Video Game Business Grows Wary of Hollywood (Reuters)
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Video Game Business Grows Wary of
Hollywood
Video Game Business Grows Wary of
Hollywood
05/23/2004 04:32 PMBoston Globe May 23 2004 7:19PM GMT
Hollywood Interest in Video Games Grows
(AP)
Hollywood Interest in Video Games Grows
(AP)
05/15/2004 09:33 PMAP - The video game industry was once an afterthought in Hollywood, at
most an ancillary source of revenue like action figures. The people
passionately developing the computer-based form of entertainment were
seen as dorks compared with the celebrities. Not anymore.
Hollywood Interest in Video Games Grows
Hollywood Interest in Video Games Grows
05/15/2004 11:15 PMAP via Daily Press May 16 2004 3:42AM GMT
Video Game Makers Go Hollywood. Uh-Oh.
Video Game Makers Go Hollywood. Uh-Oh.
08/21/2004 06:49 PMSeeking to establish the medium as a mass market form of entertainment
instead of a niche technology, the game industry has taken the
playbook of the movie business.
Video Game Makers Go Hollywood. Uh-Oh
Video Game Makers Go Hollywood. Uh-Oh
08/21/2004 06:54 PMNew York Times Aug 21 2004 10:39PM GMT
Number of video game degrees grows
Number of video game degrees grows
12/28/2004 12:50 PMChicago Tribune Dec 28 2004 3:25PM GMT
SAG/AFTRA video game strike on the way
for Hollywood?
SAG/AFTRA video game strike on the way
for Hollywood?
04/14/2005 12:47 PMXeni Jardin:
Here in Hollywood today, the top story in
Daily Variety: is a
video game labor strike by the entertainment industry's two actors'
unions imminent? As recent releases like
Grand Theft Auto: San
Andreas demonstrate, big names are becoming a must-have for
game titles. Voice talent in GTA:SA included James Woods, Samuel L.
Jackson, Peter Fonda, and the blogosphere's own
Wil Wheaton.
The Screen Actors Guild and AFTRA are in a critical, final stretch of
negotiations with a group of major vidgame publishers, all of which
have come to rely on union talent for increasingly cinematic -- and
lucrative -- vidgames. The last contract covered Electronic Arts, some
70 other big gaming companies agreed to its terms.
Present contract, currently in its second extension, is set to expire
on Friday, and there will not be a third extension, setting the stage
for a potential work stoppage. Complicating matters: Unlike the film
and TV companies, which have a long history of collective bargaining
and an org that represents them, vidgamers are relatively disorganized
and new to the idea of bargaining with labor. "It's 50/50 right now,"
said an insider. "It really could go either way."
(...)A strike would most affect the industry with regard to the use of
big names. From Clint Eastwood to Vin Diesel to Heather Graham and
even Marlon Brando in EA's "Godfather" adaptation, A-list talent is
turning from a rarity to a must-have in the vidgame
world.
Kudos to my pal and former colleague
Ben Fritz, who broke this
report for
Variety today.
Link (
paid subscribers only --
arrrrrgh!)
Designerskins.com console skins are
selected by Hollywood Video’s Game Crazy
unit for retail sales.
Designerskins.com console skins are
selected by Hollywood Video’s Game Crazy
unit for retail sales.
09/16/2004 03:18 AMDesigenrskins.com the world leader in console skins, and Nuby
Technologies, Inc. brings many of their hot new gaming title skins to
market. These fresh new skins will be sold at participating Hollywood
video’s Game Crazy retail stores. [PRWEB Sep 16, 2004]
Planetwide Games to Host "Golden Launch"
Event For RYL: Path of the Emperor Video
Game at Digital Hollywood
Planetwide Games to Host "Golden Launch"
Event For RYL: Path of the Emperor Video
Game at Digital Hollywood
03/29/2005 02:19 PMPlanetwide Games will hold an official Golden Launch event at Digital
Hollywood, March 30, 2005 in Santa Monica, CA for RYL: Path of the
Emperor, a Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG),
which recently announced a $1,000,000 Grand Prize skill-based Player
vs. Player tournament within the game. [PRWEB Mar 29, 2005]
Away on Business: On-Line Booking Grows
(Reuters)
Away on Business: On-Line Booking Grows
(Reuters)
02/14/2004 09:15 AMReuters - For many business travelers planning a
trip still means reaching for a telephone instead of
keyboarding onto the Internet.
