EA CFO Eric Brown has said that EA is positioning itself to take advantage of anticipated growth in the Android as a gaming device. As reported by Gamasutra, Brown’s exact quote from the Deutsche Bank 2010 Technology Conference was, “I think there’s a lot to happen in the future in Android, and we’re trying to position our mobile [...]

RedLynx has announced their XBLA exclusive, Trials HD has sold a million units. Trials HD was released on August 12, 2009, so it took more than 13 months to shift a million units.  While that doesn’t sound impressive, it must be remembered that this is an original IP released only on XBox Live.  RedLynx’s CEO, Tero [...]

Blizzard has released a statement reminding Starcraft 2 players that cheating will get them permanently banned from Battle.net. Of course!  I knew I couldn’t be that bad at Starcraft 2.  It’s now clear that everyone I have played so far was only able to have an entire army at my base before my first Marine set [...]

Many thought it would be impossible for Duke Nukem Forever to justify its decade of development.  But those people were proven wrong today when screen shots from Pax Prime revealed the new Duke Nukem game would feature what is sure to be the greatest innovation in gaming history, a dedicated “Beer” button. This screen shot, [...]

In a half hour old press release Atlus President and CEO Shinichi Suzuki declared that Index Holdings’ absorption of his company did not mean the end of Atlus. Many news outlets, including this one, speculated that Index Holdings might steer Atlus’ game design choices and water down the brand’s hardcore appeal.  The press release does [...]

In a talk at CEDEC 2010 revered game designer and Team Ico head Fumito Ueda said that he believes, “great animation is one of the most important advantages the Japanese entertainment industry has over other regions.” As the market share of Japanese developers and publishers shrinks, many have taken to disparaging Japanese game design.  It is [...]

Splosion Man developer Twisted Pixel’s new game, Comic Jumper, will be headlining Microsoft’s fall XBLA promotion, Games Feast. Microsoft doesn’t let us breathe with all these great XBLA releases.  A little over a month after Summer of Arcade came to a close, Microsoft’s Games Feast will kick off on September 29th with Hydrophobia. However, the [...]

A post to Major Nelson reveals that Microsoft will be launching a redesigned controller containing a transforming directional pad. The primary advantage of the new hardware is that it allows you to easily switch the directional pad from a disc to a plus. Microsoft suggests that the traditional plus d-pad might be preferable for games [...]

A post to Major Nelson reveals Microsoft’s plans to help out during this tough economy by adjusting XBox Live’s subscriptions so that you, the consumer, can trade in your normal sized wallet for a smaller, more economical model. American annual subscriptions get hit the hardest, going from $49.99 to $59.99. Curiously the UK’s annual subscription [...]

Gearbox’s Borderlands is getting the Game of the Year treatment, a retail release complete with bonus maps and all four DLC packs. Borderlands is fast turning into one of the biggest hits of the last few years.  To date the game has sold 2.5 million units across the XBox 360 and Playstation 3, to say [...]

Atlus, publisher of some of the most innovative and risky games around, has merged with its parent company Index Holdings. Atlus has been owned by Index Holdings for some time now, so it remains to be seen what real world effect, if any, this will have.  The press release, translated by Google, seems to indicate [...]

Kazunori Yamauchi, CEO of Polyphony Digital, has tweeted that Gran Turismo 5′s full install will be 10 gigabytes, roughly twice as large as any other game. It is also possible to run the game with only a 256 megabyte install, but Yamauchi admits that 10 gigs will be required for a “smooth” play experience.  256 [...]