Activision paid Infinity Ward over $493 million in bonuses since 2003
Hard numbers are starting to come out of the Activision v. Infinity Ward case as things continue to ramp up towards the actual trial, which is currently slated to take place next month. Specifically, Activision revealed during a hearing last Friday that it has paid out in excess of $493 million in ...
Carmageddon: Reincarnation hits $400k goal with 10 days to go
Carmageddon: Reincarnation reached its $400k funding goal on Kickstarter this morning, ten days before its deadline. The Stainless Games team posted a video (above) to their Kickstarter page celebrating the funding achievement, which was first announced on May 8. Since the project's announcement, ...
Get the Awesomenauts theme song for free now, soundtrack next week
The Awesomenauts theme song is made of the stuff of legend -- love, money and cheese -- and now it's available for free right here. Well, free as in it doesn't cost any cold, hard cash, but it does involve payment of a more modern kind: social network sharing. Anyone can download the theme song ...
THQ planning reverse stock split to avoid NASDAQ delisting
THQ filed plans with the SEC Friday for a June 29 stockholders meeting, where the company will propose a reverse stock split to avoid delisting from NASDAQ. In the filing, the company describes the need for the stock split to maintain the $1 per share minimum that NASDAQ requires for listing. THQ ...
New Gungnir screens show off battle scenes, dialogue
New screens from the upcoming strategy RPG game Gungnir show in-game battles and dialogue. The Sting-developed title will launch on June 12 for PSP. ...
Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is a stranger in a strange land
It's been quite a week, my friends. Not only is this my first ever Webcomic Wrapup, but I've been a member of Joystiq's staff for a mere ten days. In ten days, a lot can happen. Just this week, we witnessed the closure of 38 Studios and Big Huge Games. It was a spectacular mess. From the news came ...
WizOrb coming to PlayStation Minis this June
Generally, having a magical wizard in your pocket would either be incredibly uncomfortable for one (or both) of you, or prohibitively expensive. Wizard upkeep costs an arm and a leg as it is, and with the money you'd spend on the reagents needed to concoct a shrinking potion, you could buy an ...
Bang Bang Racing fires up new screens
The latest Bang Bang Racing screens show off a few of the 20 vehicles and nine tracks the downloadable title offers. Also: exploding barrels! The game hits PSN on June 5 (June 13 in Europe), XBLA on June 6, and PC/Steam on June 8. ...
Ubisoft addresses lack of split-screen co-op in Ghost Recon: Future Soldier
Living-room soldiers looking to team up with a real-life buddy for some Ghost Recon: Future Soldier couch co-op may be sorely disappointed once they discover that split-screen multiplayer doesn't exist for the game's campaign mode, despite various online retailers (including Ubisoft's own UbiShop) ...
Analyst: GTA V will launch in Q1 2013, sell 14 million copies
Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia is predicting big numbers for Grand Theft Auto V something fierce. Bhatia projects Grand Theft Auto V will debut during the first three months of 2013 and will pull in $700 million in revenue for Take-Two Interactive with 14 million copies sold over its launch ...
