Monday, May 20, 2013

postheadericon Electronic Arts Slashes Workforce

Dawn Kawamoto writes "Electronic Arts has been the loss of jobs in the last week and according to Kotaku layoffs size reached up to 10 percent of its workforce. The game maker said it made the move to align its workforce more closely. phones and new technologies such as the dinosaur of the console tries to fight against the extinction of the changing mobile player, this process has been a painful transition with a number employees ending in tar pit - as its CEO. "




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Sunday, May 19, 2013

postheadericon Wayward

Platform: Mac, Windows, Linux, Javascript/HTML5 - Wayward You wake up on a deserted island with no memory of what happened, nothing more than a few tools of poor quality in your name, and you think that we would all probably think of a situation like this:

postheadericon IGF finalist Hohokum launching next year for PS4, PS3, PS Vita

IGF finalist Hohokum launching next year for PS4, PS3, PS Vita
Sony Santa Monica working with artist Richard Hogg and
Frobisher Says!
Honeyslug developer to produce Hohokum
, next title for the PlayStation 4, PS3 and PS Vita.
Hogg describes

Hohokum

as a "set of whimsical colors with an emphasis on exploration and playful creativity. "The players control a wormish, kite flying creature as it sailed a playground and virtual boxes around its inhabitants. It looks like Keita Takahashi Noby Noby Boy sites and Hogg notes that the experience is free of the "normal pressure" common to video games, such as holding hands and persistent default states.

Joystiq

Hohokum

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Thursday, May 16, 2013

postheadericon Warner Bros. and 5th Cell facing Keyboard Cat, Nyan Cat lawsuit

publisher and developer brand Scribblenauts continued abuse by the creators of memes oriented.

<i></i><P class=caption><I>Image credit: Scribblenauts Wiki</I></P></DIV>  <P></P>  <P>Attorneys for Charles Schmidt (Keyboard Cat) and Christopher Orlander Torres (Nyan Cat) filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against the companies at the end of April, according to a description of the case from the Los Angeles IP trademark blog (via Eurogamer). </P>  <P>The Keyboard Cat and Nyan Cat memes appeared in various Scribblenauts games, including the 2009 original DS game, 2010's Super Scribblenauts, 2011's Scribblenauts Remix, and 2012's Scribblenauts Unlimited. </P>  <P>Schmidt and Torres claim they never gave Warner Bros. and 5th Cell license or authorization to use Keyboard Cat and Nyan Cat in the games. The plaintiffs accuse the companies of

Notably, Schmidt and Torres did not submit trademark applications for Keyboard Cat and Nyan Cat until after the first Scribblenauts game was released, which could hurt the pair's case.

The case is Schmidt, et al. v. Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., CV13-02824 JFW (C.D. Cal. CV13-02824). For more, check out the complaint in full.

A Warner Bros. representative was not immediately available to comment.

The next Scribblenauts game is rumored to be a DC Comics superhero game that could be announced as early as the 2013 Electronic Entertainment Expo next month.

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"Warner Bros. and 5th Cell facing Keyboard Cat, Nyan Cat lawsuit" was posted by Eddie Makuch on Thu, 02 May 2013 08:08:20 -0700

creators Keyboard Cat Nyan Cat and continued Scribblenauts developer 5th Cell and publisher Warner Bros., accusing the companies to use their memes without consent.

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lawyers Charles Schmidt (Keyboard Cat) and Christopher Orlander Torres (Nyan Cat) filed a complaint for trademark infringement against the company by the end of April, according to a description of the case IP blog Los Angeles brand (via Eurogamer).
  • Keyboard Cat Nyan Cat and even appeared in several Scribblenauts games, including the original DS game of 2009, Super Scribblenauts, 2010, 2011 and 2012 Scribblenauts Scribblenauts Remix Unlimited.
  • Schmidt and Torres said they never gave Warner Bros. and fifth cellular license or permission to use Keyboard Cat and Nyan Cat in games. The plaintiffs accuse the companies of "shame" that use the material to promote and market the securities of Scribblenauts and seek unspecified damages.
  • particular
Schmidt and Torres have filed for trademarks for Keyboard Cat Nyan Cat and after the first Scribblenauts game came out, which could affect the case of the couple.

Anyway, Schmidt et al. v. Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., CV13-02824 JFW (CD Cal. CV13-02824). For more information, see the complaint in its entirety.


A Warner Bros. representative was not immediately available for comment.

