As the current crop of consoles reach old age, we look at where PC gaming can go next.
Industry professionals asked to register their vote.
The organisers of the Game Developers Choice Awards have announced that nominations are now open for next year’s awards. Last year’s ceremony saw Naughty Dog walk off with half the awards on offer for Uncharted 2.
Claims use of his likeness in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
A former backup singer with 90s hip-hop overlords Cypress Hill is suing Rockstar Games, claiming the firm used his likeness for the central character Carl "CJ" Johnson in its 2004 game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, according to a court filing spotted by IGN.
Mobage-town developer under investigation for unfair competitive practices.
Japanese social networking firm DeNA Co saw its share value drop by six per cent - the biggest one-day drop the Tokyo Stock Exchange has seen in two months – after admitting it was under investigation by regulators.
Kristian Segerstrale says that developers should monitor excessive player spending.
Kristian Segerstrale, founder of social game developer Playfish, has stressed the importance of consumer trust in Facebook games if the sector is to continue to prosper, suggesting developers need to monitor excessive player spending.
UK-based retail giant reports dwindling sales with pre-owned now accounting for 25 per cent of revenue.
Europe’s largest specialist gaming retailer, Game Group, has announced a drop in sales revenue of almost 15 per cent in an interim management statement.
Millionaire City creator boasts of 4.2 million daily active users.
Social games developer Digital Chocolate claimed earlier today that it had jumped into fourth position in daily active users among Facebook game makers, according to data collated by AppData. Since then, the company jumped back one place to fifth, having been overtaken by close rival PopCap.
Nottingham Trent University’s annual games festival returns.
GameCity, the Nottingham Trent University gaming festival, will return for a sixth year in 2011, its organisers have confirmed.
Outgoing commissioning editor for education to start up own company.
Alice Taylor, commissioning editor for education at Channel 4, is to leave her post to set up her own company, according to The Guardian.
Chair Entertainment boss admits that the developer has no idea how Infinity Blade will perform on iPhone.
In an exclusive Edge interview, Chair Entertainment creative director, Donald Mustard, draws attention to the lack of empirical data available to iPhone developers. Asked what his expectations are for Chair's action RPG Infinity Blade, released on the App Store tomorrow, he offers a candid response.
Innovation-focused showcase now taking submissions for 2011 comeback.
The Experimental Gameplay Workshop (EGW) will return to the 2011 Games Developers Conference (GDC) and is now inviting submissions from “innovation-minded game developers” who wish to take part.
EA Games boss says future output “needs to be connected online”.
Electronic Arts Games label president Frank Gibeau has declared that games that contain no online component are “finished” because “online is where the innovation, and the action, is at.”
Tomorrow, Epic's Unreal Engine 3 powered Infinity Blade will be released for iPhone. The action RPG, developed by Chair Entertainment, follows up proof-of-concept demo Epic Citadel, and is Epic's first genuine game for the App Store. We caught up with Chair Entertainment creative director, Donald Mustard, to discuss how mobile platforms change both the design and development of videogames.
Browser app store boasts over 200 games from EA, Bigpoint, Zynga and others.
Google has launched the Chrome Web Store, an app marketplace that runs in its Chrome web browser and already has over 200 games to download from the likes of Electronic Arts, Namco, Zynga and PopCap, as well as assorted software and browser extensions.
Two of the team behind Cataclysm discuss the transformation of Azeroth leading up to last night's midnight launch.
UK publisher complains of breached contract by US developer NetDevil.
Codemasters has filed a complaint against Jumpgate Evolution developer NetDevil in the US Federal Court in San Francisco.
The court document, which is available to the public, seeks Codemasters’ $1.1 million investment to be returned along with legal fees and expenses relating to the project, which has faced a string of delays and was due to ship in 2009.
Downloadable collection due this month with two titles previously unavailable on PC.
Oddworld Inhabitants has announced that a collection of the studio’s titles will be available on Valve’s Steam download service “this holiday season”.
On the official Oddworld website yesterday the company says there will be “a few new additions and enhancements, to be announced in the run-up to its release date”, though an exact date was not set.
US-retail giant’s rewards program set to make the leap overseas.
Videogame retailer GameStop will launch its PowerUp rewards card in Europe. The card was introduced nationwide to the US in October and encourages users to “score points” for trade-ins and purchases which can then be redeemed online or in-store.
A charitable drive from the Edge community to get you in the Christmas spirit.
In direct contrast to the concerns raised over the potential dangers of gaming by last night's episode of Panorama, the Edge forum community is pulling together to help charity Child's Play raise money to buy toys and games for children's hospitals.
President of Sony Online Entertainment reveals that the long-delayed MMOG is on track for 2011.
John Smedley, the president of SOE, says The Agency will launch in the second half of next year following a string of delays.
The trade association boss calls for further evidence on gaming addiction but says UKIE shouldn't fund research.
It avoided tabloid reporting, but was undermined by an anxious tone and a superficial attitude to the bigger questions.
UPDATE: The US and Europe websites have now been activated by SNK Playmore, revealing a December 21 launch for the US and December 22 for Europe with titles costing $8.99/€8.99 on PS3 and $6.99/€6.99 on PSP.
SNK Playmore dates and details Japan launch of downloadable emulator.
Japan-based publisher and developer SNK Playmore has announced that Neo Geo Station will go live on December 22 in Japan.
Cloud-based gaming service preparing to take on Netflix with films-on-demand.
US-based gaming service OnLive plans to offer film and TV content next year. In an interview with Reuters, OnLive CEO Steve Perlman says: “Streaming technology is available to anybody. We want to work with the studios. All of these guys want to offer content, we're just here to distribute."
