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Industry Bullshit EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Bobby Kotick is $20 million richer 55 The "biggest launch in the history across all forms of entertainment", Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, made Activision's CEO much richer this week. Bobby Kotick sold two million Activision stock ... October NPD: Sales down all around, Ucharted 2 number 1 21 Sales for videogames were down 19% from the month for September. Plus the release of the biggest PS3 exclusive of the year wasn't enough to keep the PS3 at the top. It's not all bad news though! ... Take-Two thinks discs are going to stick around for a bit 26 If you’re one of those “I must have a disc” kind of persons, its time to let out a deep, satisfying exhale. Take-Two’s CEO Ben Feder isn’t buying the speculation tha... Love the color red? This Tony Hawk: RIDE board is for you 12 Guys, I'm not sure if you are aware of this or not, but Tony Hawk: RIDE is making its way to store shelves on November 17. That's next week. For a game launching so soon, we sure don't know anyth... Sony treating PS3 Wiimote as 'a new platform' 25 It seems that Sony isn't keen on letting Microsoft have all the fun in pretending that its new "me too" motion-sensing peripheral is a brand new platform. PS3 studio boss Michael Denny has joine... Modern Warfare 2 Avatar gear is, uh, hmm ... 39 I believe the word I'm trying to come up with here is "expensive." Needlessly expensive. Jim recently gave us a preview of a single premium Modern Warfare 2 Avatar outfit and already we have the ... Ex-Midway producer accuses execs of forcing multiplayer 14 Ever wondered why some videogames have an underdeveloped and clearly rushed multiplayer element shoehorned into it, even though it was neither required nor destined to be successful? According to... Spector tried to obtain Deus Ex, planned a successor 20 Famed designer Warren Spector wasn’t done with Deus Ex after he and his studio finished the follow-up Invisible War. In a recent interview with Variety, Spector said that he tried to acquir... Microsoft: Xbox 360 has the best games 79 I love these stories. I know full well that this is exactly what Microsoft executives are supposed to say, but it's still hilarious whenever they do say it, as if that's their impartial and genui... Microsoft doesn't think PS3 Netflix is a big deal 90 So, the PlayStation 3 will be getting Netflix, and what's more, it'll be providing the service without Xbox Live's obligatory entry price. Sony will have the edge, since customers will only need ... Microsoft's reasoning for blocking non-MS memory units 53 Chances are you've already heard how the forthcoming Xbox 360 update isn't going to play nicely with "unauthorized storage devices" aka all memory units that aren't licensed by Microsof... Infinity Ward details matchmaking for Modern Warfare 2 96 Discussion about Infinity Ward's upcoming kill-brown-people simulator Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has been, well ... less than positive recently. Old World and PC gamers are feeling slighted b... Huh? DJ Hero and NASCAR together at last 10 In today's edition of "How is This News?," we have got a special report about a collaboration between NASCAR, Target, and DJ Hero. As seen above, Martin Truex Jr.'s No. 1 Chevrolet will... EEDAR reports 37% of 2009 Wii games went unreviewed 25 We joke about all the shovelware on the Wii around here, but seriously ... its kind of out of control just how much there is. This recent report from EEDAR really nails it: while 3% of the 360 ti... Sony winning is best for the industry ... says Sony 84 Most multinational corprations are in business for themselves, and only themselves, which is absolutely fine. However, Sony is more of a philanthropist than that, and isn't just fighting for its ... WET developer A2M might do more original IP 23 Fresh off B-movie videogame WET, developer A2M might take another swing at developing an original IP. Speaking to VG247, WET creative director Patrick Fortier confirmed that studio was at least e... Valve hires DotA: Allstars developer 29 IceFrog, the individual currently maintaining Defense of the Ancients: Allstars, announced today that he has been hired by Valve to "lead a team". While he is currently unable to give a... Microsoft: Motion control will 'become the norm' 66 Microsoft's Phil Spencer believes that motion control is destined to be an obligatory part of videogames, eventually becoming as essential as multiplayer. Excuse me while I'm sick into a little b... CD Projekt RED to be sorta acquired 3 Polish developer CD Projekt RED is planning to become a publicly traded company in the near future. If so, this move should put some extra clink in the studio’s coffers, thus giving them mo... Brad Wardell on GFWL: 'You can't do that on the PC' 20 In an interview with Shacknews, Stardock's Brad Wardell gave some great insight into why the company has been fighting so heavily for PC gamers' rights, which you should read about. But for the s... TGS 09: The best part of Tokyo Game Show is... 18 ...the press room. Hundreds of media outlets far and wide from across the globe find the means, time and most importantly, the budget, to get themselves to the Tokyo Game Show. Hiding underneath ... Activision denies that the music game genre is shrinking 38 The NPD group recently revealed figures that indicate a shrinking market for music games such as Rock Band and Guitar Hero. The genre's biggest saturater, (evil) Activision, has naturally come ou... Vogster announces, uh... 