Japanese video game developer draws inspiration from Kurosawa ...

Japanese video game developer draws inspiration from Kurosawa ...
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
Japanese video game producer Tetsuya Mizuguchi is the brains behind such games as "Lumines," "Rez," "Ninety-Nine Nights," "Space Channel 5," "Manx TT Superbike ...

Analyst Initiates Video Game Publishers

Analyst Initiates Video Game Publishers
Houston Chronicle - United States
NEW YORK — Bank of America analyst Michael L. Savner initiated coverage of four of the largest US video game publishers Wednesday, two of them with "Buy" and ...

Entertainment: Video Games Live 2006

Entertainment: Video Games Live 2006
I wasn't able to attend the Video Games Live music show, but a friend did; he mailed out ... Tuesday, September 12, 2006: Video Games Live at Massey Hall ... The orchestra sounded great and the hosts / video game composers Jack Wall and ...

Canada to invest in local video-game business

Canada to invest in local video-game business
GameDAILY BIZ - USA
Grabbing a piece of the $20 billion video game industry, the Canadian government on Wednesday said it would invest CAN$2 million ($1.76 million) to develop ...

France to Subsidize Games As Art

France to Subsidize Games As Art
Slashdot Wed, 08 Nov 2006 1:32 PM PST
The New York Times is reporting on efforts by the French culture ministry to treat videogames as art. About time. This initiative will include giving tax breaks for game development, and national recognition of game developer achievements (like the arts award received by Shigeru Miyamoto this March). >From the article: " With a total of roughly 100 video game companies, France, along with Britain,

Bar Owners Have to Remove Certain Video Games in Ohio

Bar Owners Have to Remove Certain Video Games in Ohio
WTOL News 11 Wed, 08 Nov 2006 4:00 PM PST
COLUMBUS (AP) -- Bar owners must remove video gaming machines by Nov. 11 or face sanctions, the Ohio Investigative Unit announced.

2 arrested in video game store killing

2 arrested in video game store killing Colorado Springs Gazette Wed, 08 Nov 2006 1:24 PM PST Two men were arrested Wednesday in connection with the killing last week of the clerk at a Colorado Springs video game store. Randy Eugene West, 29, and Michael Joseph Bowen, 25, were jailed on suspicion of first-degree murder.

 

Japanese video game developer draws inspiration from Kurosawa, Kandinsky

Japanese video game developer draws inspiration from Kurosawa, Kandinsky
CP via Yahoo! Canada News Wed, 08 Nov 2006 12:38 PM PST
MONTREAL (CP) - His influences have ranged from filmmaker Akira Kurosawa to artist Wassily Kandinsky and the musical "Stomp."

Wii or PS3? Internet decides ...

Wii or PS3? Internet decides ...
Tuesday November 7, 2006 9:30 AM EST
Filed under: Fan stuff Our sister blog Joystiq recently took it upon themselves to don the cap and tobacco pipe of one Sherlock Holmes, traversing the vast series of tubes that make up the internet to answer the most important question in the universe. And before we go any further, no you don't need a crazy super computer to provide us with the answer, which is not "42." After giving up their search, they found that a Japanese blogger had already done all of the work for them. Hooray for us!...

 

MobileMail In The Process of Acquiring Mobile Game Developer Oy ...

MobileMail In The Process of Acquiring Mobile Game Developer Oy ...
By Rafat Ali
MobileMail, a UK-based premium mobile content firm, is in the process of buying out Oy Tracebit, a Finnish developer of J2ME and BREW games. Tracebit was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Porvoo, Finland..the company says it has ...