When you consider developers who have some of the biggest key franchises out there today, one may or may not be surprised to know that Popcap Games are among others at the top of the list. With the likes of Bejeweled, Peggle, Zuma, Feeding Frenzy, Bookworm Adventures and Plants vs Zombies under their belt, Popcap have certainly garnered much attention in the industry and continue to create addictive, fun-loving games that keep us entertained for hours on end. I had the rare opportunity to speak to Cathy Orr, European Director over at Popcap Games and ask her some questions about Popcap and its aspirations for the future. Amongst the questions I put to Cathy were the company’s opinion on the relationship between social networking and gaming and how important it will be in the future, Popcap’s perspective on Kinect, Move and 3DS and are they considering any titles for the new hardware and how did the unusual concept for Plants vs Zombies come about?
FuRuy has opened a Twitter account called “Project Alice” teasing a new game announcement on April 25 at 20:30 JST.
Filing a false DMCA claim costs nothing, requires no proof, and can destroy an indie game's launch in minutes. Fighting back can cost tens of thousands of dollars and take weeks (if you can afford it at all).
Copyright is copyright. DMCA is a good thing that protects creators IP., revenue and usage. and you can absolutely appeal a wrongful DMCA takedown. It’s happened to me. Was easily resolved.
it's a good thing, but it's also long been reported, across a variety of industries and websites, that currently the system is ripe for and full of abuses. From fair use strikes, to matters like the one reported in this article. It's clear the law needs some tooth to punish bad actors and that parameters need to be set in how reports are filed; ie human review of said content and not some AI bot false flagging stuff. As is the system is far to easily abused by those who have motive to suppress and flag content they have no business or right to.
Until there's genuine consequences for this type of abuse, it'll keep happening across all media. DMCA is in principle a good thing, but it needs an overhaul.
The Montreal-based team behind March of Giants joins Ubisoft to continue development on the free-to-play 4v4 MOBA game where players take on the role of giant combatants.
