March 4th, 2009

Capcom talks PC gaming, digital distribution

When you think of Capcom, you think of consoles — that’s pretty much a brand they’ve been building up for 20 years. I remember the Capcom logo most prominently in Street Fighter II, as do many in my generation, but since then they’ve moved on into about a billion new markets and franchises. One market they’re still trying to break open is the PC. This interview with a Capcom strategy exec… → