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The ‘hidden’ cost of gaming: time, and why it hurts developers

February 1, 2013

Opinion

With all of the game studios and publishers that have been shut over the past year or so, even the most vocal advocates of the games industry would be hard pressed to call this a “healthy” industry. There are plenty of arguments over where the specific profitability issues that game…

Vice City available now on PSN

February 1, 2013

Grand Theft Auto V/GTA5/PS3/Rockstar Games/Xbox 360

One of the best non-numbered titles in the GTA series has hit the PlayStation Network. Get your shades out, Vice City is available now. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is a neon drenched trip through an ’80s-themed paradise complete with the requisite amount of sex, drugs, and synth-rock. The game…

PlayStation 4 announcement on February 20?

January 31, 2013

PlayStation/PlayStation 4/Sony/teaser/trailer/Trailers

Sony’s done a teaser to end all teasers. At a time when the gaming world is looking forward to an announcement of the PlayStation 4, Sony posts this on its blog: I wouldn’t bet against this being a new hardware reveal, personally.…

Interview: The Game Atelier: “The PlayStation Vita has been good to us”

January 31, 2013

Fabien Demeulenaere/Interview/Interviews/PlayStation/PlayStation Vita/The Game Atelier

Fabien Demeulenaere The Game Atelier is one of those indie developers that punches well above its weight. Starting out with the PlayStation Minis and iOS environments, the company has since become a full-fledged PlayStation Vita developer with some gorgeous HD titles, like SunFlowers and Flying Hamster. It even publishes games…

xseed-games-makes-big-announcement

January 31, 2013

Killer is Dead/Microsoft Xbox 360/Nintendo 3DS/PS3/Release Information/Rune Factory 4/Sony PlayStation 3/Sony PlayStation Vita/Valhalla Knights 3/XSEED Games/Ys I II Chronicles+/Ys: Memories of Celeta

Five new games will be coming to North America this year courtesy of Xseed Games, and the list is pretty substantial. Valhalla Knights 3 (pictured right) will be releasing for the PlayStation Vita this fall. Lots of job classes and real-time combat are the focus of this action RPG title.…

Check out this awesome Sim City beta preview

January 31, 2013

Beta/Preview/Sim City/Video

Last year we got to have some hands on time with EA’s upcoming Sim City reboot. We came away more than a little impressed. But we only got to spend a brief time with it. One of our readers has been in touch with a really great beta preview that…

Looking back at Demon’s Souls; is it better than Dark Souls?… yes

January 30, 2013

Dark Souls/Demon's Souls/looking back/PlayStation/PlayStation 3/PSN

PlayStation 3 exclusive, Demon’s Souls, finally made its way to the PlayStation Network for download recently. Given that the sequel, Dark Souls, was the game that really launched the series popularity, the PSN release gave players the opportunity to play the lesser-known sibling for the first time and do a…

EA’s financials paint a positive picture

January 30, 2013

EA/EA Origin/FIFA/Financial results

EA can thank its most valuable franchise, FIFA soccer, as well as its mobile division for a very solid year, according to its recently announced financial results for the December quarter. To pull the important stats from the report (from Edge): – FIFA 13 sold over 12 million units, up…

uh-oh-goichi-sudas-company-is-being

January 30, 2013

Financial results/Goichi Suda/grasshopper manufacture/GungHo Online Entertainment/merge

According to a news story over at Destructoid, Goichi Suda’s oddball development house, Grasshopper Manufacture, is merging with GungHo Online Entertainment, the organisation behind the popular Ragnarok series. On one level this is not something to worry about. GungHo Online Entertainment and Grasshopper Manufacture are both behind some incredible franchises,…

goodbye-junction-point-we-hardly-knew

January 30, 2013

Epic Mickey/Financial results/junction point/sad news

Most people in the games industry are now aware that Warren Spector’s studio, Junction Point, has been closed down by parent company Disney. Junction Point had a too-brief history, and produced just two games. One, Epic Mickey, saw middling critical success, but was a genuine commercial hit as a Nintendo…

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