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Feb 29, 2008

Eidos parent SCi axing 14 projects - Pivotal too?

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In an alarming move by Eidos parent comapny SCi, 14 projects are to be axed to balance against the £81.4 million ($162 million) loss the company has accrued. This may or may not spell doom for other SCi-owned developers; Eidos has declined to comment on rumors that Conflict: Denied Ops dev Pivotal Games will be sold off or closed down as a result of SCi's decision.Here's the original story on the SCi move from our pals ...
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Feb 26, 2008

Valve targets Steam video, music downloads

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Valve intends to offer more than just games over digital distribution platform Steam by the end of 2008.Steam, which recently surpassed 15 million registered users, could soon offer videos and music downloads in addition to gaming content, according to Doug Lombardi, Valve's VP of marketing."We're looking at more casual games and international games [for Steam]," Lombardi said in an interview with Tom's Games. "And we're also looking at other ...
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Feb 25, 2008

Terrorists play WarCraft?

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Be wary of who you laugh at while shamelessly ganking in World of WarCraft - they could turn out to be a real-life terrorist.Apparently, you see, the US intelligence community is looking to develop code that'll investigate suspicious goings on in online virtual worlds. The overall scheme is dubbed Reynard, according to a publicly available document.Reported on Wired, the document explains that Reynard is "a seedling effort to study the emerging ...
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Feb 22, 2008

EA: Metacritic rating a 'very big deal'

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In a meeting with Wall Street analysts, EA head John Riccitello has lashed out at the company's average metacritic score, which last year dropped from 77 to 72. "There is nothing acceptable about that," Riccitiello says. "Our core game titles are accurately measured and summarized by these assessments, and that is a very big deal." ...
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Feb 22, 2008

Phil Harrison "pissed off" by Sony Japan

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During what Next Generation calls the best session of GDC, some of the industry's biggest cone heads came together to talk about games and the future. Crowd-pulling names like Phil Harrison (Sony), Peter Molyneux (Lionhead) and David Perry (Acclaim) piled into a posh hotel room, along with a handful of press. One of the more interesting nuggets to come from the meet involved Phil Harrison talking about his constant battle to get social ...
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Feb 21, 2008

BioWare "not afraid" of WoW

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RPG king BioWare's said it's not concerned about competing with Blizzard Entertainment and World of Warcraft in a chat about its own MMO title. "We have brought ambitious goals, but we're competing with ourselves as much as anybody," co-founder Dr. Ray Muzyka told GameSpy. "We're ambitious and cautious and humble at the same time, so we're not afraid of taking on that challenge," he continued, but added that BioWare's not operating under the ...
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Feb 21, 2008

Riddick developer to reinvent EA classic

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EA has struck a deal with Chronicles of Riddick developer, Starbreeze Studios, to bring back a classic EA franchise. The internal code name is Project RedLime and it's in the works for PS3, 360 and PC. All that pretty much confirms the game as being an action title of some description. Johan Kristiansson, CEO of Starbreeze, said, "We're already deep in development on Project RedLime and the team at EA is giving us the time we need to perfect our ...
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Feb 20, 2008

Two new Magic: The Gathering games coming

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Wizards of the Coast's collectible card game, Magic: The Gathering, is taking a new stab at transitioning to videogames. Details are a bit scant, but the company's confirmed that it has two games currently on the go, one of which is in development for PC and Xbox Live Arcade at the Isle of Wight-based Stainless Games. The second Magic: The Gathering game is in development for PC and Mac at Mind Control Software. ...
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Feb 14, 2008

PC gaming "in disarray," says Cliffy B

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Epic superstar Cliff 'Cliffy B' Bleszinski is at it again, this time speaking about what used to be his company's biggest baby: PC gaming.Speaking to MTV's multiplayer blog, the Gears of War man says that the current state of PC gaming is in "disarray," and explains why right now he'd rather be making games on consoles."I think people would rather make a game that sells 4.5 million copies than a million and Gears is at 4.5 million right now on ...
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Feb 13, 2008

Microsoft, Intel and nVidia form the PC Gaming...

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PC gaming is about to be backed in a big way by major companies joining forces to give it a significant push.Big boys including Microsoft, Intel and nVidia are forging the PC Gaming Alliance, which will be unveiled in full just prior to GDC in San Francisco next week.Additional specific aims outside of the general push aren't known yet, but it's the second such major initiative to boost PC gaming, coming in the wake of Microsoft's own Games for ...
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