Final Fantasy Creator Considering Retirement
It looks like for the first time, the title to Hironobu Sakaguchi’s latest game might actually be literal. After creating and working on the Final Fantasy series at Square for 15 years before leaving to found Mistwalker in 2001, Sakaguchi now says that his upcoming title The Last Story might actually be his last game.
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Final Fantasy Creator Considering Retirement
Tim Schafer: Activision CEO Bobby Kotick is ‘a Total Prick’
After famously quipping such endearing lines as, “The goal that I had in bringing together a lot of the packaged goods folks in Activision about ten years ago was to take all the fun out of making videogames,” even Activision CEO Bobby Kotick himself is aware he can sometimes (as he put it at DICE earlier this year) “come off as a dick.” It turns out Double Fine founder and Brutal Legend creator Tim Schafer agrees. Speaking with Eurogamer at the Develop Conference, Schafer was asked about his thoughts on the controversial CEO in light of the history between Activision and Double Fine (Activision was originally supposed to publish Brutal Legend, until they merged with Blizzard and dropped the game from their slate only to later sue Schafer for the rights). “His obligation is to his shareholders,” Schafer began…and he held back no punches from there.
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Tim Schafer: Activision CEO Bobby Kotick is ‘a Total Prick’
Japan Sales Figures, First Half of 2010
Nintendo has to be happy with topping the console sales charts over in Japan for the first half of 2010…even if they did so with a game they actually released last year. In fact, if you’re worried that the Japan game marketplace is stagnant and littered with sequels and casual titles, these latest figures — announced in the new issue of Famitsu magazine — won’t make you feel any less uneasy.
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Japan Sales Figures, First Half of 2010
Ubisoft Estimates 93 Percent Q1 Sales Increase
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Ubisoft Estimates 93 Percent Q1 Sales Increase
EA Maxis to Reveal Spore-Related "Action RPG" at Comic-Con
It looks like we’ll know all about what EA Maxis has in store next for the Spore franchise before the end of the month, as the latest San Diego Comic-Con schedule shows a planned reveal for a new action RPG related to the Spore series. You can find the brief description for the panel on the official Comic-Con website (via BigDownload ), which calls the new game “a brand new, Sci-Fi Action-RPG based on the DNA of Spore.” There are no other details given, so there’s no saying exactly how this game relates to the Spore series (which has already included expansions for the original PC game as well as a platformer spin-off for the Wii)
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Infinity Ward Lawsuit Claims Activision Created "Police State"
Back in April, a group of 38 former Infinity Ward employees filed a lawsuit against Activision over breach of contract and a dispute about unpaid millions in Modern Wardare 2 bonuses. Now, in a new addendum filed to the case, new allegations are made about Activision creating a hostile work environment tantamount to a “police state,” as well as detailing broken promises regarding royalty money
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Infinity Ward Lawsuit Claims Activision Created "Police State"
All the Best Weekend Deals for 07/09 – 07/12
Lego Harry Potter launched last week, and Toys ‘R Us currently has a nice little deal for fans of the TT Games franchise, which is this week’s spotlight deal Also of note is the free weekend of Serious Sam 2 HD over on Steam, the continued gift card sales on Amazon and a larger selection of titles than usual from Good Old Games. Check out the rest of this weekend’s deals below!
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All the Best Weekend Deals for 07/09 – 07/12
New Michael Jackson Game Gets Title, New Details
The first dedicated Michael Jackson game in more than twenty years now has a name, which was revealed along with some new details. Titled Michael Jackson: The Experience , the new game is being developed for the Nintendo DS, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360 and PS3.
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Ubisoft Predicts a 3DTV in Every Home in Three Years
Sony is making a big push to make 3D console gaming ubiquitous, but Microsoft and Nintendo are both taking a more wary wait-and-see approach in regard to 3D TV adoption rates. But according to Ubisoft’s estimation, it won’t take long for 3D TV purchases to hit critical mass — just a short three years, to be exact. “The truth is I think it is a technology that’s coming,” said Ubisoft UK marketing boss Murray Pannel to Eurogamer
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Ubisoft Predicts a 3DTV in Every Home in Three Years
NBA Jam, NBA Elite 11 Release Dates Revealed
NBA Jam and NBA Elite 11 will be launching on the same day. EA Sports announced that the pair will be arriving in early October, in the process revealing NBA Jam’s boxart
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NBA Jam, NBA Elite 11 Release Dates Revealed
