Criticises overseas studios over poor quality, development speed and sales.
Namco Bandai is to shift its development focus back to Japan after half of its software releases were unprofitable, according to Bloomberg.
Non-profit PC gaming promoters appoint Intel man; new vice-president too.
The PC Gaming Alliance (PCGA), the consortium of manufacturers and publishers which seeks to drive the worldwide growth of PC gaming, has named Matt Ployhar as its new president.
Academy says Rockstar declined to submit the game for consideration.
While Red Dead Redemption seems set to feature on most year-end lists – as we reported in Monday, it won the Game of the Year award at the weekend's Spike VGAs – it will not be lauded at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Video Games awards.
Problems with submission system hampers XBL Indie Games campaign; Epic Dungeon sells well regardless.
The organiser of the Indie Games Winter Uprising, a campaign to promote quality on the Xbox Live Indie Games service, has admitted that it has only enjoyed mixed success.
We talk transhumanism and development tribulations with the Deus Ex team leaders at Eidos Montreal.
Activision shooter continues to bestride world’s sales data like an annually iterated colossus.
The Nordic Chart – a collation of sales data in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland – has released its chart for the month of November. Of course, Call Of Duty: Black Ops is top of the pile.
Conference organisers reveal initial set of five talks for February’s San Francisco summit.
The organisers of the Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2011 have announced details of talks at the Artificial Intelligence Summit.
Chair Entertainment confirms iPhone hit was conceived for 360 motion sensor; first DLC coming next week.
Epic Games’ iOS smash Infinity Blade was originally conceived for the Xbox 360 motion sensor Kinect.
Donald Mustard, co-founder of developer Chair Entertainment, confirmed the news in an interview with Joystiq.
New version of Unreal Development Kit available tomorrow for free.
Epic Games is releasing an updated version of its Unreal Development Kit with support for Apple devices tomorrow.
Mega Man creator hands new business card to Japanese analyst.
Since leaving Capcom to set up on his own, little has been known about Keiji Inafune’s activities. Now, at least, his new studio has a name.
Andriasang reports that a tweet by a Japanese analyst claims Inafune handed him a business card bearing the name Comcept. The author notes in the comments that Japanese speakers often mix up the letters m and n, so it could equally be called Concept.
Braid, Machinarium and friends available now for as much – or as little – as you want.
As we reported last week, the first Humble Indie Bundle was such a success that Wolfire Games’ John Graham was putting together another one.
Sony announces immediate availability for PS Plus subscribers. With big hard drives.
European Playstation Plus subscribers have been granted access to the Beta version of upcoming PS3 MMOG DC Universe Online. The beta is available to download now from PSN.
James Thorpe, PlayStation Network Product Manager, made the announcement in a post on the PlayStation Blog.
Can NCsoft's bold plan of reinvention point to a third way for the MMOG?
More than 15 games available through in-app purchasing; free daily demos too.
Hudson has confirmed that it is bringing versions of games from its 8-bit console the PC Engine to iOS devices.
PopCap adds second game on the social networking site; hopes to emulate Bejeweled Blitz’s success.
Casual gaming king PopCap has announced that Zuma Blitz, the Facebook incarnation of Zuma, is now live on Facebook.
Parent company alleges trademark infringement in Kinect brawler Fighters Uncaged.
Ubisoft is being sued by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) over alleged trademark infringements.
Developer announces price rise, removes guarantee of future updates, promises narrative, stable API.
PC indie smash Minecraft will reach Beta status next Monday, December 20, creator Marcus Persson has confirmed.
Sony confirms deal with Universal Music; begins bringing two stores’ content into line.
Sony has announced that content on the US and EU versions of SingStore, through which SingStar players purchase new tracks, will be unified, with both stores getting the same updates in the future.
Over 270k downloads sees Epic Games’ iOS debut break Cut The Rope’s record.
Infinity Blade, Epic Games’ Unreal-powered iOS debut, has become the fastest-grossing app on the App Store.
Apple Game Center statistics show that the game has 271,424 recent players. At $5.99 a copy that means the game has grossed $1.625 million in just four days on sale.
Tweet reveals more Androids being activated than iPhones; makes Android second-biggest smartphone OS.
Search giant Google claims that 300,000 mobile devices running its Android operating system are being activated every day.
The news was revealed by Google’s VP of engineering Andy Rubin, in a tweet last week.
Survey shows vast majority of students, parents and teachers believe ICT is the best path to a career in videogames.
A survey has found that students, parents and teachers alike are ignorant of the importance of subjects such as Maths, Physics and Art to careers in videogames and visual effects.
A laughing stock when he mortgaged his house in 2005, Jacobs now loaded and developing new virtual world.
Back in 2005, Jon Jacobs was universally derided when he mortgaged his house and spent $100,000 of real money on some virtual property. Now the only one laughing is Jacobs himself, after he sold his Planet Calypso properties in Mindark’s Entropia Universe for $635,000, according to GamePolitics.
Claims World of Warcraft expansion sold more than 3.3 million in 24 hours.
Activision Blizzard has today claimed that Cataclysm, the third expansion for its staggeringly popular MMOG World of Warcraft, has become the fastest-selling PC game ever.
UK broadcasters follow BBC’s iPlayer, bringing on-demand content to PS3 this week.
UK PlayStation 3 owners will be able to watch the likes of Coronation Street and Hollyoaks on their consoles later this week, with commercial broadcasters ITV and Channel 4 set to bring their on-demand services to Sony’s console, according to The Guardian.
Facebook gaming giant Zynga's latest reaches milestone in record time.
Zynga’s new Facebook game CityVille has reached a staggering six million users just eight days after launch, according to TechCrunch.