers the price of titles needs to come down from the current set point of 59.99 dollars for home console titles and, normally, 49.99 dollars on the PC.The outspoken executive ...

16 November 2010
15:01 GMT

Zinio Intros 'Branded Apps' for Apple’s App Store

A company dealing with digital-publishing technology and services has announced an expansion of their product range and services to include branded apps for iOS device owners.According to Zinio, the September 7 announcement further extends the reach of its "read anywhere" Zinio UNITY platform, enabling more discovera...

7 September 2010
09:49 GMT

Realview Confirms 30,000 Published Editions for the iPad

Realview, an Australian digital publishing services provider, has confirmed that over 30,000 editions from over 2,000 publications it produces for clients can now be viewed on the Apple iPad, interactively. Customers needn’t access the App Store to access the content, or download anything to their tablets&rsquo...

30 July 2010
09:58 GMT

Magazine Publishers Enthusiastic over iPad Possibilites

Time Inc.’s CEO, Ann Moore, has expressed sheer enthusiasm towards the new Apple iPad during Time Warner’s “Investor Day” last week. According to a report by Forbes, Moore filled attendees in on the division’s recent performance, reporting some $50 million in operating income during the ...

3 June 2010
03:19 GMT

Bungie Has the Option to Work with Other Publishers

Activision seems to have lost its grip on Infinity Ward, with quite a bit of the studio now out and suing their former masters for money owed, but, in a truly surprising move, Bungie chose to enter a deal for ten years, which will see the French company publish all the games the studio creates in a new universe and f...

30 April 2010
16:51 GMT

Bungie Might Collaborate on Other Activision Videogames

Bungie is preparing to launch something new after being linked with the Halo franchise for quite a bit of time. The development studio, which separated from Microsoft in 2007, is now engaged into a ten-year deal with publisher Activision, meaning that all new games based on fresh intellectual property they create wil...

30 April 2010
04:19 GMT

Wizzard Media Adds In-App Purchasing for Podcast App

Wizzard Media has announced In-App Purchasing for its Podcast App in the iTunes App store. Self proclaimed the world’s largest podcasting network, Wizzard reveals that its updated App was only recently approved by Apple. Although the company proudly states that its app is “available for Wizzard’s po...

11 February 2010
10:26 GMT

Apple Tablet E-Books Planned, No OLED Screen (Rumors)

Apple is reportedly in talks with The New York Times and HarperCollins Publishers about offering content for its upcoming tablet device. Other tablet-related rumors say Apple isn’t likely to equip the device with OLED screens. Read on for more details on both matters. HarperCollins Publishers and NY Times deal...

19 January 2010
04:47 GMT

Six Days in Fallujah Is Looking for a Publisher

You can't really put a good war game down. At least that is what Peter Tamte, the leader of the Atomic Games development outfit, believes when it comes to his own Six Days in Fallujah, the game that was initially supposed to be published by Konami before being unceremoniously dropped immediately after the first ...

10 June 2009
13:21 GMT

iPhone Developer ngmoco Signs $10 Million Deal

Well established publisher and developer of iPhone and iPod touch games, ngmoco has added Norwest Venture Partners to its line of investors. The funding is aimed at expanding ngmoco's pipeline of iPhone and iPod touch games, as well as accelerating the development of its publishing and social gaming platform for...

24 March 2009
10:58 GMT

Design a Flash Photo Gallery in Minutes

When it comes to web design, we think that it is something we should leave to professionals. We can't know everything about HTML tags or action scripts when we barely use custom made templates or other tools to design our personal webpage or gallery. If you're tired of turning to others to help you design a...

31 July 2008
11:56 GMT

Bangai-O Spirits Invade the DS

One of the nicest things about the Nintendo DS handheld is the fact that it is something like an XBLA for smaller game developers - meaning that, at least in theory, everything is possible and can be released on the platform at pretty low costs. And that is a great advantage, probably one of the most important if we ...

22 May 2008
04:18 GMT

Agreement: Spencer Clarke LLC - Investment Banker for Playlogic Entertainment

Playlogic Entertainment (independent publisher of PC, console and even mobile software) has recently revealed to the press that it's entering a strategic partnership with Spencer Clarke LLC, a New York-based, full service investment banking and retail brokerage firm. Under the terms of the agreement, Spencer Cla...

9 August 2007
03:02 GMT

Google Tries to Become More User Friendly

Google News is an interesting service powered by the Mountain View company that receives headlines from approximately 4500 sources and publishes them on a single webpage. As usual, the search giant Google considers the users of its services to be very important, but the other side that brings information to the produ...

19 July 2007
03:03 GMT


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