In a conference call conducted earlier today, the top brass from Activision Blizzard spoke to investors and listeners about the company’s recent performance and future plans. The recently merged publishing superpower had an extremely bold outlook to declare, citing strong sales of Guitar Hero: World Tour, the continually excellent performance of Call of Duty 4, [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 30, 2008
The rumors have been swirling about for quite a while now, and while preliminary confirmations had already been spotted by clever investigators over at Joystiq, MTV hosted a joint conference call with Apple Corps, Ltd. to simultaneously confirm and dash our hopes. Officially announcing one of the most impressive “gets” in the music-game licensing war, [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 1, 2008
UPDATE: Nintendo has confirmed the DSi for North American release. However, Reggie says “As far as 2008 is concerned, the Nintendo DSi story is strictly Japan related.” We won’t see the DSi until “well into 2009,” because Nintendo believes there’s still a respectable market for the DS Lite, stateside. At the Nintendo Fall Press Conference in [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 21, 2008
As each new generation grows more and more net-savvy, new steps are being taken to provide safe havens for our impressionable youngsters. Cartoon Network, a company that knows a thing or two about keeping kids entertained, is entering the online fray: Cartoon Network is preparing to launch Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall (appropriately) this fall. On the surface, FusionFall looks like a standard kid-safe MMORPG which leverages CN's portfolio of unique characters, but as we learned during an extended conference with the FusionFall team yesterday, it has the potential to be much more than another single-click-combat level grinder -- and, as parents will be pleased to discover, it employs some fascinatingly extensive technology in the name of child safety.
Continue reading...Friday, July 11, 2008
I have something of a confession to make: I ruined E3 for everyone else. Last year’s castrated and mismanaged show was my fault. The ESA’s decision to make the show invite-only and exclude a wide variety of small or independent companies is a result of my actions. The show’s questionable status today, with companies fleeing [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Next week, your faithful GameCyte editors will brave the harsh environs of Los Angeles to attend the 2008 Electronic Entertainment Expo. We’d say we hope to see you there, but since last year, E3 has instituted a fairly strict “by invitation only” policy, relegating attendance to exhibitors and press. As such, unless you’ve got an [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 2, 2008
GameCyte has just learned that the 2008 China Game Developers Conference, commonly known as GDC China, has been canceled. Our source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that “relationship issues within China” are preventing conference sponsor Think Services (formerly CMP Game Group) from going forward with their plans for the event. Though the first GDC China [...]
Continue reading...Monday, May 5, 2008
The ION Game Conference — the conference formerly known as the Online Game Developers Conference — is happening next week, and the organizers would like you to know that they will be singlehandedly counteracting the nationwide effects of Wii Fit with their menu. Citing attendee praise for last year’s food selection, ION has issued a [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Got a demo reel and a pocketful of dreams? Now’s your chance to attend a game industry trade show and meet recruiters, free of charge.
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