Category - Industry News

Disney Closes LucasArts

According to Kotaku who got word through a un-named LucasArts source, Disney has shut the doors on the long-time game developer, also canceling Star Wars 1313 and Star Wars: First Assault. We are filing this under rumor until a reliable source...

John Riccitiello Leaving Electronic Arts

The Associate Press is reporting that Electronic Arts CEO, John Riccitiello, is stepping down on March 30th. The report claims the CEO, who has led EA since 2007, broke the news to the company in an official letter to its employees. “My...

Spec Ops: The Line Dev Licenses Unreal...

CARY, N.C. and BERLIN (March 14, 2013) – Epic Games, Inc. has licensed Unreal Engine 4 to YAGER, making the “Spec Ops: The Line” creator the first independent studio in Europe to license the technology. Under the agreement, the Berlin-based...

Crytek to Show GFACE, Warface and New...

Frankfurt am Main (Germany) March 12, 2013 – Video game developer and publisher Crytek GmbH has confirmed details of what they will be presenting at this year’s Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. Situated at booth #1402 in the Main...

The ESA Announces Parental Controls...

Washington, DC – March 11, 2013 – The U.S. video game industry today announced a new national public education campaign to educate American parents further about the tools and information available so they can manage the entertainment choices...

THQ to Sell Off Other IPs

AGOURA HILLS, Calif. — THQ Inc. (OTC: THQIQ) today announced that it will sell certain of its remaining intellectual properties (IP) via a Court-supervised sale process. Last month, THQ sold the majority of its studios and games in...

EA Los Angeles and EA Montreal Layoffs

Looks like we have more bad news for lots of people working in the video game industry today as, according to an article at Polygon, Electronic Arts has begun laying off an unspecified number of staff at EA Los Angeles and EA Montreal. The news...

IGN Layoffs, 1UP, UGO and GameSpy Closing

Looks like the new owner of IGN Entertainment, Ziff Davis, is shutting down long-time gaming websites, 1UP, UGO, and GameSpy. According to a news post at Polygon, the company has also laid off a number of staff members over at IGN. The Editor...