Get a whiff of this. Epic-Scents — a fragrance company — has announced that it has partnered Capcom, acquiring license rights to develop fragrances for Capcom’s iconic characters. Read more »
Valve on Tuesday announced Steam Greenlight, a new feature that enlists the Steam community’s collective help in selecting some of the next games to be released on Steam. Read more »
Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) has announced that it entered into an agreement to acquire Gaikai, the world’s leading interactive cloud-based gaming company, for approximately US$380 million. Read more »
Aalto Executive Education, the Singapore office of Finland’s Aalto University, will on Thursday hold a briefing for an upcoming learning and exploratory tour of Finland’s game industry. Read more »
The Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) officially launched a website dedicated to Singapore-made games at the E3 games expo last week. Read more »
CBS Interactive (CBSi) — better known in the gaming world for GameSpot — announced on Tuesday partnerships with tournament organiser Major League Gaming (MLG) and video broadcaster TwitchTV. Read more »
Activision Blizzard has been sued by Worlds Inc. for allegedly infringing a patent related to virtual worlds, GamesIndustry reports. Read more »
The PlayStation Network will be renamed to the Sony Entertainment Network on 8 February (US time), according an email detailing changes in terms of service sent by Sony Network Entertainment International to users with US PSN accounts. Read more »
It seems that THQ is in deep trouble. The game publisher recently confirmed that “up to 240 jobs” will be cut from various departments in their SEC filing, in accordance with their new “restructuring plan”. Read more »
Razer announced yesterday that it has raised US$50 million (S$65 million) in venture capital to invest in technology, expand and innovate on its portfolio of designs. Or in other words, to make more mice, keyboard, mouse mats, headsets and laptops to sell to you. Read more »
