The analysis and commentary on the OnLive service announced at GDC last month is all missing the point. OnLive isn’t aimed at consumers. It’s aimed at the only two potential customers in the world: Microsoft and Sony....

Opening weekends are a staple of Hollywood reporting, and Activision is getting in on the act. The World at War Map for Call of Duty 4 had “more than one million downloads… during its first weekend of...

This is the first post from new Gamesbrief contributor, Tim Harrison The launch of any new console is a cause for celebration and dread in equal measure: Celebration since any new, differentiated platform promises an opportunity for...

Well, that may be a slight exaggeration, but Activision has appointed the former COO of Yahoo to head up the Guitar Hero division. Dan Rosensweig is a heavyweight new media guy, with a key role in creating...

Last Friday marked the international release of Tale of Tales‘ The Path – a game where the player guides one of six girls (at varying stages of growing up) through a dark retelling of Little Red Riding...

Steam continues to make massive strides in bringing high-quality downloadable content to the masses. Their latest innovation is the the “arrival of in-game downloadable content”. Purchased through the in-game browser, it allows users to purchase additional content...

In an interview with RockPaperShotgun, Capcom’s VP of strategic development argues that for PC games, digital distribution is more important than retail. Asked “Is digital distribution more important to the PC than retail?”, Christian Svensson said ”...