EA Tiburon Executives Depart

APRIL 15, 2011 • The Orlando Business Journal reported that Madden NFL 2012 creative director Ian Cummings  and other EA Tiburon executives have departed the company to form a new online games studio in Florida called Row Sham Bow. Also making the jump from EA Tiburon was general manager Philip Holt. EA Sports’ chief technology officer Richard Wifall left to join the new studio, as well. In related news, EA COO John Schappert is departing to head up Zynga.....

IGDA Warns Against Amazon

APRIL 15, 2011 • The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) warned its membership in a letter to be wary of contracting with Amazon’s digital Appstore, which reserves the right to pay developers, “the greater of 70% of the purchase price or 20% of the List Price.” While noting many retailers exert control over the price of products, the IGDA said it was not aware of any other retailer having a formal policy of paying a supplier just 2.....

Best Buy Adds Video Game Staff

APRIL 14, 2011 • During its 2012 fiscal year Best Buy will add dedicated sales staff to its in-store video game sections. The employees will man their own special gaming desks where  preorders and DLC can be ordered. The plan is to create a more effective gaming destination within each location. Impact: Unlike a chain such as GameStop, Best Buy has limited customer support for selling video g.....

Australia 3DS Fastest Selling Handheld Ever

APRIL 14, 2011 • Nintendo Co. Ltd. Reported that after four days of release, its new Australia 3DS platform was the fastest selling handheld in the country’s history, moving 31,000 units. The best console launch previously was the Wii in 2006, which sold 32,000 units during its first week on sale. In the U.S., Nintendo reported for the month of March that the DS sold 460,000 units, while 3DS sold 400,000, and the Wii sold 290,000. .....

Ben Cousins Leaves Electronic Arts

MARCH 31, 2011 • Ben Cousins, the general manager of Electronic Arts’ free-to-play division, has announced that he was leaving the publisher. Responsible for shepherding the recent release of Battlefield Play4Free, Cousins wrote on his Twitter account that it was time for him to leave with the release of the game. The earlier Battlefield Heroes has more than 7 million registered users. I.....

Xbox 360 Discs Add Capacity

MARCH 28, 2011 • Via a future Dashboard update, Microsoft Corp. is planning to add 1GB of storage space to Xbox 360 discs. Currently the maximum game data allowed 6.8GB of space out of a potential of 7.95GB. The rest has been reserved for DVD video and security sectors. The extra space will be.....

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