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 […]
rFactor, the best motor racing game
rFactor is a motor racing video game that runs on PCs, it is an accurate simulation, rather than an arcade game. And it has gained a formidable reputation despite not […]
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 […]
Duke Nukem Forever management farce
I have repeatedly written on here about the often abysmal level of game industry management. Duke Nukem Forever has just been cancelled after over 12 years in development. You have […]
The upcoming Apple game console
Pure speculation this, but more than eminently possible. Apple went from being a computer manufacturer to a consumer toy maker with the iPod. They then morphed into also being a […]
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 […]
Houser brothers among the world’s most influential people
The Houser brothers, of Grand Theft Auto fame, have been recognised by Time magazine in their list of the world’s 100 most influential people. Quite right too. It is a […]