Stopping online theft
It is a fundamental aspect of human nature that most people will steal something if there is no danger of getting caught. And this is what has happened to the […]
News analysis and background
Huge Sony loss not as bad as expected
So Sony lost 98.9 billion yen ($1.04bn, £685m) in the year to the end of March 2009, its first annual loss in 14 years. Back in January they were predicting […]
Ed Vaizey agrees with this blog
Ed Vaizey is the Conservative shadow minister for the arts. His remit includes the video games industry and pretty soon now the Conservatives will be the government of the United […]
Jerry Bruckheimer Games have arrived
Jerry Bruckheimer, the producer of action films and television shows such as Top Gun, Pirates of the Caribbean and C.S.I. is creating a new development studio based in Santa Monica. […]
8,450 game industry redundancies since July
The game industry is booming at retail but lots of developers and publishers are making losses and even going bust. Which is putting thousands of development and publishing staff out […]
Germans to ban paintball
In the aftermath of the Winnenden shootings the German government is going to ban paintball because it trivialises and encorages violence. I kid you not. On this level of brilliant […]
Electronic Arts losses
Electronic Arts have now made losses for nine consecutive quarters, whilst the industry they are in has boomed like never before. In that time they have also lost the position […]