Ken Kutaragi has stepped down from his position as director and chairman of Sony Computer Entertainment. Funnyman Kaz Hirai is being promoted from his position as President and Chief Operations Officer to President and CEO. The web will buzz with comments about this presto-change-o, so I just want to take a minute to offer my … Continue reading
No more WWII shooters! Such is the cry of a vocal percentage of gamers, myself included. Please, let Hitler get some rest. Start picking on The Great War, instead. Bind mustard gas to G. Or, go the route of the Battlefield games and come visit the modern era. That’s the plan for the next Call … Continue reading
If you’re curious to see what David Jaffe has been up to since the inevitable/appropriate/crushing cancelation of his Heartland PSP project, check out this gameplay footage from his PS3 arcade game Calling All Cars. It’s got a great style to it, and looks as if it could be reasonably fun. Jaffe has taken a simple … Continue reading
No round-up today, because there’s really not much to lasso. Clint Hocking, game designer for Ubisoft, got a lot out of 300. An awful lot. The well-received digital bloodbath sparked something in Mr. Hocking, the seeds of an argument against the desirability — or even possibility — of the media of games and film cross-pollinating, … Continue reading
A month ago, Slashdot solicited questions from the gaming community which would then be passed on to Sony’s Phil Harrison, that bastion of reason and illumination. The Slashdot editors have received the responses from Mr. Harrison, and have posted them for your respectful perusal and sagacious head-nodding. The questions that Harrison fielded were none too … Continue reading
1up brings us word directly from Valve Software regarding the dust-up we reported on yesterday. The hacker who goes by the name of MaddoxX turns out to be, unsurprisingly, full of shit. Here’s the statement by Valve director of marketing Doug Lombardi: "There has been no security breach of Steam. The alleged hacker gained access … Continue reading
Huge-ass and developing news to start things off today. A disgruntled fellow who goes by the name of MaddoxX has cracked into Valve Software’s Steam information and retrieved, among other things, financial data for the company, and credit card information of customers. So far, MaddoxX has yet to do anything more than threaten to post … Continue reading
Guitar Hero shares a lot with the Madden games: both franchises are based around activities that you could conceivably do beyond your console; both offer "variation on a theme" gameplay; and now it looks as if both will be locked into a yearly release schedule. RedOctane president Kai Huang has stated that fans can expect … Continue reading
Were you like me? Did you cringe because of the shooting at Virginia Tech? Not so much because of the people killed, but because how this was all going to be twisted around to work against you and your hobbies? Sure, my heart goes out to all the people who were affected by this incident, … Continue reading
We learned last week that Sony was dropping the 20GB SKU of the PS3 in North America, citing poor comparative sales to the 60GB version. GamesIndustry.biz now reports that, according to a patent filed with the FCC, it appears Sony is considering bringing a new, 80GB model to North American shores. A Sony rep mentions … Continue reading