Author settles copyright infringement suit against Ubisoft over Assassin’s Creed story
Ubisoft has settled a copyright infringement case with author John Beiswenger, who claimed that big parts of the Assassin’s Creed video game story were...
Microsoft says it has sold 67M Xbox 360s, 19M Kinects, and generated $56B in game revenues
Microsoft said today that it has generated more than $56 billion at retail from its game business, and it has sold 67 million Xbox...
Leisure Suit Larry creator wants “infringing” Kickstarter campaign taken down (exclusive)
Leisure Suit Larry creators Al Lowe and Paul Trowe say they plan to sue WiseCrack Games today to shut down their $500,000 Kickstarter crowdfunding project because it infringes on their copyright and misrepresent's Lowe's participation in the project.
Artificial Muscle’s touch sensors can deepen the bass in headphones (exclusive)
Haptic feedback, or touch vibration sensors, have been built into game controllers for years. But now they’re also being used to improve the quality...
FIFA 13 makes key adjustments for a more-realistic soccer game
Developer EA Canada is making some subtle, yet key, gameplay changes to the FIFA formula to give its core fans a more-realistic soccer experience.
Badgeville’s Kris Duggan: Six frameworks can gamify employee and customer engagement (interview)
Brands have embraced “gamification,” or using game-like behavior in non-game applications, as a way to engage their audiences. That is why gamification vendor Badgeville...
Get Well Gamers presents “Comics for Kids” pre-E3 benefit show June 5
California-based charity organization Get-Well Gamers is ushering in next week's Electronic Entertainment Expo with Comics for Kids, a comedy benefit show.
4 celebrities (other than Curt Schilling) whose games failed
Former baseball pitcher Curt Schilling's 38 Studios may have just recently collapsed, but he isn't the first celebrity from another profession to have difficulty making video games. Here's a list that includes two world-class directors, a Hall of Fame NBA star, and Vin Diesel.
Struggling publisher THQ names game veteran Jason Rubin as president
Jason Rubin, the co-founder of famous game developer Naughty Dog, has been named the president of struggling video game publisher THQ. Rubin will report...
Gaming pioneer Trip Hawkins resigns from Digital Chocolate
Trip Hawkins, a pioneer of video games, has resigned from Digital Chocolate, the mobile and social game company that he founded.