Sony Launches PSP Minis

SEPT. 7, 2009 • Hoping to generate some of the same success as Apple’s iPhone, Sony Computer Ent. has introduced its PSP Minis program: micro-sized games at App Store-like prices. Titles will be marketed in a Minis branded area of the PlayStation Store. To make creating games for the init.....

3D Comes to Sony Bravias

SEPT. 2, 2009 • Display technology that supports 3D display will be built into Sony Bravia LCD TVs starting in 2010. Sony Electronics also said its Blu-ray players, as well as VAIO PCs and the PlayStation 3 will also support the technology. Sony executives said the system would employ Active.....

Namco Sounds on iTunes

SEPT. 2, 2009 • Namco Sounds is the new exclusive iTunes music label set up by Namco Bandai to market remastered soundtracks from the publisher’s large catalog of game titles. There are also plans for new content to be distributed worldwide. Impact:  The word from this y.....

Funcom in Montreal

SEPT. 1, 2009 • Funcom is setting up a new development studio in Montreal to better serve the North American market. The MMO publisher was able to secure state government funding through Investissement Québec, and expects the studio to work on a number of current Funcom projects. .....

A New Reality For The Console Biz

AUG. 31, 2009 • The news in 2009 has not been entirely positive for the video game industry. Sales are down in what was once considered a growing, recession proof industry. Of course, the mentality is to look at short-term sales as an indication of a major change in consumer behavior. This begs the questi.....

Xbox 360 Elite Costs Less

AUG. 27, 2009 • With the recently announced $299 PS3 Slim creating an unfavorable comparison with its $399 Xbox 360 Elite, Microsoft Game Studios cut the price of the console by $100, and reduced existing inventory of the Pro model to $249, and discontinued the latter. Unfortunately, Microsoft also eliminated the previously included HDMI cable from the Elite package – an accessory that usually costs around $30 at mainstream retailers. Impact: Techn.....

Turbine Sues Atari

AUG. 27, 2009 • Atari has been taken to court by Turbine Ent. over Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach (DDO Stormreach). In January 2006, with $20 million invested, Turbine believed Atari failing its obligations to publish the soon-to-be-released title and negotiated an contractual amendment to publish the game i.....

1C & Russian Game Publishing

AUG. 26, 2009 • Eastern Europe is a market that deserves increasing focus as an important area for not just games, but consumer products in general. However, there is also a strong traditional retail business and established game tradition throughout Eastern Europe. DFC’s Prague based correspondent David Watson is very pleased to further our coverage of the region with the following interview with Nikolay Baryshnikov, head of the Gaming Department at 1C Company. The casual concepti.....

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