Category - Industry News

The ESA Applauds USTR for International...

May 1, 2013 – WASHINGTON, DC – The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) today released its annual “Special 301” Report, in which it highlighted shortcomings in copyright protection and/or market access for U.S. copyrights in...

2K Games Will Not Have E3 2013 Booth

On its forums today, 2K Games Ronnie Singh announced that the company would not have a booth at this year’s E3 expo. Forum Post: At 2K, we’re excited for the new opportunities coming with the next generation of hardware, and are hard at...

Nintendo Clarifies its E3 2013 Plans

Early this morning, bleary-eyed gamers were surprised to see that Nintendo president Iwata said the company would be skipping out of the E3 press conference war. Today, however, Nintendo of America’s SDCC, Charlie Scibetta, has issued a...

Nintendo Will Not Have Large E3 Press Event

According to a Gametrailers post, Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo, has stated that the company will not hold a traditional, large-scale E3 press event as they have done in years past. Instead, the company will be holding a number of smaller...

Xbox Reveal Event Set for May 21

Looks like Microsoft is all locked and loaded to show off their next Xbox game console on May 21st, 2013. That’s only 19 days prior to the start of the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles. Should be a great show and it will be...

Cloud Imperium Games Opens Santa Monica...

SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 23, 2013 — Cloud Imperium Games™, led by legendary game designer Chris Roberts, has opened an office in Santa Monica to help create Roberts’ new space sim game, Star Citizen™. The game marks Roberts’ return to the...

Nordic Games Picks Up Darksiders, Titan...

VIENNA, AUSTRIA (23. April 2013) – Nordic Games announced today that it was one of the successful bidders in THQ´s auction process, which ended on April 15. Subject to approval of the bankruptcy court overseeing THQ’s case, Nordic Games will...

Ubisoft Acquires Related Designs

SAN FRANCISCO — April 11, 2013 — Today, Ubisoft announced the acquisition of Related Designs, a leading German development studio for PC strategy games, including the critically-acclaimed AnnoTM franchise. Ubisoft previously owned 29.95 percent...