THQ announced today that they have acquired an extension on Ultimate Fighting Championship videogame licensing through 2018. Having released two UFC titles so far, THQ is now poised to bring more titles for the next 8 years. The contract gives THQ rights to "all current and next-generation consoles, PC and handheld platforms, in addition to certain social media and wireless rights, including iPhon... more.

Originally a tedious requirement to installing Half-Life 2, Steam has now grown to become a goliath in the world of digital gaming sales.  Valve's software has just passed 30 million registered users and reports that there are consistantly at least 3 million users online at any time, with 6 million different users logging in throughout the day.  Seeing annual growth of over 100% over the past s... more.

Changes are underway in the AMD world as they officially drop the ATI label from their products.  After acquiring ATI in the summer of 2006, AMD had kept the ATI brand name in their competition with NVIDIA. Although from here on out, AMD will sell the graphics cards under their brand as AMD Radeon and AMD FirePro.  This decision to rebrand the products lays the groundwork for the release of AMD'... more.

So it seems that the loss of Infinity Ward is no longer Activision's concern, as Bungie, the creators of Halo and Marathon, have partnered with Activision to release one new, multi-platform franchise over the next 10 years. This is not a buyout or change in ownership, as Bungie will still remain an independent studio which will continue to own its intellectual property. This is a simple publish... more.