video To coincide with the release of the teaser trailer for 007: Skyfall, Sam Mednes’ turn at helm of the James Bond machine, Activision released a trailer for the Bond game it will release this fall to accompany the film. 007 Legends doesn’t actually have anything to do with Skyfall but is instea
Three years ago Jason Rohrer signed a deal to make his first game for a traditional publisher. The man bend the now iconic Passage (a game that seems to have made everybody cry, at some point), reached an agreement with Majesco to make an ambitious political game for the Nintendo DS. Diamond Trust o
Facebook’s IPO last Friday was by a major disappointment by most accounts. The implications of the underwhelming launch had a negative impact on Zynga, whose own IPO in late 2011 was similarly disappointing, closing at a lower price than it launched at. Is there a structural cause connecting the amb
In its bid to remain at the center of the ever-shifting videogame business, EA announced it will waive all fees for crowd-funded games for 90 days on its PC-based distribution platform Origin. The first confirmed title to take advantage of the offer is Wasteland 2, the sequel to the beloved PC rolep
Video Tale of Tales, the game design duo behind The Graveyard, Vanitas, and Fatale, are working on a new game for autumn 2012. The project, Bientôt l’été, is an abstract multiplayer game inspired by French writer and filmmaker Marguerite Duras. Like their earlier work, Bientôt l’été won’t be about