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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

postheadericon Project Awakened on hold due to 'alternate funding options,' donors receiving refunds


Phosphor Games canceled crowdfunding initiative for self-powered

project Awake

and will issue refunds to all those who contributed to the unit so far, according to a letter on the official game site Joystiq

"Right now, we need to put our efforts in funding to maintain effective immediately. Everyone who has pledged money will receive a full refund, "the message said. "There were some other financing options that were recently presented to us, so please continue to keep an eye on our Facebook page for future updates."

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postheadericon Will The Next 'Scribblenauts' Game Be Set In The DC Universe?

Sunday, May 12, 2013

postheadericon Capcom's recent canceled games were all unannounced

In a brief Q & A on financial forecasts revised Capcom, who recently made ??headlines for its increased focus on downloadable content and cancellation of projects that do not fit with the new strategy was noted that no titles currently announced were removed.

"There were some titles planned for the year, but most emissions cancellations were planned in the fiscal year ending March 2015 and the following years," reads a response. It is good to know one way or another, I suppose, but now we wonder what might have been. I'll go ahead and think "

Mega Man

... each of them. "

Capcom's recent canceled games were all unannounced screenshot


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Wednesday, May 8, 2013

postheadericon Rumor: Nintendo Wants To Modify the Wii U to Run Smartphone Apps

is he really there? According Kyodo News

sources say that the game maker based in Kyoto attempts to change their play equipment so that it can run smartphone applications.

"The game console and software maker offered professional conversion software to use for application developers who can produce smartphone games that can be played on the Wii U,"

Kyodo reports.

Nintendo expects games smartphones

therefore increase sales of the console. The sources added that Nintendo will "focus" on creating your own new software.

This comes as the latest Nintendo console, the Wii U, continues to struggle and face the criticism that lack of games. Since the date of disclosure of this year

, it seems certain that this is the case. Kotaku

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postheadericon It's a sabotage: CounterSpy set to infiltrate PS3, PS Vita

CounterSpy is a stylish Cold War sidescroller for PS3Vita
Sony publication CounterSpy
, the first game from developer Dynamighty a team of San Francisco formed by former LucasArts and Pixar talent on PS3 and PS Vita.
CounterSpy
(title) is a 2D action stealth game set during the Cold War, which seeps into the war efforts of sabotage to prevent the destruction of Soviet Union and military installations of the United States and humanity. And maybe
Watergate to right

Joystiq

chief designer David Nottingham called

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postheadericon Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon sequel could happen, says Biehn

Artistic Director Dean Evans is interested in track
Far Cry 3: Blood of the Dragon

, at least according to Michael Biehn, star of the quizmaster. In an interview with Major Nelson Xbox Biehn understands
Dragon Blood
exceeded sales expectations by five Ubisoft and Evans envisions a result of the spin-off retro.

Joystiq
"Dean I was on the phone last night, he called me last night," said Major Nelson Radio Biehn. "I was pretty jacked. He went to a meeting today, .. I think he wants to make a kind of franchise. It has a sequel in mind. "


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Monday, May 6, 2013

postheadericon This Week in the Business: 'The Public Isn't Aware the Wii U Exists."

What happened in the video game industry last week ...

quote | "The fact is that the general public is not very aware of the Wii U even exist ..." David Cole, analyst at DFC Intelligence, speaking with other analysts on recent disappointing year how Nintendo Wii marketing fudge U.

quote | .. "It is time to stop making excuses about why so many games are lame"-Warren Spector, a veteran designer, explaining that developers need to make different choices to make better games

STAT | 9000 million, the value of the Japanese mobile market and Dragons puzzle developer GungHo entertainment Thurs This makes it the single largest mobile game company away

quote |. "I'll do something that is elegant and intelligent, nuanced and the public to understand," Brian Fargo, CEO inxile, talking about why he loves Kickstarter as a way to fund the creation of games.

quote |. "We want to tell their own stories and do your own thing with it," Bill Roper, vice president of Disney, Disney talking about the endless way game will be very different from Activision Skylanders.

quote |. "What I can do the same game for a fifth of sales, a fifth of sales, and I can be more profitable," Chris Roberts, a game developer veteran, talking about how his star Citizen Game succeed a great editor.

quote | .. "Size of the teams become so big that it can be repeated effectively", Jonatan Crafoord, a designer with a new implementation of Sweden to the brain about why AAA games are more difficult to develop STAT | 403 million project Sony $ profit for the fiscal year ended March 31, more than double its previous estimate. This is due to the weakening of the yen and the sale of certain assets mainly