Brian Fargo's bid to fund development of a sequel to post-apocalyptic PC RPG Wasteland has already proven successful after the project passed its target on crowdfunding website Kickstarter within two days.
Sega heads the list of several publishers who have signed up to distribute their games through EA Origin.
Other new additions to EA's partners on its growing digital download store include Rebellion, Team 17 and Kalypso Media Digital, taking the total number of third parties on board to 35.
One Piece: Pirate Warriors is the Japanese all-formats number one for a second week, despite sales falling by over 85 per cent week on week.
In second place is Sega's Hatsune Miku And Future Stars: Project Mirai for 3DS, according to Media Create data posted on NeoGaf.
Capcom's fighting game crossover Street Fighter X Tekken enters the chart at number three, with the overwhelming majority of its 67,000 sales going to PS3 owners. Konami's 3DS remake, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater 3D, debuts in fifth.
UPDATE: The Times claims that OpCapita - the retail salvage specialist which bought Comet for £2 last month - has tabled a bid for Game, offering to buy out its lenders. It's had a predictable effect on Game's shares, which have now risen 82 per cent over the course of the day's trading.
UPDATE: The Times claims that OpCapita - the retail salvage specialist which bought Comet for £2 last month - has tabled a bid for Game, offering to buy out its lenders. It's had a predictable effect on Game's shares, which have now risen 82 per cent over the course of the day's trading.
Up to 30 staff have been laid off at Obsidian Entertainment, according to reports.
Sources have told Joystiq that the cuts follow the cancellation of a next-gen title, dubbed Project North Carolina. Layoffs have also hit the team working on the South Park RPG that was announced in December.
The leftfield game design concepts of a spoof Peter Molyneux Twitter account have inspired a game jam.
The Peter Molydeux Game Jam Funtimez, set for March 31 and April 1 in San Francisco's Bay Area, was dreamed up by Double Fine programmer Anna Kipnis. It already has the support of over 70 local developers, who will spend the weekend turning the concepts into playable prototypes.
After starting out in quality assurance, Ben Cousins has slowly risen through the ranks to become head of Ngmoco Sweden. His career path – from designer and producer roles on traditional games such as Battlefield to general manager at EA’s free-to-play-focused Easy Studios – reflects one of the topics that’s been preying on his mind lately: the transition from consoles to tablets and high-end phones (AKA smart devices).
The BBC's iPlayer catchup service will finally arrive on Xbox 360 next week, according to reports.
Eurogamer claims that the app will next week join similar offerings from fellow UK broadcasters Channel 4 and Channel 5 on Xbox 360. ITV Player is due later this year.
Embattled UK retailer Game Group will not carry stock of Kid Icarus Uprising when it is released next Friday.
Nintendo has confirmed to HMV that Uprising, the first 3DS game from Smash Bros creator Masahiro Sakurai, will not be available through Game, Gamestation, or their respective websites.
Electronic Arts gave "extra support" to UK retailer HMV for the launch of Mass Effect 3 last week, according to reports.
Retail Week (via MCV) claims that EA gave HMV a boost after Game Group chose not to stock Mass Effect 3 because the publisher refused to relax its credit terms.
Organisers of a petition pleading with BioWare to change the ending of Mass Effect 3 have raised over $30,000 for gaming charity Child's Play.
DICE is advertising for the position of concept artist. Working from its Swedish headquarters, you'd be responsible for visualising the art direction of its games, which include Mirror's Edge and the Battlefield series. Find all DICE's jobs here.
Capcom has apologised to Xbox 360 owners of Street Fighter X Tekken, admitting it cut an advertised feature from the game due to time constraints.
This is the third article in our series looking for the flaws in some of the greatest and most discussed games of all time. You can read our previous dissections by following these links:
Filmed in November 1993, this video of id software's offices is an evocative piece of nostalgia.
Shot by Software Creations owner Dan Linton, it captures the atmosphere in the studio at the time, Romero's spirited playing style on an early build of Doom ("Bam! Bam! Boom! Bits!") and includes interviews with key members of the team.
Zynga is planning a second public offering of its stock, according to reports, in a bid to prevent its share price tanking in three months' time.
Multiple sources have told Bloomberg about the socal gaming titan's intent, which would allow some investors to sell their shares while tying in large shareholders to a longer "lock-up" period, preventing them from selling theirs on until six months after an IPO, which Zynga held in December.
Zynga is planning a second public offering of its stock, according to reports, in a bid to prevent its share price tanking in three months' time.
Multiple sources have told Bloomberg about the socal gaming titan's intent, which would allow some investors to sell their shares while tying in large shareholders to a longer "lock-up" period, preventing them from selling theirs on until six months after an IPO, which Zynga held in December.
Double Fine's bid to raise funding for development of an old-school PS point-and-click adventure came to a close last night, raising a total of $3,336,371 from over 87,000 backers.
Major League Gaming (MLG) has raised $11.3 million in funding, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
VentureBeat reports that MLG, which organises eSports events across the US, is seeking a total of $13 million. It has previously raised more than $50 milion, and snapped up other eSports companies GameBattles and Agora Games.
Brian Fargo's InXile Entertainment has raised over $500,000 on Kickstarter to fund development of a sequel to 1980s post-apocalyptic RPG Wasteland.
The Wasteland 2 project kicked off yesterday, with Fargo seeking $900,000 in funding for Wasteland 2, a direct sequel to the EA RPG which was released in 1988. At the time of writing it has raised $534,243 from 9,174 backers.
Seven years after it was first announced and almost two years since its initial release on Xbox 360, Alan Wake has sold over two million copies.
The game also launched on PC this February, recouping its entire development and marketing budget in its first 48 hours on sale.
Majesco Entertainment shares fell as much as 13 per cent on Tuesday, a day after the Zumba Fitness publisher reported increased revenue and profit for the first quarter ended January 31, 2012.
Net revenue for the three month period rose 37 per cent year-over-year to $66.2 million, while net income increased from $6.8 million to $7.7 million.
BioWare's Star Wars MMOG The Old Republic will be free to play this weekend.
Those interested can create an account at the source link below, and will be able to download the client from 5.01am GMT on Thursday and play for free until 7am on Monday.
Part Lumines and part Super Puzzle Fighter Turbo, Radballs is a music-driven puzzle game that feels unique despite its obvious inspirations. As hordes of coloured blobs fall down the screen, you're tasked with swiping them vertically or horizontally to form squares at least two blocks high and wide, frantically expanding them before a Lumines-style timeline falls down the screen and wipes them out.