Like software patents, trademarks are, theoretically, quite sound – declare a sign, logo or word as a defining part of your company image and nobody else can try to pass themselves off as you without a legal ruckus. Like software patents, protecting trademarks is encouraged, lest you lose them (just look at Games Workshop). Like […]
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Who knew being the head honcho of a big multi-national games publisher conglomerate could be so fun!
When Good Old Games announced today, out of the blue, that they are closing down, there was a disturbance in the gaming force, as if millions of gamers who like owning old gaming properties that are being squatted on by their publishers cried out in terror! Only being the internet, nobody was really silenced…
Westwood had the best idea!
Allistair Darling, that funny guy who lives in #11 and allegedly cultivates weevils in his eyebrows, has set out plans for tax breaks for British entertainment industries, of which the computertronic amusement industry is part.
Crystal Dynamics are back with a new Tomb Raider game, only it’s not actually a Tomb Raider game… ‘Guardian of Light’ might just signify the abolishment of the Tomb Raider name, which is a strange move to make following the developers attempts to re-introduce the raiding of tombs to the series once again. Whether it […]
Infinity Ward, the gurus behind the good (or ‘sorta alright’, depending who you ask) parts of the Call of Duty series, have been raided by their slave paymasters at Activision. Reports state that security guards were posted at the entrance to the offices, el-presidente’s for life Zampella & West have been sacked for ‘breaches of […]
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In other news, Ubisoft are scum.
Back in the mists of time (or 2006, whichever happened first, I forget), Ubisoft used this anti-piracy aberration called Starforce (or however it’s spelt). It pissed off everyone under the sun and, some people say, nearly caused Ubisoft to go bankrupt (after all, who’s going to buy a game that might break your PC, burn […]
Because jumping on the #MW2 (natch) bandwagon isn’t shameless enough these days, Tom Watson (one of the few pro-gaming MPs in British Parliment) has set up a Facebook Group to coincide with todays release of the much-anticipated shooter. Designed to ‘give gamers a voice’ (although ‘how’ is still a mystery), the group already has over […]
Obviously not content with HMV snapping the UK rights to the mega-expensive Sex-pest Edition of Modern Warfare 2, GAME have lept in there to attempt to re-assert themselves as numero-uno in the high-street Modern Warfare 2 Special Edition war. Called the Veteran package, it comes with the same ‘Hardened Edition’ as the Prestige Edition (meaning […]