GamesIndustry.biz interviewed Raphael Colantonio during last week’s Game Connection in Lyon about the loss of the EA project:
“We’re moving on,” said CEO and creative director Raphael Colantonio. “We do have some reserves, some cash that allows us to wait for a while, to find deals and reassign staff. But the right deals - that’s really [...]
Robin just pointed out that THQ is laying off a ton of people as well as EA. Paradigm Entertainment has been closed, one third of the staff at Juice Games in the UK has been laid off, Mass Media has been closed, Helixe may have been closed, Locomotive Games has been closed, and staff from [...]
I originally posted this on Thursday night, but I forgot that some people in Lyon might read this before the company meeting where all was explained, so I took it down for a while.
This evening I noticed three industry friends twittering about being sorry for their friends’ loss. I was worried - what was going [...]
Don’t let the door hit your ass on the way out:
The disbarment means that Thompson is no longer licensed to practice law and may not apply for reinstatement.
Of course, I doubt this will impress a major league troll like Mr. Thompson. His buffoonery makes Jörg Haider look like reserved, reasonable person. (Why yes, there’s an [...]
No commentary, just the rumor via Alice. Google to buy Valve, says the Inquirer. Is it over Steam? It makes little sense otherwise. Then again, I can’t really be bothered to think about it.
It seems GameStop CEO Dan DeMatteo crossed the boundaries of sane, well-reasoned discourse while criticizing digital distribution of games. Dave Perry corrects him over at Shacknews:
[...] I hate to think someone this powerful can put out this kind of nonsense in an interview, and confuse professional investors, that might have been interested in the digitally [...]
There has been a lot of news about the iPhone as a gaming platform lately. Here’s a quote from a Wall Street Journal article I found particularly interesting:
Videogame specialist Sega Corp. says it sold more than 300,000 copies in 20 days of its $9.99 Super Monkeyball game, in which players guide an orb around mazes [...]
10Tacle Studios AG files for bankruptcy (in German). Bye bye to that last bit of money they owe me from a few months ago I guess. I am not the only one they still owe money to.
The big question for a lot of people in the German-speaking industry will be: What took them so long? [...]
John Carmack planning a “graphical tour-de-force” for the iPhone. One of several news items I’ve seen lately about the power of the iPhone. The hardware and the economics around it have caused a lot of excitement.
NCsoft plans layoffs after Tabula Rasa disappoints.
“The lesson we learned from the launch of Tabula Rasa is that sometimes it is more appropriate to take more time to have a final touch before we launch our product into the market,” [Chief Financial Officer Jaeho] Lee said.
Groan.
(Via Robin.)
