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...

Venturebeat published a very downbeat article on the future of IGA today. Entitled “Struggling in-game ad firm IGA Worldwide seeks investments or possible sale“, Venturebeat reporter Dean Takahashi tries very hard to imply that IGA is in...

I’m not known for being an Eidos cheerleader, but I positively whooped when I saw that Eidos has delayed Championship Manager by several months. Although the financial press sees this as a bad thing (“More woe for Eidos...

Clay Shirky (as I’ve mentioned before, one of my favourite futurology thinkers) has written a thought-provoking piece on the inevitable death of newspapers. Clay is completely unbothered by this. To those who argue that newspapers are critical...

Patrick O’Luanaigh, CEO of nDreams made some very interesting points in his blog about the changing nature of publishing. Major publishers such as Sega, EA, Eidos, Microsoft (and now THQ and Take Two) are all reducing the...

I know this happened over a month ago, but I’ve been trying to think about its implications. Band of Brothers, one of the biggest alliances in the Eve Online universe, was destroyed by arch-rivals GoonSwarm by the...

The UK government’s knife czar has called for new taxes to be levied on violent games.  Richard Taylor, father of murdered schoolboy Damilola Taylor, was appointed by Gordon Brown last month, as a leading campaigner against the carrying...