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Packaging for the Asciiware Sphere 360 PlayStation controller (photo courtesy of Hock Wah Yeo) When Hock Wah Yeo was hired by the game publisher Velocity, the head of the company gave him an unusual order: “Scare me.” 1     Let’s say you go to the store and buy a video game. What does it look like? Chances are, it comes in a plastic box, roughly the size of a DVD case, and there’s a logo on the top that tells you what platform it’s for — Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo. It’s easy to understand, and it’s easy to fit on shelves. Retailers like it. The platform owners like it. This...

S&P 500, Dow miss out on new records and snap 6-day win streak MarketWatch 2/9/2021 MARKET SNAPSHOT U.S. stocks ended mostly lower on Tuesday, capping a turbulent session that saw markets swing between small gains and losses, as momentum for a record-setting market rally slowed. Investors were focused on the potential for another round of government spending to boost the economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. What did major benchmarks do? The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 9.93 points, or less than 0.1%, to end at 31,375.83, after setting an intraday record of 31,439.47. T...

Before you get too excited, let's make one thing clear: this does not mean that Electronics Arts will be losing its exclusive Star Wars license, nor does...

Important notices relating to financial advisers Jefferies International Limited ("Jefferies") which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority, is acting exclusively for Codemasters as financial adviser and for no one else in connection with the matters set out in this announcement and will not regard any other person as its client in relation to the matters referred to in this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than Codemasters for providing the protections afforded to its clients or for providing advice in relation...

Nintendo acquires Vancouver developer behind ‘Luigi’s Mansion’ series "Hey, that's-a pretty good!" Jan 6, 2021 7:07 AM By: Tyler Orton Nintendo Co. Ltd. has a new corporate sibling on the West Coast. The Japanese gaming giant announced Tuesday (January 5) it’s acquiring Vancouver-based Next Level Games Inc. (NLG), best known for developing the second and third games in the  Luigi’s Mansion series. The  And NLG’s own history with characters from the  Mario Bros. universe stretches back to 2005 with the launch of  Super Mario Strikers. Terms of th...