Tag Archive: Industry

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

Source: Variety

March 4, 2009 – 11:25 pm, Metacritic score study allegedly shows Rockstar as the most consistently good publisher, Ubisoft as the least

Source: David Perry

March 4, 2009 – 1:00 pm, Square Enix and Eidos agree to buyout terms; deal to be finalized early May

Source: MCVUK

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 – 9:00 pm, THQ lays-off 86 more at Volition

Source: Kotaku

March 2, 2009 – 3:00 pm, BioWare forms 30-man Mass Effect 2 team at EA Montreal

Source: Gamasutra

March 2, 2009 – 11:50 am, Midway selling-off Mortal Kombat IP

Source: Kotaku

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 26, 2009 – 3:20 pm, PC gamers are dedicated, slightly crazy

Source: Wall Street Journal

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 21, 2009 – 4:30 pm, Starbreeze reports strong quarterly sales of $2.8 million

Source: VG247

February 21, 2009 – 12:05 pm, LittleBigPlanet dominates AIAA with 8 wins

Source: Joystiq

February 20, 2009 – 12:00 pm, Fast Company entrepreneurship magazine picks the top ten most innovative gaming companies; Nintendo, Ubisoft, and Blizzard top list

Source: Fast Company

February 19, 2009 – 6:30 pm, Tell me true, tell me why, did Ensemble Studios die?

Source: G4TV’s The Feed

February 19, 2009 – 1:50 pm, EA CEO John Riccitiello sees a silver lining in all this

Source: Gamasutra

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

Source: GI.biz

February 18, 2009 – 12:00 pm, Super Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai founding new studio, Project Sora, with 30 employees; developing new title already

Source: Kotaku

February 18, 2009 – 11:00 am, Indie game designer and Flower creator Jenova Chen: “I think right now…it’s the renaissance of video games”

Source: MTV Multiplayer Blog

February 14, 2009 – 6:00 pm, Ensemble veterans form Robot Entertainment (games not-safe for human consumption)

Source: Gamasutra

February 13, 2009 – 5:00 pm, EA and Activision going toe-to-toe over Brütal Legend

Source: The Cut Scene Blog

February 12, 2009 – 10:30 pm, January NPD released; Nintendo dominates hardware and software sales (for a change)

Source: VG247

February 12, 2009 – 10:00 pm, BottleRocket comments on Splatterhouse situation, wishes Namco the best of luck, confirms its own new project

Source: Joystiq

February 12, 2009 – 2:40 pm, Square Enix vying for Eidos: submits $117 million bid

Source: Gamasutra

February 12, 2009 – 1:50 pm, Namco moves to acquire D3Publisher

Source: VG247

February 12, 2009 – 11:55 am, Midway files for bankruptcy, claims it will “continue business as normal”

Source: Shacknews

February 12, 2009 – 10:20 am, Crytek: Free Radical acquisition brings us closer to reaching console market

Source: GI.biz

February 11, 2009 – 6:00 pm, An overwhelming helping of news from Activision’s quarterly financial conference call

Source: Primotech