James Brightman

Recent Articles by James Brightman

February 17, 2009

EA Sports Gets into Real Life Goods

EA Sports has announced a partnership with Toy Island "to develop a unique new line of sports equipment that will bring the excitement of video game simulation outside...

January 27, 2009

Xbox Live + Netflix: A Win Win?

Ever since Microsoft integrated the Netflix streaming service into its Xbox Live network last November, Xbox 360 owners have been seemingly flocking to Netflix. ...

August 18, 2008

Atari's Attempted Turnaround

Atari has really had a tough time. With credit troubles, a Nasdaq delisting, and continued losses, what's the approach now to get back on track? Jim Wilson: There ...

July 28, 2008

The Return of Rock Band

When you announced that the original Rock Band content could be exported to Rock Band 2 you said it's "almost all" the songs. Why not all? Is it a licensing issue? ...

June 16, 2008

The State of Game Development

With studio closures seemingly popping up left and right (Iron Lore, Stormfront, Sega Racing Studio, Castaway, Pseudo Interactive, Perpetual Entertainment, to name a ...

May 28, 2008

Shigeru Miyamoto: I've Changed as a Designer

The New York Times has published a glowing article on the "Walt Disney of the digital generation," Nintendo's video game legend Shigeru Miyamoto. The piece details his...