Analyst fears video game industry may hit six-year low

Analyst fears video game industry may hit six-year low - Yahoo! News
News: NPD Group last week announced that video games sales for the month ... at this pace, annual U.S. retail video game revenue in 2012 could fall below the ...
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Curt Schilling's video game venture strikes out: entire 400-person staff laid off
Globe and Mail
Nearly 400 people lost their jobs at 38 Studios and its subsidiary Big Huge Games Thursday when the troubled game maker laid off its entire staff. A notice explaining the company was experiencing an “economic downturn” was distributed to workers.

Globe and Mail

Curt Schilling Fires Entire Staff in 'Non-Voluntary' Layoffs at Video Game ...
International Business Times
By IBTimes Staff Reporter: Subscribe to IBTimes's RSS feed Former Boston Red Sox pitcher and tech entrepreneur Curt Schilling fired his entire staff at his Rhode Island-based video game company, 38 Studios, on Thursday, leaving more than 300 employees ...

International Business Times

Schilling's video game company lays off 400
Chicago Tribune
Curt Schilling's video-game company, 38 Studios, reportedly laid off most of its staff in Rhode Island and Maryland. The former Boston Red Sox pitcher was unavailable for comment after more than 400 full-time employees were laid off, the Boston Globe ...

38 Studios, Curt Schilling's Video Game Company, Lays Off Entire Staff After ...
Huffington Post
38 Studios, formed in 2006 as the brainchild of avid gamer Schilling, had 379 full-time employees as of March 15. The company received a $75 million taxpayer-backed loan guarantee from Rhode Island in 2010 as an incentive to move its headquarters from ...

Video game series contract will be tough for Bungie, easy for Activision
VentureBeat
The contract also says that each Bungie employee can only receive two Activision games as gifts each year. Bungie also has to disclose all Easter egg, or secret rewards, hidden in the game. Video game series contract will be tough for Bungie , easy for ...

VentureBeat

Don't Let 38 Studios Sour You: Video Games Are Good for Your State's Economy
Forbes
The Ocean State had loaned 38 Studios $75 million in 2010 as a way to lure the company away from its base in Massachusetts: part of a plan by former governor Donald Carcieri to turn Rhode Island into a video game hub. Yes, this particular venture may ...

Forbes

Curt Schilling fires staff at video-game firm
Christian Science Monitor
Curt Schilling fires staff of 300 in Rhode Island, which had given a $75 million loan guarantee to the video-game company. Curt Schilling fired staff with an e-mail that thanked them for dedication but claimed an 'economic downturn' had hit the company...

Christian Science Monitor

College video game program grows into key feeder for industry
Kansas City Star
By BRIAN GAAR AUSTIN, Texas -- In a recent class, Austin Community College student Richard Moss showed off his group's project: a demo of a submarine video game called "Treasures of Atlantis." It was the end of the semester for a combined class of ...

Kickstarter.com helps video game developers reboot old titles
Washington Post
Earlier this year, a group of filmmakers came to Tim Schafer with a pitch to make a documentary about his video game development company, Double Fine. His people would make a game and they'd film the whole process. But nobody knew how to pay for it.

CNN: Video Games and Porn are Ruining You
Forbes
A recent article by Dr. Phillip Zimbardo and Nikita Duncan promoting their book “The Demise of Guys,” argues that video games and porn (which are the same thing) are responsible for the end of masculinity and, by extension, humanity.

Forbes

Ex-Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's video game company lays off entire ...
Washington Post
PROVIDENCE, RI — Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's faltering video gamecompany, which received a $75 million loan guarantee to move to Rhode Island in 2010, laid off its entire staff on Thursday. An email sent by the 38 Studios company ...

Schilling's video game company folds
FOXSports.com
Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's faltering video game company, which received a $75 million loan guarantee to move to Rhode Island in 2010, laid off its entire staff on Thursday. A mound of evidence places these pitchers at the top of the ...

Curt Schilling's video game company cuts entire staff
CNET
Embroiled in massive financial woes, the former Red Sox pitcher's video game company, 38 Studios, is hit with layoffs of all of its staff. by Dara Kerr May 24, 2012 7:42 PM PDT Follow @darakerr Screenshot from the game "Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning.

Curt Schilling video game firm 38 Studios lays off entire staff
Financial Post
Schilling heads video game company 38 Studios, which is said to have laid off its entire 379-staff firm in Providence, Rhode Island. BOSTON — The troubled video gaming company run by former Red Sox baseball great Curt Schilling seemed on the verge of ...

Financial Post

'Walking Dead' video game a good fix until show returns
The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com
Those left feeling impatient after they watched the second-season finale of “The Walking Dead” and realized there would be no more zombies until October now can bide their time with a “Walking Dead” video game. Telltale Games released a first “episode” ...

