The White Knight rides in at Take Two
Forbes magazine are now speculating that Take Two are going to avoid a predatory takeover from Electronic Arts by instead merging with Ubisoft. This makes a lot of sense. From a game […]
June 2008
Is the GPU holding the PS3 back?
GTA IV, quite famously, was delayed from being a 2007 release to being a 2008 release because of problems Rockstar were having with the Playstation 3 version of the game. And […]
Getting on the local map
Any game industry marketeer is accustomed to thinking at least nationally and often globally. So it may seem strange to pay attention to the local press and politicians, yet it […]
More research on the effect of video games
S. Shyam Sundar, professor of film, video and media studies at Penn State has been doing some interesting original research on the effects of video games on an individual’s creativity. […]
Eight news stories 5.6
Phil Harrison makes interesting prediction. In Eurogamer he says: “Alone in the Dark is a beautifully crafted single-player adventure game. I don’t think the industry is going to make many […]
Metacritic has changed the games industry
Since the very beginning of video gaming there have been reviews and to go with those reviews there have been scores. These have been useful tools for the public when […]
Is your PC running a bit slow?
(public domain diagram from Wikimedia Commons) I have had this before and last time it was a trojan, so I knew what to do. I didn’t realise that it was […]