Categories Posted inin Technology Reader poll: Are used games bad for the video game industry? Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 21, 2009 2 min J. Paul Raines, chief operating officer of game retailer GameStop, didn’t take any questions after his speech on the benefits of selling used games... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Technology DICE Summit: Nintendo shows cute applications for DSi game handheld Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 20, 2009 2 min The Nintendo DSi is launching on April 5 in the U.S. and the Japanese company teased DICE Summit attendees today with a look at... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Technology DICE Summit: GameStop executive says used games drive new sales Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 20, 2009 3 min Game developers have been sore about the sales of used games and how they eat into new sales without giving the developers or publishers... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Dice Summit: The mood at the game industry’s Oscar awards: happy but cautious Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 20, 2009 2 min The Interactive Achievement Awards at the Dice Summit represents the industry’s chance to get excited about what it does and to give away the... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Technology DICE Summit: Bruce Shelley on why Ensemble Studios was shut after 20 million games sold Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 20, 2009 3 min One of the bittersweet moments of the DICE Summit is that Bruce Shelley, who spent decades making games, is going to get the lifetime... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Technology DICE Summit: Why game entrepreneur David Perry isn’t making any more single-player games Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 20, 2009 2 min David Perry has made some of the biggest games played on traditional video game consoles, such as The Matrix and Messiah. But the creative... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Dice Summit: EA CEO says game companies have to cut the fat, and focus Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 19, 2009 3 min Electronic Arts has just had to cut 1,100 of its 10,000 employees. John Riccitiello, chief executive of EA, talked at the Dice Summit today... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Dice Summit: Resident Evil producer, Takeuchi, addresses Japan’s weakening game market Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 19, 2009 3 min Japan is a shrinking part of the video game market, with software sales now trailing behind the United Kingdom. It’s about six percent of... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Valve’s Gabe Newell kicks off Dice Summit with digital downloading talk Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 19, 2009 2 min As a game developer, Gabe Newell wanted to have a close relationship with his customers. But in the past, the chief executive of Valve... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Twitter finally putting search front and center Posted byby GamesBeat February 18, 2009 2 min From the day I signed up about two years ago, I’ve always seen the potential in Twitter. It’s a potential that the company almost... Continue Reading 2 min