Video Game News

New NBA licensing deals

The NBA has signed new deals with five (!!!) publishers: Atari, EA, Take Two, Midway, and Sony.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=7564

Coffee Tycoon demo available

A demo is now available for "Coffee Tycoon":

http://d.trymedia.com/d/jamopolis/1h_pkg531/jamopolis_pr/CoffeeTycoonSetup.exe

"I of the Enemy" gets a publishing deal

"I of the Enemy" from Enemy Technology has been picked up by Matrix Games. Congrats to the folks at ET.

More about XBox power cables

I got my neato replacement cable with the circuit breaker a while back, but stories like this don't ease my fears for the safety of my saved games:

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=7519

Eidos update

The Eidos saga continues. Here's an update on activity surrounding the dying publisher:

Elevation Partners has made a cash bid for the company, which has been accepted: http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=7530

However, British publisher SCi has countered this with a higher offer of their own, but it's a stock swap: http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=7554

Schroder Investment Management has gotten behind the SCi offer: http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=7623

CAT Games and MLB launch Bush League Baseball

I haven't had a chance to try this one out yet, but it looks rather cool:

http://bushleague.mlb.com/

Next gen video game price hikes expected

Folks in the industry anticipate higher prices for games on the next generation of consoles:

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=7480

ELSPA requests government trade tampering

European trade association ELSPA is asking the UK government to interfere in the game industry in order to protect local UK publishers:

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=7500

Sony tries to salvage the PSX

You've gotta give Sony credit--they're certainly persistent:

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=7429

Sony to make another run at Australian mod chips

Sony plans to files more suits over mod chips in Australia, taking advantage of recent copyright changes there:

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=7432

Nintendo not dead yet

Looks like the Nintendo DS is selling well in the UK:

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=7396

Taskforce v1.01 Released

Cornutopia Software have announced the release of their premier strategy title Taskforce 1.01, now available from www.cornutopia.net.

Taskforce: The Mutants of October Morgane is a turn based strategy game that puts you in charge of an elite unit of soldiers. Your first mission is a seemingly ordinary hostage situation but it is not long before you encounter zombies and other strange beasts. The game is played out in a 3D polygon environment. Each mission is different, and any completed mission can be replayed as a single game. All missions include some random elements; from random start positions for the enemies to random arrangements of the maps.

Visit the Taskforce page on www.cornutopia.net for more information including the game download.

Nintendo VP talks about Revolution

Nintendo's Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Reggie Fils-Aime, talks about Revolution in an interview with 1UP:

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3138769

My advice to Nintendo would still be "sell the company to Microsoft for whatever they're offering", but even I *could* be wrong.

NVIDIA releases ForceWare Release 70

NVIDIA has released its ForceWare Release 70 drivers:

http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp

Naturally, the press release includes lots of silly hype about their 64-bit drivers for the new 64-bit edition of Windows. But don't expect any user-visible benefits from that one.

ESC charity site on eBay

The Entertainment Software Charity has set up an eBay shop to sell rare and import items. The proceeds will be used to fund whatever charities the folks at the ESC happen to like:

http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ25QQsassZescfund