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Posts tagged “Video game industry”

1:46 p.m. yesterday

It's live! Microsoft rolls out new XBox One console

XBOX Microsoft, the top seller in U.S. consoles for more than two years, will face fresh competition from Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 4, scheduled for release near year-end, and Nintendo Co.'s Wii-U, introduced last November. It also must fend off a larger threat: companies including Apple, Facebook, Google Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. offering an array of entertainment services, software and products.

May 6

Premium Lock Huge crowd shows East Coast Game Conference becoming international draw

Having drawn a crowd of more than 1,300 people, the organizers of the East Coast Game Conference have big plans for the future while continuing to nurture the region's game industry. Troy Knight, one of the show's co-founders, talks about future plans and the state of the Triangle gaming industry today.

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April 30

Premium Lock Epic confirms working with well-known producer on 'Gears' movie

A spokesperson for Cary-based Epic tells WRALTechWire that the videogame company is in fact working with a big-name producer in another attempt to take "Gears of War" to movie screens.

"Gears" may still someday be a movie "Gears" may still someday be a movie

April 30

Premium Lock 'Gears of War' may finally go to big screen if new deal works out

After years of talks and a deal that fell through with the "Lord of the Rings' director, Cary-based Epic Games may be nearing a deal with Hollywood for a feature film about "Gears of War." And the producer is a big name, says Hollywood's Variety.

A Gears movie coming at last? A Gears movie coming at last?

Updated April 29

Premium Lock Inside Triangle videogame industry: What developers need to hear in tough times

A record crowd turns out for the fifth annual East Coast Game Conference in Raleigh, but attendees hear the truth about surviving in the rough-and-tumble industry. WRALTechWire Insider Joe Procopio gets the real story beyond the hype of the Triangle's videogame industry hub.

Attendees search for jobs, insight at ECGC Attendees search for jobs, insight at ECGC

Updated April 26

Epic Games' top marketer Kendall Boyd leaves for Microsoft post

Epic Games Marketing director Kendall Boyd has left Epic Games for Microsoft. Find out what he'll be doing at at Microsoft.

April 25

Microsoft unveiling new Xbox May 21?; game sales slide; Zynga slips

xBox 360 Microsoft Corp. plans a "special unveiling" related to the Xbox, suggesting that the world's biggest software maker use the event to introduce the latest version of its game console. Meanwhile, game industry sales fell in March, according to NPD.

April 24

Premium Lock If ex-Epic creative guru Cliff Bleszinki starts a video game studio, it will be in NC

"This is the south and some people have concerns about the south, but this isn't your grandfather's rebel flag south," says former Epic Games creative executive Cliff Bleszinski. "This is the new south and ... I believe it's going to evolve into ultimately a burgeoning video game hub."

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April 23

Premium Lock East Coast Game Conference focusing on careers, Triangle job market

East Coast Game Conference For the first time, the fifth annual East Coast Game Conference is unveiling a career track for participants to provide insights on what they need to know to break into this fast-growing industry.

Updated April 10

Premium Lock Former Epic Games exec Rod Fergusson on move again

Gears of War producers TechWireGamer: Rod Fergusson, a former producer at Epic Games who left last year to join Irrational Games, has quit that company and is looking for another opportunity.

Updated April 2

Premium Lock Epic embraces emerging technology to support virtual reality

With development kits for virtual reality technology from Iculus shipping to game makers around the world this week, an Oculus-read version of Epic's Unreal Development Kit (UDK) will be included.

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Updated April 2

Premium Lock Epic Games expands empire with growing Unreal engine business

The Cary-based game development company continues to flex its growing muscles in the video game industry beyond the "Gears of War" franchise with continued refinements and more uses for the Unreal game development engine.

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March 26

Premium Lock Under new owner, Escapist aims to be a bigger 'mouth' for gamers

Durham-based The Escapist, which touts itself as the "mouthpiece of the gaming generation." aims to make its web site and entertainment offerings even bigger under the ownership of Alloy Digital.

The Escapist - "mouthpiece for the gaming generation" The Escapist - "mouthpiece for the gaming generation"

Updated March 18

Premium Lock EA's CEO Riccitiello stepping down; successor search underway

Electronic Arts Electronic Arts' CEO leaves as EA and other traditional video game companies struggle to adjust to a world where consumers turn to mobile devices and cheap or free online games instead of buying expensive packaged titles.

March 18

Premium Lock Writing the tale: Getting the back story on new Gears

Writer Rob Auten takes WRALTechWire inside the new "Gears of War: Judgment," which launches Tuesday. Epic Games turned to new writers for the fourth title in its $1 billion franchise, and one of them tells his side of the "Judgment" story.

"Baird" in new Gears "Baird" in new Gears

Updated March 14

Premium Lock Going into battle with new 'Gears of War: Judgment'

Epic Games is pushing the single player experience forward with "Gears of War: Judgment," a prequel set 15 years before the original game. The latest title in the $1 billion franchise for the Cary-based company hits stores March 19. WRALTechWire gets an inside look.

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Updated March 8

Premium Lock Former Epic Games president ends advisory role with company

Tech Wire Gamer: Michael Capps announces on his Facebook page that he is parting all company ties with Epic Games where he had served as president.

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Updated March 7

Premium Lock Launch video touts 'blood, gore' - New Gears of War nears

Tech Wire Gamer: Epic Games and Microsoft unleashed the launch video trailer for the new "Gears of War" title that goes on sale March 19. Viewers and players beware: "Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Strong Language" ahead.

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Updated March 6

Premium Lock Video games might offer emotional benefit to seniors, NCSU study says

Tech Wire Gamer: Video games might have a new, untapped demographic - the elderly. Research from North Carolina State University finds that older adults who played video games reported higher levels of emotional well-being.

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February 28

Premium Lock Epic Games co-founder, wife invest in Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes Logo Tech Wire Gamer: Mark Rein, co-founder and vice president of Cary-based Epic Games, and his wife, Tara Rein, and Chuck Hammel, president and owner of PITT OHIO, a Pittsburgh-based trucking company, are among the new investors in the NHL Carolina Hurricanes.

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