WB Games Chicago

JULY 17, 2009 • Although many of Midway Games’ Chicago development staff were retained after the auction acquisition by Warner Bros., all of the former’s corporate office employees were laid off. On July 28, the studio was rebranded as WB Games Chicago. Staff at Midway studios in San Diego, Calif.; and Newcastle,.....

New EA Studio for Mobile

JULY 13, 2009 • Trying to capitalize on the popularity of the iPhone as a games platform, Electronic Arts has launched a new micro studio to specialize in developing for the platform, 8lb Gorilla. The location of the new team is not widely known on purpose, EA wants the studio to operate separately like a hungry independent .....

Netflix on Sony TVs

JULY 10, 2009 • Sony Electronics has partnered with Netflix where unlimited subscribers of the latter can stream more than 12,000 films and TV shows on Internet-capable Bravia televisions this fall. The agreement does not extend to PlayStation 3s, for now. Impact: The Netflix partnership with the Xbox 360 has been surprisingly compelling.  However, we wonder how long the uniqueness of the relationship will last.  The idea of streaming video rentals.....

Ubisoft Gets Ontario Funds

JULY 6, 2009 • The Canadian provincial government of Ontario is investing $263 million during the next 10 years to help Ubisoft Entertainment set up a game development studio in Toronto. Ubisoft will invest $500 million of its own funds to launch the new studio, which is expected to create 800 jobs by 2019. In addit.....

Another EVE Online Scandal

JULY 3, 2009 • EVE Online suffered another scandal when 200 billion kredits were stolen from a player run financial institution, and later sold for $5,104. The heist was carried out by the bank’s chief executive, a 27 year-old Australian who needed the real-world money for a down payment on a house. Altho.....

UFC 2009 Fares Well in Europe

JULY 2, 2009 • UFC 2009 Undisputed has fared well in Europe and stayed on the top 10 in United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Sweden and Finland for several weeks. In several smaller markets such as the Nordic the title has performed better than the local distributor expected. The increasing popularity of the sport and the perfo.....

Sweden Loves Sims 3

JULY 1, 2009 • Martin Lindell reporting from Europe indicated The Sims 3 fared well in Sweden. In the first week of release the game accounted for 80% of the PC games sales revenue, at the same time PC games sales increased 240% and hit a weekly high during 2009. Impact: .....

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