"Organization design with these big teams and this open-source method of design is really part of game design," Verdu said, who believes that the days of the giant teams are over, even for EA. "Our teams are ramping down in terms of size, and we're giving them more time.
Bungie is working on a prototype IP that was kept afloat during the development of Halo 3, and its employees knew of the deal to divest from Microsoft well ahead of time, studio manager Harold Ryan recently admitted.
Casual games developer Beanbag Studios has acquired exclusive international rights to develop games based on the hit For Dummies series of how-to books.
Take Two Games has settled all U.S. class action lawsuits against it that arose as a result of the Hot Coffee modification for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Nollenberger Capital Partners analyst Todd Greenwald is predicting big things for Activision's new Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, going so far as to suggest that it may outsell Halo 3.
"Sorry to disturb you," he says, "but there's someone at the door."Why is he telling me this? At Shoot Club, you just walk in, like on a sitcom. You don't knock. You don't queue up. You don't wait to be announced. You just come in.
