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Ghostbusters: different age ratings for different platforms
Ghostbusters PS3: 12+ Ghostbusters Wii: 7+ I’m not sure I’ve seen this before. Ghostbusters, the game that Atari picked up after it was dropped by Activision and that Phil Harrison wants to turn into a...
- Posted 18 years ago
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Are IGA’s woes company-specific or are advertisers turning off games?
Venturebeat published a very downbeat article on the future of IGA today. Entitled “Struggling in-game ad firm IGA Worldwide seeks investments or possible sale“, Venturebeat reporter Dean Takahashi tries very hard to imply that IGA is in...
- Posted 18 years ago
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Delay to Champ Man augurs well for Square’s acquisition of Eidos
I’m not known for being an Eidos cheerleader, but I positively whooped when I saw that Eidos has delayed Championship Manager by several months. Although the financial press sees this as a bad thing (“More woe for Eidos...
- Posted 18 years ago
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What the death of newspapers can tell the games industry
Clay Shirky (as I’ve mentioned before, one of my favourite futurology thinkers) has written a thought-provoking piece on the inevitable death of newspapers. Clay is completely unbothered by this. To those who argue that newspapers are critical...
- Posted 18 years ago
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Animator risks ire of Warner by including news on Lego Harry Potter and Lego Indy 2 in online CV
Pity poor Charlotte Parker. The animator at Traveller Tales posted her CV online with details of her past work as a cutscene animator on Lego Star Wars, Batman and Indiana Jones. In a PR faux pas, she...
- Posted 18 years ago
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Will the recession be the saviour of innovation in games?
Patrick O’Luanaigh, CEO of nDreams made some very interesting points in his blog about the changing nature of publishing. Major publishers such as Sega, EA, Eidos, Microsoft (and now THQ and Take Two) are all reducing the...
- Posted 18 years ago
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The impact of Eve Online’s Band of Brothers coup
I know this happened over a month ago, but I’ve been trying to think about its implications. Band of Brothers, one of the biggest alliances in the Eve Online universe, was destroyed by arch-rivals GoonSwarm by the...
- Posted 18 years ago



