In an unprecedented feat, Halo's premier program for indie developers has amassed over half a billion dollars in sales since its launch in 2013. Most of the games Xbox showed at E3 were indie titles.
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Amazon originally started out as no more than a simple web-based store for general goods. Today, it seems that Amazon has expanded so much as to be the end all source for services and goods....
Video game developer Electronic Arts Incorporated has announced plans to pay up to $775 million in cash and stock to acquire two software studios from Elevation Partners: BioWare Corporation and Pandemic Studios. Together, the studios...
Microsoft Corp. today announced a plan for Bungie Studios, the developers of the "Halo®" franchise, to embark on a path to become an independent company. Microsoft will retain an equity interest in Bungie, at the...
The European Commission has asked several Hollywood studios to explain why they have chosen either the Blu-ray disc or the HD DVD format for movie discs to see if they are breaking EU rules that...
Wal-Mart has officially entered the commercial download video business with more ammo than Apple's iTunes: all six major Hollywood studios. Apple has only Disney as a full partner, with Paramount only testing the waters but...
Thanks to Hum for posting this in BPN. Sonic Solutions has announced Qflix: a studio-approved system to prevent piracy. It uses Content Scramble System (CSS) encryption. But wait! It hasn't been cracked (yet) and is...
Thanks to Voodoo Extreme for the scoop. Bethesda and Zombie Studios will announce fairly soon (November 1st to be exact), a new FPS game in the style of Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter named...
REDMOND, Wash. — April 6, 2006 — Microsoft Game Studios (MGS) today announced it has purchased U.K.-based Lionhead Studios, one of the world's leading and most innovative video game developers and creators of "Fable®," the...
Sony has today announced the formation of SCE Worldwide Studios in order to 'accelerate the creation of global hit titles and be responsible for creative, technical and strategic direction setting of development and production of...
Today at the National Association of Broadcasters convention, NAB2005, Warner Bros. Studios and Microsoft Corp. announced their plans to collaborate on the release of a broad range of next-generation HD DVD discs using Windows Media®...
Britsoft developers get their first glimpse at Sony's next-gen plans in the flesh Several studios in the UK are already working with development hardware for the next-generation PlayStation console, GamesIndustry.biz has learned,...
Atari this week reported decreased revenues for its fiscal third quarter and announced its decision to close publishing studios located in Santa Monica, California and Beverly, Massachusetts as part of what President and CEO Jim...
Toshiba Corp. said on Monday it had won support for the HD DVD optical disc standard from Warner Bros. Studios, Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures and New Line Cinema, advancing its cause in the battle for...
Following the lead of record companies suing small-time song-swappers, The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is representing several Hollywood movie studios in the first wave of lawsuits against individuals who have downloaded and/or are...
Rod Cousens, formerly CEO of now-bankrupt publisher Acclaim, is believed to be at the helm of a plan to acquire the company's UK studios and build a new publisher utilising some of Acclaim's major brands...
An exclusive publishing deal wioth Evolution Studios has been announced by SCEE. The UK-based developers of World Rally Championship will see the firm working exclusively on Sony Platforms. The Cheshire-based studio is currently working on...
In preparing to release Zoo Tycoon 2 for the PC, Microsoft Game Studios today announced that it is searching for "America's Favorite Zoo," and will give $25,000 to the zoo that gets the most votes...
A couple of months ago 321 Studios was told to stop producing/distributing its DVD copying software. This decision came from U.S. District Court Judge Susan Illston after siding with the movie studios. Now...
Jon Kimmich hops from Microsoft to a key Xbox partner Jogn Kimmich has announced that he will be leaving the company to join Day 1 Studios. 1 Studios is known for their...
Sega's most visible sign to re-integrate its development subsidiaries back into the main company has come in the form of the closure of the studios' individual website, which as happened this week. Both Hitmaker and...
Faced with a new set of lawsuits, prominent DVD and game copying software company 321 Studios may be nearing the end of its short and tumultuous life, Chief Executive Robert Moore said Wednesday. ...
Following on the heels of its announcement of plans to join with Sammy Corporation as subsidiaries of a single holding company, Sega today announced that it will reintegrate seven of its independent development subsidiaries back...
321 Studios has complied with a Friday deadline and are now offering their software online without a descrambling tool. A California judge ruled on February 20 that the DVD X Copy software was in violation...
HomeLAN has more information on the closings of both Westwood Studios and EA Pacific as announced by Electronic Arts earlier today. EA's Vice-President of Corporate Communications Jeff Brown told HomeLAN this evening in a phone...
A rogue DVD-burning lab was shut down by law enforcement in New York on Friday, the first time that's happened in the United States, according to the movie studios' trade association. The...
