Neowin News Feed for: Studios

ID@Xbox has generated over $500 million in sales since launch

Gurkaran Singh — Sun, 22 Oct 2017 18:40:01 +0000

In an unprecedented feat, Halo's premier program for indie developers has amassed over half a billion dollars in sales since its launch in 2013. Most of the games Xbox showed at E3 were indie titles. Read more...

Amazon opens movie studio, offers prizes

Alan Cone — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 22:59:43 +0000

Amazon originally started out as no more than a simple web-based store for general goods. Today, it seems that Amazon has expanded so much as to be the end all source for services and goods.... Read more...

Electronic Arts to Buy BioWare Corp. and Pandemic Studios

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 04:09:18 +0000

Video game developer Electronic Arts Incorporated has announced plans to pay up to $775 million in cash and stock to acquire two software studios from Elevation Partners: BioWare Corporation and Pandemic Studios. Together, the studios... Read more...

Microsoft and Bungie Studios to Evolve Relationship

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 21:09:13 +0000

Microsoft Corp. today announced a plan for Bungie Studios, the developers of the "Halo®" franchise, to embark on a path to become an independent company. Microsoft will retain an equity interest in Bungie, at the... Read more...

EU Asks Studios About Rival HD Formats

Tue, 03 Jul 2007 19:39:49 +0000

The European Commission has asked several Hollywood studios to explain why they have chosen either the Blu-ray disc or the HD DVD format for movie discs to see if they are breaking EU rules that... Read more...

Wal-Mart signs all six studios to new service, beating Jobs

Tue, 06 Feb 2007 18:08:36 +0000

Wal-Mart has officially entered the commercial download video business with more ammo than Apple's iTunes: all six major Hollywood studios. Apple has only Disney as a full partner, with Paramount only testing the waters but... Read more...

Studios Approve DVD Burning Technology

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 22:20:22 +0000

Thanks to Hum for posting this in BPN. Sonic Solutions has announced Qflix: a studio-approved system to prevent piracy. It uses Content Scramble System (CSS) encryption. But wait! It hasn't been cracked (yet) and is... Read more...

Bethesda & Zombie Studios Creating "Rogue Warrior"

Todd Tanner — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 01:28:28 +0000

Thanks to Voodoo Extreme for the scoop. Bethesda and Zombie Studios will announce fairly soon (November 1st to be exact), a new FPS game in the style of Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter named... Read more...

Microsoft Game Studios Acquires Lionhead Studios

Marcel Klum — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 19:39:55 +0000

REDMOND, Wash. — April 6, 2006 — Microsoft Game Studios (MGS) today announced it has purchased U.K.-based Lionhead Studios, one of the world's leading and most innovative video game developers and creators of "Fable®," the... Read more...

Sony Establishes SCE Worldwide Studios

Wed, 14 Sep 2005 19:48:19 +0000

Sony has today announced the formation of SCE Worldwide Studios in order to 'accelerate the creation of global hit titles and be responsible for creative, technical and strategic direction setting of development and production of... Read more...

Warner Bros. Studios and Microsoft To Release HD-DVD Titles

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 16:04:40 +0000

Today at the National Association of Broadcasters convention, NAB2005, Warner Bros. Studios and Microsoft Corp. announced their plans to collaborate on the release of a broad range of next-generation HD DVD discs using Windows Media®... Read more...

UK studios already working with PlayStation 3 dev kits

Tue, 22 Mar 2005 02:03:28 +0000

Britsoft developers get their first glimpse at Sony's next-gen plans in the flesh Several studios in the UK are already working with development hardware for the next-generation PlayStation console, GamesIndustry.biz has learned,... Read more...

Atari closes two studios, announces poor Q3 results

Todd Tanner — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 19:25:05 +0000

Atari this week reported decreased revenues for its fiscal third quarter and announced its decision to close publishing studios located in Santa Monica, California and Beverly, Massachusetts as part of what President and CEO Jim... Read more...

