Yedang’s Wicked Partnership

AUG. 11, 2008 • Top South Korean MMO publisher Yedang Online enters into a strategic partnership with Toronto-based start-up Wicked Interactive for the latter to publish Yedang’s primary properties in North America. Games expected to be released by Wicked include Priston Tale, Priston Tale II, and Ace Online. Impact: Yedang has been publishing online games in South Korea since 1999.  Like most Korean publishers a high prior.....

Bronfman Wants Larger Royaties

AUG. 7, 2008 • Warner Music chief executive Edgar Bronfman said that video game publishers should expect to pay more to license popular music in the future for titles like Guitar Hero. “The amount being paid to the music industry, even though their games are entirely dependent on the content we own and control, is far too small,” Bronfman said. Impact: Success will always bring in people that want a larger piece of the p.....

WoW Launches in Russia

AUG. 6, 2008 • World of Warcraft launches in Russia. The game is available with a fully localized version of the MMO, playable on Russian servers, and supported by a Russian-language customer service staff. Impact: WoW had been localized for English, French, G.....

Jim Brown Stiff-Arms EA Sports

JULY 31, 2008 • Football Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown has gone to state court in New York seeking an injunction against Electronic Arts to cease using his likeness in Madden NFL games. Sony Computer Ent. was also named in the lawsuit, although neither Nintendo of America or Microsoft Ent. – whose platforms also have Madden NFL titles – were named. Brown claims he has received no compensation for use of his likeness in the game. Impact: EA&.....

Doom 2 Destined for iOS

JULY 30, 2008 • Jumping into iPhone publishing, id Software has two titles in development for the popular cell phone. The first game is a version of the existing Doom 2 for mobile phones.  The second title is an iPhone-specific project called Wolfenstein RPG. Impact: Apple reported that the new iPhone 3G sold over 1 million units in the first three days after its July release. It took 74 days for the first iPhone to reach that mark.  Clearly there.....

SCE Sales Up to $2.14B

JULY 30, 2008 • For the first fiscal quarter ending June 30, Sony Corp. reported that Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) saw its sales rise 16.8% to $2.14 billion based on increased sales of its PS3 and PSP hardware compared to the previous year.  More importantly SCE reported operating income of over $50 million, versus a loss of over $250 million for the previous quarter.  Software sales for the PS3 were up 385% to 22.8 million. Impact: According.....

CBHD Rises From HD-DVD

JULY 28, 2008 • The HD-TV format may be officially dead, but that hasn’t stopped Shanghai United Optical Disc from establishing its first production line for China Blue High-Definition Disc (CBHD), an off-shoot of HD-DVD. The primary difference in formats is that CBHD will use .....

Autodesk

JULY 22, 2008 • Autodesk has been a leading software tools provider since it was founded back in 1982.  Over the years, Autodesk has expanded its game tool software portfolio through a series of acquisitions. In February of this year, Autodesk announced it was purchasing Kynogon SA, a Paris-based provider of artificial intelligence middleware for the video game industry.  The acquisition was finalized in May and Kynogon was folded into the newly created Game .....

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