Hollywood still wary of Microsoft
Hollywood still wary of Microsoft
08/16/2004 05:52 PMFor a while now Microsoft has tried to get into the 'Hollywood'
market. By opening up its WMP9 codec and by making deals with popular
movie industries like Disney. Even after all of this Microsoft isn't
being welcomed with opened arms, and with good reason as the movie
industry continues to keep its suspicion on high alert.
In the past Microsoft’s business practices where questionable at best,
but since then Microsoft has developed new and better practices that
everyone will agree are better in at least one way or another. Still
Hollywood maintains caution when dealing with a company as powerful as
Microsoft. According to the Associated Press Hollywood maintains two
fears about Microsoft. The first fear is that Microsoft could buy out
the companies, while the second fear is that the PC market would hurt
the movie industry as it did the music industry. Not everybody agrees
with the movie industry. In fact Microsoft already has licensees for
its Windows Media digital rights software for Walt Disney, AOL, Dell
Inc., Samsung, and Movielink LLC. Proof that other companies are
willing to be the first to enter the new digital market.
The fact of the matter is the PC is the future, and like or not the
movement is coming. This can already been seen with the music
industry, but don't expect the movie industry to effected the same
way. Especially right now with the current size of digital movies,
but eventually both the movie and music industry will come to rely on
the PC. As time goes on the movie industry will probably warm up to
Microsoft (especially with its market share). Who knows in this time
frame other companies might come out with an even better format. I
guess well just have to wait and see where the movie industry is going
to go.
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Delays Hurt Video Game Business
02/13/2004 07:52 PMVideo Game Business Garnering Star Power
(AP)
Video Game Business Garnering Star Power
(AP)
05/18/2004 07:39 AMAP - The video game industry was once an afterthought in Hollywood, at
most an ancillary source of revenue like action figures. The people
passionately developing the computer-based form of entertainment were
seen as dorks compared with the celebrities. Not anymore.
Video game business garnering star power
Video game business garnering star power
05/18/2004 11:39 AMBoston Globe May 18 2004 3:20PM GMT
U.S. Election: the Video Game (Reuters)
U.S. Election: the Video Game (Reuters)
06/03/2004 08:38 AMReuters - The typical video game calls for
shooting aliens, racing cars and beating enemies into
submission, but publisher Ubi Soft Entertainment has decided
gamers may also enjoy stumping for votes at a nursing home
somewhere in Ohio.
Colleges Offering Video Game Studies
(Reuters)
Colleges Offering Video Game Studies
(Reuters)
05/12/2004 08:35 AMReuters - Playing video games is no longer
just a pastime of young boys. Now it's also homework for
American college students.
Eidos and Former Developer to Spar in
Video Game War (Reuters)
Eidos and Former Developer to Spar in
Video Game War (Reuters)
02/12/2004 11:29 AMReuters - A high-stakes video game battle has
erupted on the virtual soccer pitches of Britain, with an
independent British game developer announcing on Thursday it
will go head-to-head with former business partner Eidos.
Hackers Add Web, Chat to PSP Video Game
Player (Reuters)
Hackers Add Web, Chat to PSP Video Game
Player (Reuters)
04/05/2005 02:14 PMReuters - Sony Corp.'s (6758.T) new
PlayStation Portable is turning into a great tool for Web
browsing, comics reading and online chat -- and it also happens
to play video games, movies and music, if you prefer that sort
of thing.
Ubisoft to Publish U.S. Election Video
Game (Reuters)
Ubisoft to Publish U.S. Election Video
Game (Reuters)
06/02/2004 06:16 PMReuters - The typical video game calls for
shooting aliens, racing cars and beating enemies into
submission, but publisher Ubi Soft Entertainment has decided
gamers may also enjoy stumping for votes at a nursing home
somewhere in Ohio.
Microsoft Cancels 'Mythica' PC Video
Game (Reuters)
Microsoft Cancels 'Mythica' PC Video
Game (Reuters)
02/13/2004 06:37 PMReuters - Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O) has
canceled the development of "Mythica," an online PC
role-playing game centered in Norse mythology, and up to 40
developers may be laid off as a result, Microsoft Game Studios
said.
