Most recording artists would love to have their music available on MTV Networks' Rock Band videogame. But MTV's Harmonix unit, the developer of Rock Band, simply hasn't had the time or staff to program the vast number of songs it would like to include in the game.
That's about to change. Later this year, MTV plans to launch a groundbreaking initiative called the Rock Band...
Microsoft Corp. said Thursday it settled a patent-infringement suit in which a New York company was demanding $90 million in royalties on the Xbox video game system.
Financial terms weren't disclosed, Microsoft spokesman David Bowermaster said, adding that it was an "amicable agreement." The settlement cuts short a trial that started this week over the suit, filed by closely held PalTalk Holdings...
Last week we reported on the Pirate Bay Copyright Test Case beginning in Sweden.
Today, the latest news suggests that lawyers and Hollywood companies are leaning to demanding jail time for the four defendants in the trial. Pictured below, Pirate Bay defendant Peter Sunde speaks to reporters.
The prosecution is reportedly seeking at least a year in prison for each...
Update: There are 8 stages in total and 7 authors on the LittleBigContra team. You can find them on the PlayStation Network as follows: Jungle: MisterAnderson - PSN: Leonidas2123, Base 1: Orz- PSN: SaitoHalifax, Waterfall: PSN - RyanardoDavinci, Base 2: Orz- PSN: SaitoHalifax, Snowfield: PSN: NinjaMicWZ, Energy Zone: El_Beefo - PSN: El_Beefo, Hangar: Jaeyden - PSN: Jaeyden, and Alien's...
Sony, Nintendo, and Nokia are currently infringing on patents related to the connectivity of handheld gaming devices, a new complaint says.
To quote: A court filing obtained by Edge from February 13 shows that Plano, Tex.-based Wall Wireless LLC is suing Sony, Nintendo, Nokia and related companies including Sony Computer Entertainment America and Nintendo of America for...
D'oh! It looks like Marvel Comics is joining the bandwagon in fortifying their defenses against copyright infringement in LittleBigPlanet. Apparently, Marvel has been hounding Sony to start moderating user-created customized Sackboy costumes that take from the Marvel universe.
We're not sure if this already applies in-game, but as far as the LittleBigWorkshop is concerned,...
A Michigan-based networking company on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against Google, Microsoft, and Apple, alleging that all three tech giants violated a patent it owns on the use of document preview icons (thumbnails) in operating systems.
In the suit (PDF), Cygnus Systems targets Google's Chrome, Microsoft's Vista and Internet Explorer 8, and Apple's iPhone, Safari, and Mac OS X as...
The Little Big Planet team addressed some of the biggest little issues facing the game in an interview with IGN, from copyright infringement to talk of a sequel. Despite reportedly slow sales, Media Molecule is optimistic about their numbers so far.
"There's all these different reasons that you could be disappointed with the sales and look at it that way, or you can say we kept...
As a follow-up to Media Molecule Dev Sam_Protagonist's LittleBigPlanet 'Moderated' level clarification yesterday, today SCEE has released an official Press Release on the subject as follows:
Press Release: Sony Computer Entertainment and Media Molecule would like to thank everyone in the LittleBigPlanet online community for an amazing start! So far a staggering 84,000 individual levels have...