SCE Worldwide Studios President Shuhei Yoshida has provided info as to why Vita owners in US and Europe will not be receiving a UMD transfer program similar to the one Japan has in place. Speaking with Wired , Yoshida cited two factors contributing to the decision: A more active market in Japan, and games generally running cheaper outside of it. "The system has been introduced in Japan, where ...

Imax Corp., the Canadian-based big screen entertainment and technology company, has hired Andrew Cripps to be president of its Europe, Middle East and Africa operations.

So far, 300,000 have played Tribes: Ascend in its closed beta state, Hi-Rez Studios COO Todd Harris revealed. But Hi-Rez wants more players and this Friday, the Tribes: Ascend beta will be open to all. Before the launch of the open beta, Hi-Rez will add some additional maps and customization options to Tribes: Ascend , plus a new game mode: Arena Deathmatch. These will all be added in a patch ...

It takes place sixty years after Amnesia: The Dark Descent at the turn of the twentieth century, yet the next game to carry the franchise's moniker will feel like familiar territory in one major respect: it is built to scare you senseless. It's six-o-clock in the morning. My tea jolts me awake. The street outside is silent. It's serene and peaceful all around me, until I call Frictional Games ...

Two weeks after revealing that Vita owners outside of Japan will not be able to convert their PSP UMD game collection into digital versions playable on Sony's new handheld, the company has provided an explanation for why it made that decision. It isn't particularly unreasonable, though it probably won't be of much consolation to those with extensive UMD collections who want access to those games ...