The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com

Cyberpower Gamer Xtreme 4000SE
PC Magazine
The nicely priced Cyberpower Gamer Xtreme 4000SE is a good way to grab the latest technologies, like Intel Ivy Bridge processing and Nvidia GeForce GTX 680 graphics. The Cyberpower GamerXtreme 4000SE ($1899 direct) continues Cyberpower's run of ...

Schilling's video game company lays off staff
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
AP PROVIDENCE, RI (AP) — Curt Schilling's faltering video game company has laid off its entire staff. A source at 38 Studios told The Associated Press that employees were notified of the layoffs Thursday. 38 Studios moved from Massachusetts in 2010 ...

Sony patent aims to put content-interrupting commercials in video games
TechSpot
It's come to light that Sony filed a patent that would implement content-suspending advertisements invideo games. As the patent outlines, players would start playing a game and at some point would be given a warning that a commercial was pending.

Schilling's video game firm lays off entire staff
SI.com
PROVIDENCE, RI (AP) -- Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's faltering Rhode Islandvideo game company has laid off its entire staff. An email sent by the 38 Studios company to workers and obtained by The Associated Press says they were ...

Curt Schilling's Video Game Company Goes Bust
CNBC.com
In a remarkable reversal of fortune, former major league pitcher Curt Schilling has laid off the entire staff that formed his video game company, 38 Studios, just months after the company designed its first game. While Schilling had said he was pleased ...

Video Game Quick Hits 5/25/2012
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Movies based on video games have a shaky history. The idea of a Shadow of the Colossus film has been batted around for years, but it's a difficult concept to swallow. There's very little dialogue between Wander and Agro – and one of them is a horse.

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Curt Schilling's video game company 38 Studios lays off entire staff
MassLive.com
It must be incorporated in Rhode Island to be eligible for tax credits under an incentive program for film companies and video game studios. The company applied for $2.1 million in film tax credits last year and sought over $6 million more last week.

MassLive.com

Former MLB pitcher Curt Schilling lays off entire staff of video game company
SI.com
Curt Schilling on Thursday laid off all the employees of his video game company. (Taylor Hill/Getty Images) Former major league pitcher Curt Schilling has laid off all the employees of his Rhode Island-based video game company, 38 Studios, according to...

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RI economic development agency board in flux after Schilling's video game ...
The Republic
Membership of the board remains unclear Friday following the implosion of former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's video game company. On Thursday, a member of Gov. Lincoln Chafee's (CHAY'-feez) administration said EDC board member Stephen Lane had ...

Are video games heralding the demise of a generation of men?
GlobalPost (blog)
In an opinion piece, psychologists herald the 'demise of guys' through excessive use of video games and pornography. Are men truly destined for failure because of video games? Attendees play video games at Microsoft's Xbox 360 display at the 2012 ...

Spike TV unveiling new Star Wars video game on May 31
GameZone
Spike TV has announced plans to unveil a new Star Wars video game currently in development at the LucasArts studio. As part of the pre-E3 episode on Thursday, May 31, GTTV will provide a first look at this top secret project that will debut at the 2012 ...

GameZone

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Video game developer Big Huge Games shuts down
By Maria Zilberman
Timonium-based video game developer Big Huge Games Inc. has closed its doors after its parent company announced a company-wide layoff. 38 Studios, the faltering video game company owned former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling ...
Maryland Daily Record

How to Beat the Worst Video Game Ever Made
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Video Games Live to air on Sky Arts tonight | VG247
By Alex Donaldson
The concert series is intended to be a celebration of the music of video games, featuring soundtracks from titles including Zelda, God of War, Sonic, Warcraft, Castlevania, Civilization and of course Mario all played by a full orchestra. It's the ...
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Iconic Video Games Get The IRL Treatment | WebProNews
By Richard Stalker
The reality of how newer games are designed is that they want to get as close to reality as possible. Older games? It was an exercise in making the game fun, regardless of how it translated to real life. So when you say, “Ugh, why can't Pacman ...
WebProNews

Video Game Reviews | Max Payne 3 | RotoRob
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Max Payne 3 is a unique visual experience with an unremittingly dark storyline, Herija writes.
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Curt Schilling fires staff at video-game firm - One News Page
Curt Schilling fires staff at video-game firm: Curt Schilling fires staff of 300 in Rhode Island, which had given a $75 million loan guarantee to the video-game company. Curt Schilling fired staff with an e-mail that thanked them for dedication.
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I would like to share a concern about M-rated video games. ... EWU's Johnson gets to play 1 more year. The NCAA provided Eastern Washington University and Zach Johnson with some good news. New video game releases ...
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ZOMBIE PLAYGROUND - Incredible Geek Art and Video Game ...
By Venkman
Check out this incredibly cool art from Jason Chan for an independent video game concept called Zombie Playground. This is such a cool concept, and it spawned from a piece of art created a few years ago showing a group of kids taking out ...
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Ana Mardoll's Ramblings: Open Thread: Favorite Video Game Plot?
By Ana Mardoll
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