This weekend was July 4, Independence Day. It’s America’s biggest national holiday. And it’s got me thinking about American games – namely, as this post title indicates, what makes American games “American”?
In the wake of the recent Distributed Denial of Service attack on Whirlpool, Internode security manager Bruce Hore has claimed DDoS attacks against Aussies are more common than you might think, with one every three weeks – and gamers are identified as the main culprit.
Square Enix’s new Los Angeles studio is still hiring, but they now have a small core staff of coders. To ease the new kids gently into the world of Squeenix development, the new studio is going to focus on downloadable games.
While Japan is getting the DSi this November, the U.S. isn’t. In fact, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime said the company won’t be bringing the DSi to North America until late 2009 because it wants to continue selling the DS throughout the holiday season. Nintendo Co., Ltd. president Satoru Iwata is even more vague, telling business paper Nikkei, “The DSi will probably be launched in the US and Europe next year.” Outlining his vision of the DSi, he adds:
