With so many companies scaling back their operations, and so many layoffs affecting so many people, it’s always nice to read about a company growing. Especially nice when that company is the ever reliable Stardock. Helped in part by generous Michigan tax breaks, developer/publisher Stardock (Sins of a Solar Empire, Demigod) is planning a $900,000 […]
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Ensemble Wake Continues
February 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off on Ensemble Wake Continues · Ensemble, Industry
Over at Gamasutra, N. Evan Van Zelfden has written up an account of his tour of Ensemble Studios as the place packs up. I’ve never been to Ensemble, so I can’t look at the pictures and say “Hey, that was where X”, like I can with, say, Firaxis. Still, there is something about a business […]
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When is a game ready for review?
January 29th, 2009 · 14 Comments · Industry, Media
There’s a lot of talk in my circle about the public beta for THQ’s Dawn of War 2, a game they are still doing a lot of balancing for. This is, after all, a beta. Still, Future publishing has had no problem running reviews of the RTS. Considering the prevalence of balance patches throughout the […]
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Pox Nora Acquired by Sony
January 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Industry
This is great news for the Pox Nora team. How will Sony use this new property? Tycho sees a future for Sony’s CCGs at Playstation Home.
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Top 20 PC Sellers of 2008
January 15th, 2009 · 13 Comments · Industry
Strategy-esque games in bold. 1. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Expansion Pack 2. Spore 3. World of Warcraft: Battle Chest 4. Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures 5. Warhammer Online: Age Of Reckoning 6. Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 7. The Sims 2 Double Deluxe 8. World Of Warcraft: Wrath of the […]
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Cats: The Game
January 13th, 2009 · 16 Comments · Design, Industry, Music
I love Broadway musicals. And I still think this is the stupidest thing I’ve heard all month. But today the word has come out that Andrew Lloyd-Webber’s Really Useful Group, the company responsible for handling Webber’s various projects, is currently in talks with multiple video game publishers with the goal of bringing Webber’s musicals into […]
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