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Film Studios, RealNetworks Spar Over DVD Copier

RealNetworks and major film studios on Tuesday squared off in a legal battle over a new product allowing consumers to make computer copies of DVDs that the studios claim is illegal.

Film studios cry foul over DVD copying product

Technology company RealNetworks and major film studios have squared off in a legal battle over a new product allowing consumers to make computer copies of DVDs, a product that the studios claim is illegal.

Film studios, RealNetworks battle over DVD copying

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Technology company RealNetworks and major film studios on Tuesday squared off in a legal battle over a new product allowing consumers to make computer copies of DVDs that the studios claim is illegal.

Movie Studios Try To Block DVD Copying Software

RealNetworks Inc. was sued on Tuesday by Hollywood’s six major movie studios. The lawsuit is an attempt to try and block the company from distributing DVD copying software that the studios believe will allow consumers to copy DVDs outright.

Ensemble Studios news

Earlier this month, we learned the surprising news that Microsoft would be shutting down Ensemble Studios -- the venerable developer behind the long-running Age of Empires series -- after they finish work on the upcoming Halo Wars. Now, in a new blog post, Ensemble Studios boss Bruce Shelley breaks his silence and gives his take on Microsoft's decision.

Ensemble Studios' Canceled Project Was Halo MMO

simoniker writes "Following the recent announcement that Microsoft-owned Age Of Empires creator Ensemble Studios would close after the completion of Halo Wars, Gamasutra has discovered that a now-canceled Halo MMO was in development at the studio, unearthing prototype UI and level screenshots of the Ensemble-developed project. The prototype art, which was at one point made available on an Ensemble-linked online artist portfolio website, further confirms previous rumors that the studio was working on an MMO based on the Bungie-created sci-fi franchise." We discussed the future closing of Ensemble Studios a couple weeks ago. The set of pictures which seem to be screenshots and graphic models from the canceled Halo MMO has been posted on Flickr.

Apple premieres movies on iTunes Store in Australia and New Zealand

Apple today announced that movies from major film studios including 20th Century Fox, The Walt Disney Studios, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM), Sony Pictures Television International and Lionsgate are now available on the iTunes Store in Australia and in New Zealand.

Apple premieres movies on the iTunes Store in Australia, New Zealand

image Apple today announced that movies from major film studios including 20th Century Fox, The Walt Disney Studios, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM), Sony Pictures Television International and Lionsgate are now available on the iTunes Store in Australia and in New Zealand.

iTunes Movie Store Now Available Down Under

"Apple® today announced that movies from major film studios including 20th Century Fox, The Walt Disney Studios, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM), Sony Pictures Television International and Lionsgate are now available on the iTunes® Store in Australia (www.itunes.com/au) and in New Zealand (www.itunes.com/nz). Movie purchases and rentals feature iTunes’ legendary ease of use, which makes discovering and enjoying movies as simple and easy as buying music on iTunes has always been. The iTunes Store in Australia and New Zealand feature over 700 films for rent or purchase, with new release titles available for purchase on the same day as their DVD release, including favorites such as “National Treasure 2,â€� “Jumper,â€� “27 Dresses,â€� “Cloverfield,â€� “Vantage Pointâ€� and â

Apple introduces movies on the iTunes Store in Australia and New Zealand

Apple introduces movies on the iTunes Store in Australia and New Zealand Apple has announced that movies from major film studios including 20th Century Fox, The Walt Disney Studios, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM), Sony Pictures Television International and Lionsgate are now available on the iTunes Store in Australia and in New Zealand (www.itunes.com/nz).

Studios Working on Interoperable DRM for Web Movie Sales

Los Angeles - A consortium of movie studios and Web movie retailers is preparing a new initiative, Open Market, which would create an interoperable digital rights management (DRM) scheme for selling movies online, TechCrunch reported.

Flagship Studios

Maybe things at Flagship Studios are a little grim after all? Gamasutra reports that the Hellgate: London developer has confirmed "significant staff cuts" despite denying such claims just last month.

Porn Studios Form Their Own MPAA To Sue File Sharers

It's not that the major porn studios were alright with you torrenting porn vids online, it's that they didn't yet organize themselves to form an entity to do something about it. No longer. Think of the new organization PAK as the MPAA of the porn world, planning to target websites that host or track torrents of porn. It seems like they're first going after the "tube" sites, like porntube and youporn, but we'll see how successful they are going after torrent sites. After all, the MPAA and RIAA have been doing it for years and you're still downloading. [Daily Tech via T3]

Escape Studios Expands with a New York State of Mind

NEW YORK CITY - Oct. 9, 2008 - Renowned London-based training institute Escape Studios has established a New York office, offering its new online learning to U.S. students interested in pursuing professional computer graphics (CG) production careers, as well as to veterans who want to add to their skill set.

