Talking to MTV Multiplayer’s Patrick Klepek last night, BioWare co-CEO Greg Zeschuk gave his thoughts on Apple’s iPhone, and discussed whether or not we’d could possibly be seeing games from them on the platform in the future. While they are currently doing their due dilgence on the product, he mentions his intrigue in the device [...]

Sony Computer Entertainment of America confirmed this morning that firmware version 2.40 will be available on Wednesday, July 2. The update, which has been anticipated among PlayStation 3 users for quite some time now, will headlined by the system’s in-game XMB Cross Media Bar features as well as the ability to earn trophies. Super Stardust [...]

Insomniac Games is set to announce tomorrow that it is expanding operations and will open a new studio in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Reported on earlier tonight by GameDaily, the company hopes to have the studio open by January 2009. Chad Dezern, who is currently serving as art director, will head up the new facility with gameplay [...]

Online game developer Trion World Network announced ths morning that it has acquired a third-party license to develop and publish games on the PlayStation 3.
“Announcing this publishing partnership with SCEA is the latest step in Trion’s strategic growth plans,” said Dr. Lars Buttler, CEO and co-founder, Trion. “The PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system is the [...]

One internet video game show that I’ve recently made it a habit to check out weekly is Players Only with Scott Steinberg. The show, which has covered everything from casual gaming to MMOs up to this point, usually talks to a ton of people in the industry (press included) and is remarkably thorough for the [...]

East Texas based Anascape Ltd. is on the receiving end of a $21 million payday, as Nintendo of America was ordered to pay the company by a federal jury today on the grounds of patent infringement.
The original lawsuit, filed in 2006, stated that Nintendo infringed on the company’s patent during the designs of the Wii [...]

It looks like New York isn’t the only state that wants an expanded presence in the video game industry.
Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue signed the 2008 Entertainment Industry Investment Act (HB 1100) into law today, in an attempt to encourage more industry productions in the state. Under the new law, companies can receive a 20 percent [...]

According to the results of a recent study released by the Center for an Urban Future, New York City is missing out on a big chance to have more of an impact in the video game industry.
The study, entitled Getting in the Game, goes on to show that while the city has an abundance of [...]

The upcoming PC versions of Mass Effect and Spore will no longer require a 10-day SecuROM check online to re-validate, according to a statement made yesterday by Electronic Arts. While the games will still both utilize the DRM service, the only time it will now be required is when you initally install the game or [...]

Vicious Cycle Software will shift their focus to next-gen game development and is in the process of expansion, according to an official statement made by the company today.
In addition, the makers of the Dead Head Fred series also announced that as a part of that expansion, they have moved to a new 20,000 square feet [...]

The growth of new technology, including the current generation of video game consoles, could potentially put a damper in the future of innovation, says a professor at Oxford in a new book.
John Zittrain, professor of internet goverance and regulation at the Oxford institute, says that items such as the iPhone, Blackberry, and Xbox could destroy [...]