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Warner Bros. Buys TT Games
November 6, 2007
NOV. 6, 2007 • The creator of LEGO Star Wars: The Videogame, Traveller's Tales (TT Games), is acquired by the Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group. The developer has been in...
How to Begin With Wine DS
November 6, 2007
NOV. 6, 2007 • At ¥4,830 ($44), Square Enix may make a splash with its Nintendo DS lifestyle title, How to Begin With Wine. This special edition package includes a...
Toshiba Cuts HD-DVD MSRP
November 6, 2007
[caption id="attachment_5931" align="alignleft" width="400"] Toshiba's HD-A2 HD-DVD player.[/caption] NOV. 6, 2007 • Wal-Mart, CircuitCity and Best Buy priced the Toshiba HD-A2 HD-DVD player at $99 during the first weekend of...
The Magical Kingdom 2.0
November 5, 2007
NOV. 5, 2007 • While the game industry always prides itself on being at the forefront of technological development, nowadays some old-line media companies are just as capable of driving...
Virtual Property Ascendent
November 5, 2007
[caption id="attachment_11366" align="alignleft" width="300"] Virtual property issues have made the cover of Business Week.[/caption] NOV. 5, 2007 • As an attorney in New York, I work with game companies frequently...
Ubisoft Acquires Digital Kids
November 5, 2007
[caption id="attachment_5928" align="alignleft" width="290"] Digital Kids is best known for its Petz franchise.[/caption] NOV. 5, 2007 • Japanese development studio Digital Kids is acquired by Ubisoft. Terms were not disclosed....
No More NES Repairs
November 1, 2007
NOV. 1, 2007 • With parts stocks wearing out, Nintendo announced that it would no longer repair 1980s vintage Famicom (NES) consoles. More than 62 million units of the console...
Dragonball Z Lawsuit
October 31, 2007
OCT. 31, 2007 • FUNImation served Atari with a notice to terminate its Dragonball Z licensing agreement. The former alleged Atari breached the licensing agreement, which the publisher disputes. As...