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The Economy behind strategy games and how it affects our behavior…
Desinformado | Technology and Lifestyle Blog | June 24th 2008 by whatz
Doing research for a new article about how games affect our daily behavior, I reached dozens of pages promoting and selling the most strange stuff for games fanatics. The gaming industry is bigger than we can imagine and there is an ever growing econ read more
T-Entertainment Licenses Unreal Engine 3
Cult Gamer | June 17th 2008 by Sroek
Korean-based online game development company, T-Entertainment, who’ve previously created Last Chaos and Laghaim, has licensed Unreal Engine 3 for an upcoming MMO that’s been given the codename L2, which has been described as a cross betwe read more
Coming Soon: Age Verification For Downloads In UK
Online Shopping in India | May 22nd 2008 by Joshan
According to an article by BBC, websites will now have to implement age verification for downloading video and video games in UK. This implementation will be over seen by British Board of Film Classification (BBFC). A research held by B read more
The Villainy of Video Game Success
Do You KNOW Clarence? | May 7th 2008 by Do You KNOW Clarence?
One week after the release of Rockstar Games’ latest flagship title, GTA:IV, it would seem that consumers have globally proclaimed it is good. The sales figures are next-level — 500 million dollars spent in the first week, roughly 6 milli read more
ION Game Conference 2008
Cult Gamer | April 15th 2008 by Sroek
At this year’s ION Game Conference 2008 (formerly known as OGDC, Online Game Developers Conference), taking place in Seattle at the Marriott Waterfront Hotel from May 13th to May 15th, such figures in the online gaming industry as Craig Sherman read more
Interplay Sets Their Mind on Fallout MMO
Cult Gamer | April 11th 2008 by Sroek
After selling the license of their Fallout franchise to Bethesda Softworks (the company behind the Elderscrolls series) and in addition to working on sequels to Earthworm Jim, Dark Alliance, Descent and MDK, Interplay Entertainment is currently seeki read more
Some wisdom for all Indie MMO Developers
Cult Gamer | April 3rd 2008 by Sroek
At the Indie MMO Game Developers Conference this past weekend, BioWare Austin’s co-studio director, Gordon Walton speaks the truth about how indie MMO developers are the ones pushing the boundaries of the genre, as they’re able to take mo read more
SOE Scholarship Contest for Females
Cult Gamer | April 2nd 2008 by Sroek
Sony Online Entertainment is offering $10,000 in art institute school tuition and a paid internship at one of the SOE studios to the winner of the competition. The program is called G.I.R.L (Gamers in Real Life) and is intended to educate and recruit read more
The End for Public Stress Tests in MMOs
Cult Gamer | March 31st 2008 by Sroek
A company called Testronic Labs is eventually going to end the need for MMO companies to schedule public stress tests for their games to evaluate their servers. VENUS Blue is the only performance testing tool capable of emulating a massive amount of read more
NCSoft Launches Two New Sites for Guild Wars and Lineage II
Cult Gamer | March 28th 2008 by Sroek
NCSoft is attempting to extend the lives of two of their longer running franchises by launching a pair of promotional sites to aid in the marketing of Guild Wars and Lineage II and introduce them to new players. The two websites are done entirely in read more
Bluehole Licenses Unreal Engine 3
Cult Gamer | March 27th 2008 by Sroek
Just a couple days after NCSoft announced that they licensed Unreal Engine 3 to produce two new MMOs, Bluehole Studio Inc. from Seoul Korea announces today that they have also licensed the engine for next-gen MMORPG codenamed No Related Post Tags read more
Possible BioShock and Civilization MMOs
Cult Gamer | March 25th 2008 by Sroek
As reported earlier by MTV Multiplayer, Take-Two Interactive’s chairman, Strauss Zelnick, has ideas to bring the BioShock and/or Civilization franchises into the MMO realm. At the 2008 Smid Cap Conference today, Zelnick was explaining why Take read more
NCsoft Licenses Unreal Engine 3 for two new MMOs
Cult Gamer | March 24th 2008 by Sroek
The license will be used to develop two unannounced “top-tier” MMOs. SEOUL, KOREA (March 25, 2008)–NCsoft® Corporation, the world’s leading developer and publisher of online computer games, today announced that it has reinforced its read more
An Interview with Joe Ybarra, producer of Stargate Worlds
Cult Gamer | March 24th 2008 by Sroek
Gamasutra has posted an interview with Joe Ybarra from Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment. Ybarra was one of the original game producers at Electronic Arts in 1982 where he worked on the very first version of Madden NFL. He later went on to produce a nu read more
Ubisoft acquires Tom Clancy intellectual property and to produce…
Cult Gamer | March 20th 2008 by Sroek
The official press the release of the acquisition: Paris, FRANCE – 20 March 2008 – Today, Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest video game publishers, announces that it has concluded an agreement with Mr. Tom Clancy to acquire all intellectual pr read more
Codemasters currently in talks to publish two console MMOGs
Cult Gamer | March 20th 2008 by Sroek
Codemasters Online Gaming has confirmed to GamesIndustry.biz that it’s in talks to publish two massively multiplayer online games for home consoles. The group has begun to enjoy success in the MMO market – in two-and-a-half years since incept read more
Second Life CEO Takes a Backseat
Cult Gamer | March 17th 2008 by Sroek
Linden Lab founder Philip Rosedale will become the company’s chairman once a new head for the firm has been hired. In a statement Mr Rosedale he would stay at the company and work on strategy and design for Second Life. He added that he would c read more
The Science of Face Generation
In Hard Focus | March 10th 2008 by Stephen Russell
Advancements in facial recognition are not the only interesting face-related technologies making some astounding leaps these days. Driven by demand out of Hollywood, start-ups like Image Metrics are now taking the first steps to generate near perfect read more
Video: Female Gamers
Internet: Marketing and Messages | February 26th 2008 by stefan
In this video clip we learn about Ubisoft's PR strategies which include the Frag Dolls which are a team of gamers recruited by Ubisoft to represent their video games and promote the presence of women in the gaming industry. We also learn about Jade R read more
Grand Theft Auto For Sale...
Holley's World | February 25th 2008 by Adam Holley
I have recently read an article that says EA Games have made a bid for Take Two Interactive Software, the creators of the GTA series, hence the title of this post. It has been said that EA are trying to buy the company at a cheaper price before the r read more
High-Performance Computers!
All Around The Mall.com | November 7th 2007 by Gary Wlassak
Alienware is a leading manufacturer of high-performance desktops, notebooks, professional workstations, and media center systems. Offering the latest innovations, cutting-edge designs, and award-winning customer support, Alienware has meet the deman read more
Becoming a Video Game Expert
Malaysian Directories!!! | November 4th 2007 by IklanMas
You’ve Got The Skills, So Why Not? If you find yourself playing video games day-in and day-out, you might be a prime candidate for establishing yourself as a gaming expert. All you need is a good knowledge of a wide range of games and gaming sy read more
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