Flagship Studios' Founder Discusses Its Demise

1Up is running a lengthy interview with Bill Roper, founder of Flagship Studios. The game company, known primarily for its Hellgate: London and Mythos titles, announced massive layoffs last month, and is now simply winding down and taking care of a few final issues. Roper gives quite a bit of detail regarding the financial machinations of a game developer and the current status of the games' code. Co-founders Max Schaefer and Travis Baldree gave a related interview recently as well. "The subscription money we did get, we all poured directly into keeping the game online, keeping it up and running. But the development demands far outstripped the revenues. There just wasn't a good contemplation early on of how that would work. It wasn't like: This is the budget that comes in every month; we'll do whatever we can do with that.

Movie Studios Split On Same-Day DVD And Digital Releases

Poring over entertainment companies Q2 earnings results, NYP identifies a sharp divide in the way the studios are starting to regard the push toward releasing movies for same day DVD and online VOD release of movies. On one side, Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) and Sony (NYSE: SNE) are fairly positive about expanding “day-and-date� VOD releases, while Viacom (NYSE: VIA), Disney (NYSE: DIS) and News Corp (NYSE: NWS). are much less sanguine about pursuing this format. The advantage for Time Warner and Sony in widening their VOD play has much to do with adding benefits to their distribution and hardware systems—i.e., TW’s connection to Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC), though it is being spun off by the end of the year, and Sony’s Bravia hi-def TV line.

iPhone a "revolution" for game design - Arkane Studios

Dark Messiah of Might and Magic and The Crossing creator Arkane Studios will be producing a "casual strategy" card game for the iPhone, newly hired producer Harvey Smith revealed at his 2008 Austin GDC GameCareerGuide session.

2015 Gets Funding, Founds Tornado Studios

2015, Inc. today announced that it has received several million dollars worth of funding for a new game set to be released for Christmas 2009. The developer of Medal of Honor: Allied Assault and Men of Valor is also forming a new division called Tornado Studios. This new Tulsa, Oklahoma company will specialize in mass market/casual gaming.

Sony Inks Digital Cinema Deployment Deals With 3 Studios

Culver City, Calif. - Sony (NYSE: SNE) announced this week that it has signed agreements with three Hollywood movie studios to help support the rollout of Sony digital cinema projection systems in movie theaters.

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Spacetime Studios Halves Staff In Blackstar Publisher Search [08.05.08] MMO developer Spacetime Studios is laying off about half of its 32-person staff as it struggles to find a new publishing deal for its Blackstar IP, a science-fiction MMO that the company says "has proven to be a challenge" to resume after former publisher NCsoft withdrew in January.

Fable 2 launches Oct 21 in US; Oct 24 in EU

Today, Microsoft Game Studios and Lionhead Studios announced that the highly anticipated action role-playing game "Fable II" will ship to U.S. retailers on Oct. 21, 2008 and European retailers on Oct. 24, with subsequent release dates throughout the rest of the world in the coming months. Combining thrilling action, heart-wrenching emotional experiences and a genre-bending Xbox LIVE multiplayer mode, "Fable II" is the must-have blockbuster for 2008.

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Exclusive: Ensemble Studios' Canceled Project Was Halo MMO [09.23.08] Following the recent announcement that Microsoft-owned Age Of Empires creator Ensemble Studios would close after the completion of Halo Wars, Gamasutra has discovered that a now-canceled Halo MMO was in development at the studio, unearthing prototype UI and level screenshots of the Ensemble-developed project. [UPDATE: Full gallery of images posted online.]

Fable II Confirmed for October 21 Launch

One of Microsoft Game Studios’ more anticipated Xbox 360 titles finally has an official release date. The RPG Fable II from Peter Molyneux and the folks at Lionhead Studios is now slated to hit store shelves in the U.S. on October 21 (October 24 in Europe). Release dates for the rest of the world will be announced "in the coming months."

iTunes movie purchases and rentals go Down Under

Guess who just got movies from 20th Century Fox, The Walt Disney Studios, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM), Sony Pictures Television International, and Lionsgate? iTunes customers in Australia and New Zealand, that's who! Apple announced tonight that the folks down under are now able to rent and buy more than 700 movies through the iTunes Store. And, just like in the US, movies are available on iTunes in Australia and New Zealand on the same day as DVD release.

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