There is a special gaming event that occurs every year, bringing developers, students, and anyone with ambition together to form teams and compete in video game development. The Global Game Jam sees industry veterans, unknowns and newcomers produce their own videogame, based upon a theme, within a short forty-eight hour period. Continue reading
Category Archives: Industry News
News on the industry itself, rather than videogames titles.
Zynga Closes 13 Games, 5% Staff Laid-Off
Mark Pincus, CEO of the social gaming giant Zynga, announces that the company is laying off five percent of their entire work force.
Wii U Is Region Locked
Nintendo UK have officially announced that their upcoming Wii U console will be region locked, meaning you will not be able to play imported media from overseas.
Level-5 Opens Its Doors to America
“Our U.S office mainly works to efficiently release the Japanese titles that Level-5 has created overseas and they are involved in production and distribution in the overseas territories,” Hino explained.
Tetsuya Mizuguchi No Longer Developing
Tetsuya Mizuguchi, co-founder of Q Entertainment and notable for designing Rez and Child of Eden, is currently no longer developing new titles.
PlayStation Plus on Vita
The PlayStation Vita will be receiving a brand new feature this November — Sony’s PlayStation Plus service.
Sony Announces New PlayStation 3 Slim Model
SCE (Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.) today have announced a new model of the PlayStation 3, which is “smaller and lighter” than previous models, and will become available in UK stores September 28th, 2012 and October 12th, 2012.