Andrew Wilson named EA CEO
EA Sports veteran appointed Chief Executive Officer at Battlefield, Mass Effect publisher, replacing John Riccitiello; says he envisions EA as the “world’s greatest games company;” will be paid $800,000 salary.…
Capcom releases Capcom Cup global qualifier dates
Capcom has released the dates for its Capcom Cup global qualifiers in a video the posted to YouTube today. Today, Capcom released the dates for its Global Qualifiers for the…
Skylanders Giants two-week sales exceed 500,000 copies
Publisher says its latest toys-to-life game sold over half a million copies during launch period in 2012, compared to 294,000 for Disney Infinity. Activision Publishing announced today that Skylanders Giants…
Battlefield 4 on Xbox One could feature head-tracking
DICE examining possibility of using Kinect sensor to allow players to peek and lean around corners, speak voice commands. Battlefield 4 on Xbox One could feature Kinect-powered head-tracking, executive producer…
Diablo III auction houses closing March 2014
Blizzard Entertainment to remove the gold and real-money auction house system from Diablo III next year. Blizzard Entertainment announced today that it will remove the gold and real-money auction house…
Ninjas in Pyjamas, Taeja take DreamHack Bucharest Championship
“It was a great weekend for both DreamHack and eSports in Romania,” DreamHack head of eSports says. 18-year-old Korean StarCraft II player Yun “TaeJa” Young Suh and Sweden-based organization Ninjas…
NBA Live 14 launching November 19
Professional basketball game from EA Sports releasing on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 this fall. NBA Live 14–the first professional basketball game from EA Sports since NBA Live 10–will launch…
UC Santa Cruz hires John and Brenda Romero
Industry veterans will run new professional game development degree program at California university. The University of California at Santa Cruz announced today that it has hired Brenda and John Romero…
GameFly launches new PC download website
Ahead of holiday shopping season, rental company officially launches new PC digital website; free copy of Mafia II available with purchase of any 2K game. Rental company GameFly has launched…
MLG Championship Columbus to feature $50,000 Dota 2 tournament, TI3 Champions
Alliance will be joined by Evil Geniuses, Team Liquid, the winner of the MLG Fall Invitational, a winner of a North American Online Qualifier, and one spot to be determined.…
