Today on Headline
RePLAY: Apple’s take on “traditional gaming,” the Activision v. West showdown
is delayed and a new Final Fantasy
title for mobile devices.
Apple is simply not
interested in pursuing “traditional gaming,” says CEO Tim Cook, speaking at the
D10 conference this week.
“I view that we are in
gaming now in a fairly big way,” said Cook. “Gaming has kind of evolved a bit.
More people play on portable devices. Where we might go in the future, we’ll
see. Customers love games.”
As reported by All
Things Digital, Cook adds that games have evolved past “big-screen console
gaming” and Apple is just not interested in exploring that area of the market. “I’m not interested in being in the console
business in what is thought of as traditional gaming. But Apple is a big player
today, and things in the future will only make that bigger.”
However, when asked if
Apple will focus on games on TV, he said, “I think it could be interesting.”
|Source: Gamasutra
Hold off on the
popcorn, the legal battle between Activision and the creators of the Call of Duty franchise has been delayed
to June 1st, three days after the original start date, due to “logistical difficulties”
assembling a sufficient jury pool.
The order came from
California Superior Court Judge Elihu Berle, who also stipulated that the trial
must end by July 2nd, which only gives attorneys of each party only 22 business
days to wrap up the case versus the requested 30.
|Source: LA Times
Already released in
Japan in 2010 as Final Fantasy Legends:
Hikari to Yami no Senshi [Warriors of
Light and Darkness], Square-Enix is introducing the West to the mobile game
as Final Fantasy Dimensions for iOS and
Android devices.
“Drawing upon the root of the series with such features as
beautiful 2D pixel art, job-driven character growth, additional scenarios in
which to inherit the jobs of your adventuring companions, and a classic story of
light, darkness and crystals, FINAL
FANTASY DIMENSIONS delivers the best of FINAL
FANTASY, retro and fresh alike, directly to your smartphone.”
The game will be
announced at E3 and is slated for release this summer.
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