Nintendo Summer Bonuses is Cut

JUNE 11, 2011 • The Nikkei business daily reported that Nintendo summer bonuses to its employees will be cut by 20% this year as a result of poor performance that culminated in the company’s first annual operating loss of ¥37.3 billion ($470 million). Japanese workers typically receive bonuses in su.....

Interview: Game Insight’s Swift Success

MAY 22, 2012 • There are plenty of charming stories to be found amongst the growing number of social and mobile game start-ups, and Game Insight is one of the more compelling tales. Four friends, all women in the Russian gaming industry, half-jokingly pondered during a casual conversation how well they could do if they started their own company together. And maybe not so surprisingly the group decided to act on that impulse. I.....

Tribes: Ascend Tests Action Free-to-Play Business

MAY 15, 2012 ● After two weeks, Hi-Rez Studios reports that more than 800,000 users have registered to play Tribes: Ascend, the Unreal 3 engined reboot of the action online franchise that originally launched in 1998. The Atlanta-based studio took the series free-to-play, and intends to release the new game in other languages in addition to English as soon as possible to help the title attract players worldwide. .....

NovaLogic Claims Delta Force Trademark

MAY 15, 2012 ● NovaLogic is suing Activision Inc. for trademark infringement claiming the “Delta Force” names was wrongfully used in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. The trademark on Delta Force has been held by NovaLogic since 1998. Neither the U.S. Army nor the U.S. government uses the name. According to the complaint, “The U.S. Army officially denies that any unit called Delta Force exists and does not claim ownership to eit.....

Japan Consumer Affairs Agency Eyes Chance Item Sales

MAY 6, 2012 ● According to Japan’s Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, the Japan Consumer Affairs Agency found a virtual item model used social networking service (SNS) websites constitutes a violation of a law that banning onerous sales methods. Players of the online games can obtain a a rare virtual item after purchasing a certain number of other less rare items. The catch is users usually must purchase many items before the item they need is ac.....

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