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...
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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...
The ESA Announces Parental Controls Education Campaign
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...
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...
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...
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...
THQ’s Last Day Photo
THQ’s official Facebook page put up a heartfelt goodbye post earlier which caught my eye. I just wanted to pass on our thanks to THQ for all the great gaming experiences over the...
U.S. Court Grants THQ Dissolution and Sale
Looks like the U.S. Bankruptcy Court has approved the plan to sell-off studios which make up the now-bankrupt, gaming super-publisher, THQ. THQ’s various studios have been auctioned...
THQ Dissolved and Studios Being Sold Off
Update #1: We now have the dollar amounts that the various studios and IPs are being sold for: SEGA is buying Relic for $26.7 million dollars Koch Media is purchasing Volition for $22.3...
Next PlayStation and Xbox Performance Details, Leak...
If this story from VG24/7 is to be believed, it seems that Sony’s next game console, code-named “Orbis”, will be able to push 1.84 teraflops. They also report that this is...