Toshiba Wins Support for HD DVD from 4 Film Studios

Mon, 29 Nov 2004 15:18:49 +0000

Toshiba Corp. said on Monday it had won support for the HD DVD optical disc standard from Warner Bros. Studios, Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures and New Line Cinema, advancing its cause in the battle for... Read more...

Hollywood Studios Sue Movie Downloaders/Swappers

Wed, 17 Nov 2004 10:35:34 +0000

Following the lead of record companies suing small-time song-swappers, The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is representing several Hollywood movie studios in the first wave of lawsuits against individuals who have downloaded and/or are... Read more...

Former Acclaim boss in rescue bid for UK studios

Thu, 30 Sep 2004 22:48:53 +0000

Rod Cousens, formerly CEO of now-bankrupt publisher Acclaim, is believed to be at the helm of a plan to acquire the company's UK studios and build a new publisher utilising some of Acclaim's major brands... Read more...

Sony signs exclusive deal with Evolution Studios

Mon, 16 Aug 2004 13:53:14 +0000

An exclusive publishing deal wioth Evolution Studios has been announced by SCEE. The UK-based developers of World Rally Championship will see the firm working exclusively on Sony Platforms. The Cheshire-based studio is currently working on... Read more...

Microsoft Game Studios to Give $25,000 to Best Zoo

Tue, 03 Aug 2004 15:47:21 +0000

In preparing to release Zoo Tycoon 2 for the PC, Microsoft Game Studios today announced that it is searching for "America's Favorite Zoo," and will give $25,000 to the zoo that gets the most votes... Read more...

Movie Studios Allow Some Video Copying

Wed, 14 Jul 2004 14:48:54 +0000

A couple of months ago 321 Studios was told to stop producing/distributing its DVD copying software. This decision came from U.S. District Court Judge Susan Illston after siding with the movie studios. Now... Read more...

Day 1 Studios grabs key Microsoft Game Studios exec

Sun, 11 Jul 2004 05:35:30 +0000

Jon Kimmich hops from Microsoft to a key Xbox partner Jogn Kimmich has announced that he will be leaving the company to join Day 1 Studios. 1 Studios is known for their... Read more...

Sega development studios return to the fold

Tue, 29 Jun 2004 15:08:46 +0000

Sega's most visible sign to re-integrate its development subsidiaries back into the main company has come in the form of the closure of the studios' individual website, which as happened this week. Both Hitmaker and... Read more...

321 Studios close to shutting down

Michael Stanclift — Thu, 17 Jun 2004 07:36:39 +0000

Faced with a new set of lawsuits, prominent DVD and game copying software company 321 Studios may be nearing the end of its short and tumultuous life, Chief Executive Robert Moore said Wednesday. ... Read more...

Sega Reintegrates Development Studios

Wed, 19 May 2004 20:43:32 +0000

Following on the heels of its announcement of plans to join with Sammy Corporation as subsidiaries of a single holding company, Sega today announced that it will reintegrate seven of its independent development subsidiaries back... Read more...

321 Studios is calling for fair use with '5 days of protest'

Sun, 29 Feb 2004 09:13:46 +0000

321 Studios has complied with a Friday deadline and are now offering their software online without a descrambling tool. A California judge ruled on February 20 that the DVD X Copy software was in violation... Read more...

Westwood Studios closure confirmed

Michael Stanclift — Thu, 30 Jan 2003 17:27:09 +0000

HomeLAN has more information on the closings of both Westwood Studios and EA Pacific as announced by Electronic Arts earlier today. EA's Vice-President of Corporate Communications Jeff Brown told HomeLAN this evening in a phone... Read more...

Movie studios tout first DVD bust in US

Sat, 23 Mar 2002 04:47:38 +0000

A rogue DVD-burning lab was shut down by law enforcement in New York on Friday, the first time that's happened in the United States, according to the movie studios' trade association. The... Read more...