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 Sony Promotes Shuhei Yoshida To Former Harrison Role [05.16.08] Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) has announced that Shuhei Yoshida will take over as president of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios (SCE WWS) from today – the role recently vacated by now Infogrames president Phil Harrison.
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Sony Promotes Shuhei Yoshida To Former Harrison Role [05.16.08] Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) has announced that Shuhei Yoshida will take over as president of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios (SCE WWS) from today – the role recently vacated by now Infogrames president Phil Harrison.
PSP Still Leads As Japanese Hardware Sales Fall [05.16.08] The PSP has remained the best selling console of the week in Japan, despite a fall in sales for all consoles in the wake of Golden Week, as a total lack of new releases within the top fifty software charts also adversely affects results.
GTA IV Sells 1.85m In April NPD, Mario Kart Tops 1m [05.16.08] As expected, Grand Theft Auto IV has dominated NPD's April North American sales figures with combined sales of 1.85 million units, as Mario Kart manages a million selling debut and the Wii continues to dominate hardware sales -- analysis from NPD's Anita Frazier within.
ION: BlackStar Designer Reinhart On Design Doc Alternatives [05.16.08] Particularly for large scale projects like MMOs, design documents can be an especially ineffective way to convey vision, said Spacetime lead designer Brandon Reinhart at his ION conference session, suggesting instead new tools to focus both development teams and players -- full coverage within.
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Interview: Crackpot's Ahern Sprays You With Insecticide [05.16.08] Crackpot Entertainment's Curse Of Monkey Island alumnus Larry Ahern has just debuted DS detective action-adventure Insecticide as part of an intriguingly decentralized and outsourced development effort - and he tells Gamasutra how he pulled it off in this interview.
Konami Challenges Harmonix, Activision With Rock Revolution [05.15.08] At its recent press event, Konami has announced that it will enter into the music game ring with Zoe Mode's guitar and drum title Rock Revolution, along with a new DS Castlevania, survival adventure Lost in Blue moving to Wii, WiiWare puzzler Critter Round-Up, and three new Dance Dance Revolutions.
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Analysis: Konami Gamer's Night - Business As Usual? [05.15.08] As recently reported, Konami has unveiled its lineup for the remainder of 2008, including new peripheral-based rhythm title Rock Revolution, and Gamasutra presents a recap and an analysis of the titles demonstrated by Hideo Kojima, Koji Igarashi and more at its pre-E3 Gamer's Night.
Sega, PlatinumGames Partner For Four-Title Deal [05.15.08] Publisher Sega has officially announced a four-game deal with PlatinumGames, the group made up of Okami, Devil May Cry and God Hand creators, including ultraviolent Wii title MADWORLD, DS RPG Infinite Line, next-gen action title Bayonetta - and Gamasutra was at the kickoff press event to hear the companies talk.
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CBS To Acquire GameSpot Parent Company CNET [05.15.08] Media conglomerate CBS Corporation has entered an agreement to acquire CNET Networks, parent company of GameSpot.com and a number of other online properties, purchasing all issued and outstanding shares in a deal worth an estimated $1.8 billion.
Interview: Terminal Reality? Ain't Afraid Of No Ghosts [05.15.08] Texas-based Terminal Reality is helping mastermind Ghostbusters' return in video game form - Gamasutra sat down with co-founder and president Mark Randel to discuss internal tech and the PlayStation 3, engine licensing plans - and how ZootFly's short-lived Ghostbusters game demo helped out.
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Xfire Grows Userbase To 10 Million [05.15.08] Representatives from MTV-owned game-related chat and community service XFire have announced that the service has recently surpassed 10 million registered users, as its game-base grows to over 1200 titles.
NCsoft, Vivox Partner For Voice Middleware Deal [05.13.08] The U.S. division of South Korean MMORPG publisher NCSoft has partnered with communications services provider Vivox to deliver support for scalable, full-featured voice chat within and across NCsoft games through an NCsoft branded game communication portal.
Di-O-Matic Releases Morph-O-Matic Plug-in [05.13.08] Character animation software developer Di-O-Matic has released its latest edition of Morph-O-Matic, a morphing extension boasting a set of new features for 3D graphics application 3ds Max.
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