Archive for June 24th, 2009
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If you live near Chinatown in Los Angeles, and can chuck Hadoukens with the best of them, then grab your gi from out of the closet and head down to the Mountain Bar tomorrow night from 7pm - 10pm for a Street Fighter IV competition. Sponsored by i am 8-bit and Capcom, this one-night tournament will see Bison’s shady organization take over Mountain Bar for a tournament featuring sixteen of the best brawlers duking it out for a $2,000 cash prize. And, hey, if you don’t live on the West Coast, don’t sweat it. We’ll have someone there taking pictures and asking everyone what a Spinning Bird Kick is. Original source: www.joystiq.com , delivered by rss-farm.ru
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Capcom opens ‘Shadaloo Lounge’ for Street Fighter IV exhibition this Thursday
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Speaking today at the Game Horizon conference in the UK, as reported by Gamasutra , Splash Damage CEO Paul Wedgwood laid down his company’s “rules of engagement.” The rules are simple, according to Wedgwood: “Don’t work on movie licenses, don’t work on ports, don’t do work for hire, and find a big brother to nurture us in those early years.” He noted that this is how Splash Damage attained its focus, which is to “shamelessly pursue critical acclaim” by “focusing all our effort on making sure the stuff we do is better than the stuff we did.” The most important factor, said Wedgwood, is people. He stated that “People are the only important asset you have,” adding that, as a company, one should attempt to “hire people who are better than you — because guess what? They have better ideas than you.” Here’s hoping that the folks Splash Damage hired earlier this year have some great ideas for Brink , the company’s first console title. Original source: www.joystiq.com , delivered by rss-farm.ru
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Splash Damage’s rules of engagement: No ports, no movie games
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Zenimax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Softworks, has now wholly bought out id Software. Zenimax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Softworks, has just announced that it has bought out and fully acquired the grandfather of PC gaming, id Software. The creators of The Elder Scrolls , Doom , Quake and Wolfenstein series are now united under one company. Discussing why id Software would ever want to sell company founder John Carmack says it’s to do with the capitalising on the brands that both developers own. ” We’re really getting kind of tired competing with our own publishers in terms of how our titles will be featured, ” Carmack said in a comment to Kotaku . ” And we’ve really gotten more IPs than we’ve been able to take advantage of. And working with other companies hasn’t been working out as spectacularly as it could. ” “ This was a unique opportunity to team with a smart, sophisticated publisher like Bethesda Softworks where the interests of the studio and the publisher will be fully aligned in the development and marketing of our titles, ” said id Software CEO Todd Hollenshead
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Zenimax buys id Software
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Intel x86 parts will make their way into future Nokia smartphones. Intel and Nokia have partnered to make future mobile products based on Intel’s X86 (Intel Architecture) technology. This is a big win for Intel considering Nokia shifts millions of smartphones a year, dwarfing the ever popular and much written about Apple iPhone. According to the press release, Intel will develop a new set of processing devices and chipsets for mobile broadband internet, while in exchange Intel will get access to Nokia’s HSPA/3G modem IP license for use in future products. Could we therefore see smartphones with HSDPA and WiMAX? ” We will explore new ideas in designs, materials and displays that will go far beyond devices and services on the market today. This collaboration will be compelling not only for our companies, but also for our industries, our partners and, of course, for consumers, ” said Kai Oistamo, Executive Vice President of Devices at Nokia.
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Intel and Nokia annouce mobile partnership
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