El Segundo, CA – Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. today announced Tomohiro Uesugi as its new President. Uesugi previously held the position of Executive Vice President of Konami Digital...
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3D Realms Purchased by Danish Investment Firm
Aalborg, Denmark – March 3rd, 2014 – Danish investment firm, SDN Invest, has acquired Apogee Software, Ltd d/b/a 3D Realms (not to be confused with Apogee Software, LLC –...
Irrational Games Winding Down, Levine to Form Smaller...
Looks like Irrational Games founder, Ken Levine, is leaving the BioShock universe in the hands of 2K Games and closing down his Irrational Games development house. Instead, he will be...
Funcom Responds to Office Search and Legal Issues
The folks at Funcom have released a statement to us regarding the goings on of the other day when the Norwegian National Authority for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and...
John Carmack Joins Oculus Rift as CTO
IRVINE, CALIFORNIA (August 7, 2013) – Oculus VR, Inc., developer of the highly anticipated Oculus Rift, today announced that legendary programmer John Carmack has joined the Oculus team as...
EA Loses Madden Lawsuit to Developer
July 23, 2013 — After three days of deliberations, a jury in U.S. District Court in the Northern District of California today ruled in favor of Robin Antonick, the original designer...
InnoGames Shuts Down Kartuga and Studio Before Game...
Hamburg, July 16th, 2013. Today, online games publisher InnoGames and Development Studio Ticking Bomb Games announced the discontinuation of the pirate-MMO Kartuga. Simultaneously the...
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...
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...
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...