'resource reallocation' 4 Vogster Entertainment has officially announced a "restructuring to focus its resources towards the enhancement and expansion of content for their recently launched CrimeCraft shooter-MMO hyb... Marvel deal will give Disney more stuff to play with 15 Even though Disney doesn’t plan to assume or handle all of the publishing and developing duties related to Marvel videogames, the company believes the incorporation of Marvel will help it h... Ubisoft CEO thinks publishers may delay Q1 2010 games 10 Upon receiving a magical box of wisdom in the mail earlier this year, several publishers decided to move their high-profile titles out of the busy holiday release window. Max Payne 3, Singularity... Shane Kim retiring from Microsoft 10 Shane Kim, Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment corporate vice president for strategy and business development, is to retire from the company after nineteen years of service, possibly because hi... Wii sales down 50 percent and probably decreasing 45 Run for the hills, it's all coming to an end! Wii sales have dropped! PS3 sales are up! The world is spinning out of control, people. In a recent talk with IndustryGamer, analyst Michael Pachter ... Once-Splatterhouse developer Bottlerocket closes 12 Bottlerocket Entertainment -- developer of Rise of the Kasai (2005) and Xialoin Showdown (2006) -- is no more. In a recent e-mail sent to industry folks, the founder of the studio, Jay Beard, ann... Sony's new philosophy is 'make.believe' 54 Sony has been going through a makeover ever since it announced the PS3 Slim. The PS3 logo has been redesigned, a new marketing campaign has been launched, and Sony itself has even given itself a ... Uncharted 2 wouldn't work on Xbox 360 ... apparently 198 One major rule of PS3 exclusive games is that developers will lie about them and claim they couldn't work on the Xbox 360, even though they blatantly could with a bit of development skill. Cue Na... Reticulating splines: Maxis hit with layoffs 16 Shacknews brings even more bad news today as a series of layoffs have hit Maxis, the developers of Spore, The Sims and other Sim titles. Electronic Arts told Shacknews that: "Often in the ... Bobby Kotick: People prefer sequels 42 Evil Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has been shooting his evil mouth off again, upsetting gamers with his evil opinions. This latest is aimed at those who want original IP, with Kotick arguing that ... Crytek still preparing engine for new hardware in 2012 9 Cevat Yerli doesn’t shy away from next-generation hardware talk. For the last year or so, the Crytek CEO has made that his studio is preparing for the next line of consoles to drop in 2012.... GRIN shuts down 42 GRIN’s situation was as dire as recent reports indicated. Following several office closures and heavy layoffs, GRIN announced that the studio is no more. In a somber message on its official... Nielsen reports strong summer gaming numbers 18 Good news for those of you worried that the poor state of the economy is taking a toll on videogames -- numbers are up. Nielsen recently reported on their blog that numbers point to a stronger su... 2K Boston's next project is a shooter 23 Kevin Levine and 2K Boston’s upcoming and unannounced game is a shooter.According to a GameSpot report, the studio responsible for BioShock, led by the man responsible for System Shock 2 an... THQ to buy Midway San Diego for $200,000, TNA not included 5 I don't tend to get interested in the "business" end of gaming -- stock prices, mergers, hostlie takeovers, etc. I don't know a lot about business or economics and I'd rather be talking... Canadian government funding indie games development 19 You and I both know that every person that has ever said, "If [so and so] gets elected, I'm moving to Canada!" is lying. Well, it seems that Canada is starting to call our bluff, doing ... Six Days in Fallujah developer 'pretty much dead' 32 It looks like one brave (if foolhardy) decision to set a game in Iraq has spelled death for one poor developer. While those that gathered around to criticize Six Days in Fallujah like flies on do... The Wheel of Time series gets a story director 16 Expect blockbuster action in the Wheel of Time videogames. Professional screenwriter Chris Morgan is directing the story for Red Eagle Entertainment’s forthcoming videogame