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 […]
bruce on games
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 […]
Inside Microsoft’s future home
Screens and user interfaces absolutely everywhere. Technology gets every cheaper which is good because it would cost a fortune to implement this sort of stuff. One thing is for sure, […]
The whole mobile landscape is just about to change
We are heading into E3 with Apple firmly in the driving seat when it comes to mobile gaming. Their iPhone and App Store combination has been one of the biggest […]
DRM hits resale more than piracy?
In this article 2D Boy co-founder Ron Carmel thinks that PC DRM doesn’t do much to stop piracy and that the publishers use it more to stop the trade in […]
Sony is not totally screwed up
Howard Stringer, CEO of Sony, has just given this very perceptive interview and I highly recommend reading it. Here are a few highlights. “A crisis is also an opportunity.” This […]
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 […]