A newly signed deal between Lovefilm and streaming technology provider Widevine will enable the European film rental service to offer movies on demand via game consoles and other devices.
The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) spent $1.1 million lobbying on behalf of US game publishers and developers in the second quarter of 2010.
The figure is down five per cent on the trade association's spend in the second quarter of 2009 and the first quarter of this year, the Associated Press reports.
Haden Blackman, executive producer and writer of the Star Wars: The Force Unleashed series, has resigned from LucasArts.
Blackman had served at the studio for over 13 years and is credited on games including The Force Unleashed, Star Wars: Galaxies and Star Wars: Force Commander. He also helped write and produce a number of Star Wars books and comics.
PSP-3000 remained the bestselling gaming hardware in Japan during the week ended July 25, while the DS line of handhelds continued to lead overall platform sales.
PSP Slim & Lite shifted 28,747 units, ahead of DSi XL’s 24,189, but combined DS sales came in at over 47,000, versus total PSP sales of 29,500.
Zynga has partnered with telecommunications and media firm Softbank to develop and distribute social games across Japan.
The new joint venture, Zynga Japan, was officially announced as Softbank completed a $150 million investment in the San Francisco headquartered Farmville maker.
The deal marks the developer’s first foray into the Japanese market, for which it will create social games out of new Tokyo-based studio Zynga Japan.
Ultima and Tabula Rasa creator Richard Garriott has been awarded $28 million following a lawsuit looking into his departure from MMO publisher NCsoft.