Business wary of SP2
Business wary of SP2
04/04/2005 01:17 PMvnunet.com Apr 4 2005 5:11PM GMT
EA Video Game 'Madden' Tops 1.3 Million
First Week (Reuters)
EA Video Game 'Madden' Tops 1.3 Million
First Week (Reuters)
08/19/2004 11:06 PMReuters - "Madden NFL 2005," the latest
version of Electronic Arts Inc.'s (ERTS.O) pro football video
game franchise, sold more than 1.3 million copies in its first
week of release, the company said on Thursday, citing internal
figures.
EMI Sues Electronic Arts Over Video Game
Music (Reuters)
EMI Sues Electronic Arts Over Video Game
Music (Reuters)
04/22/2004 02:58 PMReuters - EMI Group Plc, one of the world's
largest music companies, has filed a federal lawsuit against
Electronic Arts Inc., the world's largest video game publisher,
over claims of copyright infringement in EA's highly successful
sports games.
Violent Video Game Sales Decline -
Report (Reuters)
Violent Video Game Sales Decline -
Report (Reuters)
01/27/2004 01:46 PMReuters - As local and national politicians
rail against what they say is the proliferation of violent
video games, industry researchers and executives said on Monday
that sales of "Mature"-rated games declined as a percentage of
total game sales in 2003.
Video Game Sales Seen Pausing After
Record 2003 (Reuters)
Video Game Sales Seen Pausing After
Record 2003 (Reuters)
08/31/2004 07:26 PMReuters - Video game sales soared to a record
$18.2 billion last year, but the days of strong growth are on
pause as players await a new generation of consoles in 2005 and
2006, a new study showed on Wednesday.
Japan-U.S. Divide Splits Video Game
Industry (Reuters)
Japan-U.S. Divide Splits Video Game
Industry (Reuters)
05/15/2004 08:47 AMReuters - When Konami Corp.'s U.S. sales
staff was asked to bring the off-beat, Japanese video game
"Dance Dance Revolution" to American homes, they balked at the
prospect of a costly flop, out of touch with local tastes.
Video Game Sales Fall 3 Percent -
Analysts (Reuters)
Video Game Sales Fall 3 Percent -
Analysts (Reuters)
05/18/2004 01:09 PMReuters - Sales of video game software fell 3
percent in the United States in April, but sales of Microsoft
Corp.'s (MSFT.O) Xbox game console more than doubled after a
price cut, financial analysts said on Tuesday.
Sega to Co-Publish 'Matrix Online' Video
Game (Reuters)
Sega to Co-Publish 'Matrix Online' Video
Game (Reuters)
05/10/2004 07:29 AMReuters - The U.S. arm of Japanese video game
publisher Sega Corp. (7964.T) on Monday said it has struck a
deal with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment to co-publish
an online game based on the "Matrix" movies.
Wal-Mart Ranks Last in Video Game
Pricing Survey (Reuters)
Wal-Mart Ranks Last in Video Game
Pricing Survey (Reuters)
05/05/2004 06:40 PMReuters - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT.N), the
world's largest retailer, has built its reputation as the
discounting price-leader on a broad range of products, but a
new report suggest it is being undercut by rivals when it comes
to video games.
Sequels Shine as Video Game Industry
Gathers in LA (Reuters)
Sequels Shine as Video Game Industry
Gathers in LA (Reuters)
05/09/2004 02:17 PMReuters - This week, the video game industry
will descend on Los Angeles, along with a motley cast of
zombies, aliens and the like.
Judge Strikes Down Washington Video Game
Sales Law (Reuters)
Judge Strikes Down Washington Video Game
Sales Law (Reuters)
07/15/2004 08:13 PMReuters - A federal judge struck down a
Washington state law designed to restrict the sale of violent
video games to minors on Thursday, saying that such
restrictions violated free speech rights, court documents
showed.
Calif. Video Game Bills Fail in
Committee (Reuters)
Calif. Video Game Bills Fail in
Committee (Reuters)
04/13/2004 06:28 PMReuters - Two bills designed to restrict the
access of minors to violent video games on Tuesday failed to
clear a committee of California's state Assembly, killing them
for 2004 unless the committee changes its mind.
