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more about #industry XavierHarkonnen: haha i love Americans who say Obama is a socialist, or has marxist ideals when their left-wing party is FAR more conservative than Canada's conservati... more » Z Naught: Despite my love for video games, just wait until they put cash towards making video games to push marxist ideals. more » RedRaptor: Hmph. I'm not impressed - if anything, I hate Obama more now. He's just like every other politician - he'll bash something when it's beneficial, but i... more » deanbmmv: You know when I see a headline like that I expected news that Kotick had resigned :P (please don't kill me, its a joke) There was an ad in the ci... more » Bouzi...not a graphics whore!: Good thing it's not laundry day. As a wise little wallaby once said: "laundry day is a very dangerous day." more » Chewbenator: And all you people thought Obama was anti-gaming when he made some light remarks about how you should take video games in moderation. The sensational... more » mangs: Bush: See Cheney, I TOLD you we should have put Galaga machines in all the high schools... more » AnthonyHasGame: When it came to teaching my younger brother to read I used games like Pokemon and Paper Mario as trainers for him. A lot of fun games like this are si... more » Vecha: Xmas: This is great! I don't see how people can be afraid of games when there is so much potential. My little brother, who is in 9th grade, is doing great... more » Kcm117: i thought Obama wanted all the kids to get off their Xboxes and go outside? more » Zinger314: Good Day or Good PR? more » Foxstar is in love with Kotaku's two Brians.: So Howard has unleashed his "We will make money yet, please don't gut me like a fish and toss my dead body off of the top of the Tokyo Stock Exchange"... more » Wally Kockinhymer: My how the all mighty have fallen. Let's go back five years and make the suggestion that by the time the PS3 turns 3 it will have the least amount of... more » TSFMfest: It never ceases to amaze me that people get paid quite well to put together information packets like this that are so incredibly vague and devoid of a... more » 란: its unfortunate for sony that nintendo and microsoft has been making profit since launch more » Seth Roberson: And now we see exactly why Sony keeps talking about a 10 year plan... more » Dan Carew: Interestingly, the PS3's motion controller features six axes of motion sensing. I wonder if they'll name it something cool like sixaxis? more » Yossarian: Here's my plan. more » jayntampa: I wonder what they consider "Network Service" revenue? We can guess, but there is nothing here to define it ... I wonder if they mean revenue from the... more » Dr Durdon: That's the 5 year plan for profit. I was on the 5 year plan in college, and that's usually given a mental thumbs down. But I, too, changed majors af... more » -
#news
ESA: Today Is A "Very, Very Good Day" For The Gaming Industry
Video game developers can be the new astronauts, a beacon that inspires schoolchildren to love learning science and math, the head advocate for the gaming industry in the U.S., told Kotaku today, as he described President Obama's breakthrough education announcement.
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#ps3
Sony Outlines Gaming Turnaround, Sees PS3 Profitability in 2011
Sony's gaming division should start seeing profitability by the tail end of their 2010 fiscal year through cost reduction and "operational efficiencies", Sony Chief Executive Howard Stringer told a gathering of press and analysts today. More » -
#business
The Decline Of The Video Game Business, In Picture Form
For some reason, bad news is often made worse when delivered via picture. There's something about a steep decline on a chart that's worse than any collection of words a writer can manage. More » -
#rumor
PS3 PAIN Developers Hit With Lay-Offs?
The Colorado-based developers of Playstation 3 downloadable game Pain were hit with lay-offs today, sources at the company tell Kotaku. More » -
#weekendreader
Who's Responsible for the $60 Price Tag?
Just how did we get to $59.99 for the cost of a new game, anyway? Collusion? Happenstance? For a sector that mimics Hollywood's studio model, the answer is about as simple - and clear - as why tickets cost $10. More » -
#clips
The Changing Face Of Games Journalism
In this final season two episode of Players Only with Scott Steinberg, Crecente and Totilo join Oddworld's Lorne Lanning, Cliff Bleszinski, and many more as they discuss the evolution of games journalism. More » -
#russia
Russia Creates National Games Commission
By the end of October, Russia will have created a government sponsored trade organization for the games industry, and also hosted a national conference on the games industry, Gamasutra reports. More » -
#tombraider
Tomb Raider Co-Creator: Games Moving Toward Hollywood Business Model
Toby Gard, co-creator of Tomb Raider who left Crystal Dynamics earlier this month to become a consultant, gave an interview to GamesIndustry.Biz in which he said game development's going all Hollywood, and that's where he fits in. More » -
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#industry
Disney Buys Wideload Games, Lands Bungie Founder
Disney seems to be on a spending spree these days, picking up Marvel late last month and today buying Wideload Games. More » -
#ratings
FCC Report Praises Video Game Ratings
Remember how news about a week ago that the FCC was looking into a universal ratings system spooked the video game sector? Relax. A report delivered to Congress expresses a rather high opinion of how games are self-regulated. More » -
#legal
Hot Coffee Suit Pointed to Take-Two Duplicity Born of Financial Turmoil
Struggling to stay afloat, Take-Two decided to ship Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas with a sex scene in the game and later lied to investors to cover up their decision, according to the suit settled today. More » -
#marvel
Disney Will Reexamine Marvel Video Game Deals As They Expire
While Disney has been increasing their in-house video game development, the company doesn't feel a need to take over all Marvel game development in the future, company spokesmen told investors this morning. More » -
#ratings
Universal Ratings Raises Its Head Again, ESA Responds
A new form of universal ratings is making the rounds in D.C. this week, with the Federal Communication Commission kicking off an inquiry to decide whether to create a single rating system for TV, video games and cell phones, Bloomberg reports.
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#gallery
Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Insiders
In the original Work and Play, we posted a collection of photos of game developers and journalists' desks and game setups from around the world. We are thrilled to be revitalizing this project in our new gallery system with several new additions. More » -
#gallery
Work and Play: An Updated Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming's Greatest
More than a year ago we hosted a slew of photos showing off the work desks and gaming set-ups of the world's game developers. More » -
#sales
U.S. DSi Launch Sales Slower Than DS Lite
With the release of new Nintendo sales figures today, Kotaku was able to try and compare launch window sales for the DSi and DS Lite. I say try because as with many game platform launches things don't match up perfectly.
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#viacom
Poor Rock Band Sales Blamed For Declining Viacom Revenues
Viacom's second quarter 2009 financials dropped this morning, singling out lower than expected Rock Band sales as one of the primary causes of the company's 14% drop in revenue over the previous year. More » -
#ubisoft
Ubisoft Sees Sharp Drop in Sales, Blames Market, DS Piracy
Sales for Ubisoft's second quarter is expected to show a more than 50 percent drop from the same quarter last year, the publisher and developer announced today. More » -
#masayamatsuura
PaRappa Creator: East And West Should Not Be "Too Separate"
PaRappa the Rapper creator Masaya Matsuura is an international dude. Heck, he worked with American artist Rodney Greenblat to bring PaRappa to life. He knows the benefits of international collaboration. More » -
#industry
Midway: Newcastle Shut Down, Entire Staff Laid Off
Midway's UK studio was shut down this morning and all staff let go as the time to find a buyer for the studio behind Wheelman and Necessary Force ran out, a Midway spokesman told Kotaku today. More »
