Back in August when Swedish developer GRIN was forced to shut down operations, we found out the studio had been in the early stages of production on an unannounced Final Fantasy game for Square Enix codenamed Fortress. In addition to mourning the loss of yet another game development studio, we were...

Bizarre Creations has been with no doubt talking up their upcoming power up-based racing game Blur. However, the scheduled date for its release, which was 2009, is now fading and looking, well, blurred. In fact, it’s way out of focus as Activision today announced that Blur will not be hitting any...

As the upcoming issue of GameInformer readies to reveal Warren Spector’s Epic Mickey, a supposedly dark, steampunk take on the Disney universe, so too do I ready myself to be devastated when the game ends up looking absolutely nothing like the leaked concept artwork. Though the gaming community is...

Kai Huang, President and Co-Founder of RedOctane, sat down with Digital Spy and only had the nicest things to say about Project Natal. “We’ve definitely been evaluating Microsoft’s Natal technology along with a lot of other different technologies that could enhance the Guitar Hero playing experience,”...

It’s a commonly accepted idea that if you want to play a game, you need a game console. But such common knowledge may not hold in the future, says Activision CEO Bobby Kotick. At a recent technology conference in San Francisco, the gaming executive stated that “you should expect to see many of our...

At a recent communications conference, Disney senior VP Tom Stagg stated that the entertainment juggernaut’s recent acquisition of Marvel will help grow its own internal videogames division. Stagg stated that “there’s an opportunity there just in terms of our drive, driving ourselves to critical...

That’s my fragile sense of optimism Sam is crushing against a dingy men’s room mirror. All those publishers who hoped to escape the crowded holiday release season by pushing their titles to next year are starting to realize the Q1 2010 lifeboat is riding a little low in the water. Ubisoft CEO Yves...

Pre-order bonuses are usually annoying things, especially if content is given regionally or store-specific deals are in play. But at least in the case of GameStop’s Assassin’s Creed II pre-order, the “exclusive” maps that come with it aren’t all that exclusive after all. According to Patrice...

Toby Gard, co-creator of Tomb Raider, left Crystal Dynamics earlier this month to start his own consultancy business having done all he could with the buxom British archaeologist. “The only real way that I can really effect Lara Croft is to be in charge of a project. More and more as I was working...

Rock just isn’t what it used to be. With Guitar Hero 5 capitalizing on in-game advertising and Rock Band selling out to LEGO just to earn some extra cash from the kiddies, rock has lost touch with its roots, man. Brütal Legend is joining in on the corporate schilling, offering bonuses for gamers...