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September 22nd, 2008Interview: Armature Founders On 'Unsustainable' Biz, Plans [09.19.08] Game development is "becoming costlier and costlier and unsustainable," say the three ex-Retro developers who announced the EA-backed Armature Studio earlier this week, and Read More
NCsoft, the MMO megapublisher responsible for Lineage II , Guild Wars and Tabula Rasa , has announced the formation of a new subsidiary specifically tasked with "operating responsibility for western regions including the US and Europe." Four of the Read More
Korea-based MMOG publisher rebrands Western operations under one label; new focus to be on big-budget online games. I t turns out that the shake-up at NCsoft's Austin studio was just scratching the surface of the major changes in store for the South Read More
I ve always been slightly skeptical about custom key setups. But, of course, I don t usually play the types of games where a truly custom keyboard might be really handy. Maybe in Guild Wars. But I can certainly see, for games like WoW, EVE Online Read More
They ARE already telling you how you can use your machine a new hdd or graphics card or network card and probably any bit of new network hardware will trigger a reactivation scenario. It's endemic.. The developers of Crysis: Warhead (Crytek Read More
Yes, I remember. It was a sort of pseudo-love letter laced with praises in my name. It was very cute, and I've been anxiously awaiting a letter from you since then. It had been so long, I had begun to wonder if you loved me anymore. But you're here Read More
The American military and intelligence communities are increasingly worried that would-be bin Ladens might gather in a virtual world, to plan a real-life attack. But the spies haven't given many details, about how it might be done. Now, a Pentagon Read More
NCsoft, whose financial department is in big trouble, is on the verge of merging its United States and European subsidiaries into a new entity, called NC West, that is set to be headquartered in Seattle and that should handle all the activity of the Read More
Wednesday NCSoft announced its plans to consolidate its western offices by the end of 2008. Led by Chris Chung, previous CEO of NC Interactive, NC West will merge NC Europe, NC Austin, ArenaNET as well as NC Interactive into one subsidiary located in Read More