Electronic Arts has canceled production on their upcoming Command & Conquer spinoff title, Tiberium, according to an internal company memo obtained by Kotaku. Written by EA LA’s Mike Verdu, the memo mentions that the game wouldn’t be able to meet a certain level of quality with the resources left in the game’s production cycle. He [...]

Former EA Chicago employees Joshua Tsui, David Michicich, and Peter Sauerbrei announced today with industry vets Nick Ehrlich and Richard Ho the launch of their new game development studio, Robomodo. In addition, they also unveiled that they will be working on a new multiplatform title that will be published by Activision.
“At Robomodo we are dedicated [...]

Would you kindly download the demo for the PlayStation 3 version of BioShock on October 2? Better yet, would you kindly purchase the PS3 version of BioShock on October 21?
The PS3 version will include loads of new features, included a heftier difficulty mode, trophies, and add-on content. What that actually is though isn’t being specified. [...]

As if people didn’t have enough to worry about, Peggle is now available on for your phone… well, at least if you have one that supports it. A quick check of Verizon’s network on the Env was a no go (and a purchase would have been purely for research, I swear). Regardless, the mobile version [...]

Fans of the decent (if heavily flawed) Stars Wars: The Force Unleashed have something to look forward too… at some point. The downloadable content, for PS3 and Xbox 360 only, is supposed to rather loaded according to executive producer Haden Blackman. Four new Jedi will be playable in the game, and include Luke Skywalker, Obi-Wan [...]

Harmonix and MTV Games unveiled this morning that they have entered an exclusive deal with Columbia Records for the use of AC/DC and their songs. Following that reveal, they announced the AC/DC LIVE: Rock Band Track Pack, which will be a standalone game and feature 18 songs from the band’s live performances.
“AC/DC fans can now [...]

The video game industry has been dubbed “recession proof” from a number of analysts, but even they felt the blows of yesterday’s huge market losses. With the Dow Jones average dropping 777 points (the largest one-point drop in history), a number of publishing heavyweights were affected as well.
Share prices of Activision Blizzard fell 13.8 percent [...]

IGA Worldwide announced this morning a multi-year agreement with Activision Publishing to bring in-game ads to Activision’s slate of titles on the PlayStation 3. The first titles to feature the integrated ads will be next month’s Guitar Hero World Tour.
“Activision has one of the most impressive stables of games in the video game industry,” said [...]

The NBA2K series is getting ready to enter untreaded territory, as 2K Sports confirmed today on their official forums that NBA 2K9 is coming to the PC.
“Many of you have already seen that NBA 2K9 will be released on the PC on various sites, and I wanted to confirm that,” says 2K Admin Ron on [...]

Capcom is putting in some serious work in distinguishing the home and console versions of Street Fighter IV, and all of it to this point has looked great so far. Whether its new characters, anime sequences, or the recent marketing pushes, it’s genuinely refreshing to see them taking the approach since they literally just brought [...]