Video Game Industry Switching on to Cell
Phones (Reuters)
Video Game Industry Switching on to Cell
Phones (Reuters)
06/03/2004 02:02 PMReuters - Koichi Okamoto's phone rings.
Looking at the email message that appears on his mobile phone,
Okamoto smiles and shakes his head.
the hollywood home game
the hollywood home game
06/26/2004 12:39 PMIt is absolutely
killing me that I can't talk about playing in
the WPT Hollywood Home Game last night.
I'll have to save the specifics for the forthcoming story (working
title: "lying in hollywood") but I think I can safely say (without
violating any of the NDAs I signed) that I had an incredibly good time
. . .
Read the full entry @ WWdN!Game Industry Not Bigger Than Hollywood
Game Industry Not Bigger Than Hollywood
12/22/2004 01:19 AMVideo Games And Hollywood Already On The
Rocks?
Video Games And Hollywood Already On The
Rocks?
05/24/2004 12:27 PMOver the last year or so there's been a tremendous amount of hype
about how video games were "going Hollywood," as the various video
game companies worked out deals to tie together new movies with new
video games and new video games with new movies. There were stories
about video games grossing more money than movies, and how movies were
now being filmed with the video games in mind (including extra footage
shot just for the video games). Now, however, just like a good
Hollywood marriage, some are wondering if
the relationship between video
games and Hollywood is on the rocks already. Many gamers are
finding that the games that are coming out based on movies aren't
particularly original, fun or interesting (sounds like a lot of
Hollywood movies as well...). Also, just because either the original
movie or video game has a huge following, there's no guarantee that
the corresponding video game or movie will be nearly as successful.
Of course, at this point, it's unlikely that we're going to see any
less of a relationship between the two industries, but at least the
honeymoon period appears to be over.
Hollywood meets Video Conferencing
Hollywood meets Video Conferencing
06/16/2004 02:01 AM
Since I haven't used any videochat software, let alone multiway
video conferencing
system (MVCS), I am not sure if a brief inspiration I had this
afternoon is implemented
or not. The inspiration was to enhance the MVCS experience by
emulating what
movie directors do to help the audience follow conversations in
movies. It's
Hollywood meets video conferencing.
This is how I see the system working. When a person (A)
speaks, the view changes
to A. When another person (B) breaks in, the view switches to
B, but the view
will briefly switch back to (A) several times while B is
speaking. When
B finishes, the view switches back to A. When A doesn't
respond immediately,
the view switches to show other attendents intelligently.The intent
here
is to catch the facial reactions to weave the conversations
into a drama so the
system remembers the interaction history like who spoke when, in
reaction to whom,
for how long, etc. When two people talk at the same
time, the screen is
divided into two parts to minimize the ping-pong effect.
Questions are also
detected and 'the camera' scans the likely 'suspects' for
reactions.
Brief overlaying of textual information about the person on the
screen commonly seen
in detective TV shows should be also useful when participants are
not familiar with
each other (i.e. community meeting with 1000 attendents).
It's smartly done
based on whether it helps the viewer or not.
Lastly and appropriately going overboard, dramatic sounds can be
injected either automatically
or by participants like sounds of suspense or those funny sounds
talkshow DJs like
to use (video-smileys?). Appropriate video clips (i.e. Three
Stooges or Groucho
Marx) can also be injected similarly by the moderator or
attendence.
While I think it is unlikely someone haven't thought of this
before, I thought the
idea was interesting enough to share, just in case.
Music video made with Soul Calibur video
game footage
Music video made with Soul Calibur video
game footage
07/19/2004 01:32 AM
Dance, Voldo, Dance is a music video made by synchronizing the
movements of gladiators from the game Soul Calibur with a dance track,
so that they appear to be getting down with their nasty selves to the
music. It's quite good!
11.2 MB Quicktime
Link
(
via Waxy)
Hollywood's Interest in Video Games
Grows (AP)
Hollywood's Interest in Video Games
Grows (AP)
05/17/2004 07:29 AMAP - The video game industry was once an afterthought in Hollywood, at
most an ancillary source of revenue like action figures. The people
passionately developing the computer-based form of entertainment were
seen as dorks compared with the celebrities. Not anymore.
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