Category Archive: Business

March 16, 2009 – 7:00 pm, Ex-Splatterhouse studio BottleRocket fires back at Namco over “performance issues” claims

Source: Gamasutra

March 16, 2009 – 9:55 am, Sony facing pressure from game makers to drop PlayStation 3 pricing

Source: Bloomberg

March 15, 2009 – 11:30 pm, David Hayter founding new video game and film production company, Dark Hero Studios

Source: Variety

March 10, 2009 – 11:20 am, Insomniac rated the fifth best place to work in California, now claims eight workplace-related awards

Source: PR NewsWire

March 10, 2009 – 10:50 am, Kotick urges hardware manufacturers to drop console prices below $199

Source: VG247

March 9, 2009 – 10:25 am, Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson appearing together on Fight Night Round 4 box

Source: Fight Night Official Site

March 6, 2009 – 4:00 pm, EA trademarks ‘Visceral Games’

Source: Kotaku

March 4, 2009 – 12:05 pm, N’Gai Croal departing Newsweek for the greener pastures of game consulting and development

Source: Gamasutra

March 4, 2009 – 11:55 am, Activision CEO Mike Griffith says the company is actively looking at acquisition and licensing opportunities, given the economic conditions

Source: Bloomberg

March 3, 2009 – 3:20 pm, David Jaffe rants about used game sales for ten minutes, GamePolitics responds

Source: GamePolitics

March 2, 2009 – 11:25 am, Toys R Us getting into used games

Source: Cheap Ass Gamer

February 27, 2009 – 12:30 pm, ESA, ESRB heads are raking it in

Source: Game Politics

February 27, 2009 – 12:00 pm, EA COO John Pleasants: Cutting releases for the year, increasing marketing, and embracing digital distribution

Source: Forbes

February 25, 2009 – 3:35 pm, John Carmack: Doom 4 currently without publisher, but “we do expect to be signing deals later this year”

Source: Joystiq

February 24, 2009 – 2:10 pm, PopCap acquires Peggle and Small Arms developer Gastronaut Studios out of love and admiration

Source: Shacknews

February 24, 2009 – 2:00 pm, Square Enix purchases another 11% of Eidos’ shares; now owns over 32% of the company

Source: GI.biz

February 19, 2009 – 4:05 pm, Crytek now officially owns all Free Radical IP

Source: VG247

February 18, 2009 – 5:55 pm, Southpeak sees quarterly revenues rise 76% to $17.3 million

Source: GI.biz

February 18, 2009 – 4:55 pm, Ubisoft teaming up with Midway to release Wheelman

Source: Joystiq

February 18, 2009 – 3:55 pm, Games cost too much, Valve argues

Source: EDGE

February 17, 2009 – 7:50 pm, G4TV scaling back its original programming; layoffs at X-Play and Attack of the Show

Source: Variety

December 13, 2008 – 5:00 pm, The Washington Times thinks Sony is sabotaging the PlayStation 3

Source: Washington Times

November 19, 2008 – 3:35 pm, THQ scaling back its efforts in the UK

Source: MCV.UK

November 18, 2008 – 11:15 pm, Namco-Bandai profits tank 92%

Source: GI.biz

November 18, 2008 – 3:55 pm, Crytek opens Seoul office, focusing primarily on CryEngine licensing

Source: VG247

November 14, 2008 – 4:25 pm, Be afraid: Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick describes subscription-based gaming as “The Holy Grail”

Source: Shacknews

November 10, 2008 – 1:52 pm, Harmonix founders Alex Rigopulos and Eran Egozy earn themsevles $300m in bonuses from Viacom

Source: Bloomberg

November 10, 2008 – 12:15 pm, Epic president Mike Capps contemplates “creative” ways to deal with used game sales

Source: VG247

November 7, 2008 – 4:56 pm, Getting more for your gaming buck (just please don’t buy used)

Source: Wired.com

November 6, 2008 – 8:10 pm, Activision-Blizzard reports Q3 financials: here’s everything you need to know

Source: VG247