series. Morgan i... Ex-Midway Newcastle artist spills on studio's last weeks 6 In an attempt to stave off impending closure, Midway Newcastle spent its last month working on and, more importantly, pitching Necessary Force to potential buyers. Unfortunately, they were unsucc... Crimson Skies 2 could happen, FASA founder has 'plans' 16 A Crimson Skies sequel could happen. If it does, it seems likely that its original creator, Jordan Weisman, and his studio, Smith & Tinker, won’t handle the game.Speaking with GameSpot,... Microsoft: Next generation is software, not hardware 40 Ever since Microsoft revealed Project Natal, it now thinks it's Nintendo. The smug, pretentious, all-knowing statements coming out of the mouths of MS executives seems ripped straight from the Bi... Foundation 9 announces studio merges, cuts staff 18 Several of Destructoid's hardcore Silent Hill fans (myself included) loved Silent Hill:Homecoming, but the word on the street was that most people had a negative reaction to the title. There's no... SDCC: EA to prostitute its booth babes for you, the customer 36 Oooh Lord. Where to even start with this one? Let's get right to it: Electronic Arts and Visceral Games have cooked up another awful PR campaign for Dante's Inferno called "Sin to Win."... Visceral execs making game based on existing Activision series 15 We reported yesterday that two Visceral Games executives had left the company responsible for Dead Space and Dante's Inferno to form a new Bay Area Activision studio, but now we know a few more s... GameStop believes industry needs to focus on Hispanic market 63 Hispanics make up a considerable portion of the population in the United States, especially the further south you get. And, according to GameStop COO Paul Raines, they're buying videogames. Raine... Has the band-style music game peaked? 29 In his latest column on IndustryGamers, EEDAR analyst Jesse Divnich suggests that the growth of peripheral-based music games may have already hit the ceiling. With sales in the genre down 30% fro... Madden NFL 10 demo exclusive to Xbox Live Gold for a week 15 Really, it’s okay to shed a tear or two if you’re a Madden fan who doesn’t have an Xbox 360 and an Xbox Live Gold account. I’m doing it right now, since I only own a PS3.L... Braid creator looking for talent for new, 'quiet' game 10 Braid creator Jonathan Blow is looking for a concept artist and a lead artist for an unannounced game. According to the official Braid blog, this new title is a “puzzle-exploration game tha... EEDAR believes GTA V won't hit until fiscal 2011 8 Recently, gaming’s Nostradamus, Michael Pachter, confirmed that Rockstar North was working on Grand Theft Auto V. In the same statement, Pachter said that he expected GTA V to drop at some ... Peter Moore is 'sprightly,' FIFA might use motion controls 11 Apparently, EA Sports chief Peter Moore is well suited for his job. According to FIFA 10 producer David Rutter (speaking with VideoGamer.com), the guy runs marathons and used to play semi-pro soc... Gearbox is the studio behind Duke Begins 11 The studio behind the recently uncovered game Duke Begins is Gearbox Software.Earlier this afternoon, Shacknews uncovered more court papers from the ongoing Take-Two versus 3D Realms legal procee... Midway Newcastle has been closed (Update) 9 [Update: We dropped the ball on this one, folks. We apologize. Look below for a totally different story. We apologize.]One of the studios left behind in the Midway Games/Warner Bros. Interactive ... id Software to continue creating its own stuff 9 Don’t expect to see id Software’s name on the next Elder Scrolls title. Speaking with GI.biz, Bethesda super executive Pete Hines confirmed that id Software would continue to do its o... Prototype 'expected' to outsell inFAMOUS by 90 percent 55 Electronic Entertainment Design and Research has weighed in on the Prototype versus inFAMOUS debate with numbers. According to EEDAR estimates, Prototype is set to outsell inFAMOUS by a dazzling ... That's our Eidos: Arkham Asylum review score shenanigans 52 Oh Eidos, your PR department is really, really bad at keeping this crap under wraps, aren't you? The company has become notorious for trying to fix and/or "encourage" high review scores... P.E.I. goes to bat for Longtail Studios with tax breaks 8 Two Canadian provinces, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia, have agreed to a bare-knuckle brawl to the death, both hoping to curry the favor of Longtail Studios, an iPhone and Wii developer bas... Square Enix and Eidos restructure to make Square Enix Europe 11 It seemed like only a few months ago when, after being bought out by Square Enix, Eidos boss Phil Rogers was making remarks about how excited he was that the Eidos brand name would remain intact ... BioWare: we don't need violence to attract gamers anymore 33 Mmm, delicious blood. Who can deny the thrill of watching to fly while playing a videogame? 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