What part did Microsoft play in Realtime Worlds’ fall?
In case you’ve been distracted by megashow GamesCom, Realtime Worlds, the studio behind Crackdown and APB has been placed in administration. 170 staff were shown the door this week, with more on the way. Meanwhile local and foreign publishers circle, trying to pick up the remains at a bargain price. Insiders are pointing their finger [...]
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Blizzard adopting WoW-style paid services for SC II
Screwed up your StarCraft II in-game name? Salvation is coming…for a brief period.
Call of Eastwood: the inspiration for Black Ops’ RC car
It’s a killstreak reward with a difference: a RC car that you don’t want to have near you. Where did Treyarch get the idea from?
Handgun fellatio: what Scarface could have been
Don’t be fooled into thinking game designers are all rogues who need to be held back by conservative managers. A developer who worked on Scarface: The World is Yours gives a totally different angle.
MTV reduced to giving away Beatles: Rock Band
How the mighty have fallen – MTV is now giving away Beatles: Rock Band as a hotel bundle.
EA to bundle Battlefield 3 beta w/Medal of Honor
As the storm clouds swirl over EA’s passivity regarding the PC version of Battlefield 1943, the publishing giant appears to be trying to distract the conversation


