GDC: Ubisoft Montreal CEO Talks Wii Philosophy |
| Ubisoft Montreal received the ultimate praise from Nintendo: they were to be treated like an internal developer. Ubi Montreal CEO Yannis Mallat talks about creating casual games on Nintendo systems. |
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Second Life to Invade Mobiles |
| Linden Lab's popular PC game to find new life on the road. |
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Second Life to Invade Your Mobile Life |
| Linden Lab's popular PC game to find new life on the road. |
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THQ & Blue Fang Hook Up |
| Zoo Tycoon developer enters agreement to create a new game property for Wii, DS and PC. |
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Japan: Wii Outperforms as Market Sags |
| While the computation of their Japanese sales for January did not include Super Smash Bros. Brawl, the Wii still did well with the continued success of Wii Fit, making it the fastest selling Wii game ever. |
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GDC: flOw, Everday Shooter Creators Talk Indie Gaming |
| One of the first sessions of GDC 08, titled "Scattershot of Play - Potential of Indie Games," various game creators got together to talk about game length, input/output and "reality games." |
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CD Projekt Acquires Metropolis Software |
| The Polish creators of The Witcher have reached out and acquired Metropolis Software, which is also a Polish company. Together, this combined organization will have greater development recourses than they would separately. |
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ZeniMax Establishes European Publishing Office |
| Bethesda Softwork's Parent Company will now work on publishing all future BethSoft titles in Europe, including the anticipated RPG Fallout 3. This new studio will be headed up by Sean Brennan. |
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Scaleform Joins Epic's Integrated Partners Program |
| From this day forward, everyone who has licensed Unreal Engine 3 will have access to Scaleform GFx, a user interface production tool for hardware-accelerated scalable vector graphics. |
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Mass Effect Wins Game of the Year at Elan Awards |
| BioWare's critically acclaimed Mass Effect took home five awards at Canada's Elan Awards, including Game of the Year. Best Console Game went to Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed, however. |
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NBA Game for All-Star Weekend |
| EA Sports, 2K Sports, Midway and SCEA are all taking advantage of the NBA All-Star Weekend in New Orleans to promote their respective b-ball titles. We talk to the publishers about the marketing plans. |
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Aerosmith Rocks Guitar Hero |
| For everyone that was hoping that there would be a Guitar Hero game focusing squarely on Aerosmith, well, you dreamed on until your dreams came true. Plus, free bonus song announced for Guitar Hero III. |
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'Dismal' Wii Sales to Continue in February – simExchange |
| Sales of the Wii may be "dismal" according to analyst Jesse Divnich, but the console still outsold the competition. simExchange is also predicting PS3 to outsell 360 again in February. |
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BioWare Recruiting at GDC 08 |
| Want to help the next Mass Effect? Or whatever mysterious games that BiowWare is working on and haven't announced? The upcoming Game Developers Conference might be your big break. |
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Will Wright Talks Spore at GDC |
| Don't miss your chance to attend a special Will Wright event next week at GDC. He'll be joined by other senior Electronic Arts executives as well. |
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Legal Battle Likely Over Dead Rising/Dawn of the Dead |
| Capcom has issued an initial piece of litigation in this brewing court case, saying any similarities "are based on the wholly unprotectable idea of humans battling zombies in a shopping mall." |
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The Empire Rises in C&C: Red Alert 3 |
| If you thought the alternative timeline of Red Alert couldn't get any wackier, just wait until a time travel mission leads to the rise of the Japanese Empire and all-out World War III. |
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The World Ends With Square Enix's New RPG |
| Set in modern Japan with a distinct IP, The World Ends With You promises to take full advantage of the DS' capabilities with a unique soundtrack and ways to interact with other people. |
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Disney Interactive Studios Goes Pure |
| No, this isn't something involving magical princesses, as the title might imply. It's an off-road racing title, so it's almost like the titular antithesis of Codemasters' DiRT series. |
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Marvel Universe Online Canceled |
| While MMO fans no doubt had images of Spider-man and X-Men dancing in their heads, those dreams will have to be put on ice. While a neat idea, Shane Kim confirms it was canceled for multiple reasons. |
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