ELSPA, The Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association, has announced that it intends to change its name to the UK Interactive Entertainment Association.
The decision was made by its membership today at the trade body’s Extraordinary General Meeting.
Switzerland’s government has pushed through legislation that may eventually see a ban put on the sale of violent videogames.
Late last year, the government passed legislation making the PEGI ratings mandatory, with a second amendment that threatened to ban the production and sale of mature games outright.
Key Ubisoft titles are no longer available on Steam in what has been rumoured to be a move by Valve in protest of the publisher’s restrictive DRM.
The digital distributor is not offering Assassin’s Creed 2 or Silent Hunter V and the root cause could be an objection to the use of DRM.
According to Games Investor Consulting analyst Nick Gibson, the absence of a video game adaptation of Summit Entertainment’s Twilight series has cost “millions” in lost opportunity for revenue.
Alone in the Dark and Little Big Adventure creator, Frédérick Raynal, is apparently at work on a new title for Ubisoft that may be set for release later this year.
The as yet unannounced title is being teased on the developer's personal site, with the message scrawled in French on a chalk board: "The name of the next game is on the back of the slate."
A court has ruled in favour of Sony Computer Entertainment America and David Jaffe in a lawsuit brought by screenwriters who claimed that God of War was based on their original work.
Reggie Fils-Aimé, president of Nintendo of America, has said it is up to third-party developers to bring mature titles to the Wii and DS and called on consumers to support the releases.
Game researcher and designer of IGF Nuovo award finalist A Slow Year, Ian Bogost presented to the audience of the GDC Microtalks session that players play games can be crafted with meanings that players can interpret through play.
BioWare founders Dr. Greg Zeschuk and Dr. Ray Muzyka have said they don't view their DLC system, the Cerberus Network, as a move against second-hand buyers of their games, but rather wanted to use it do build a "good relationship" with customers.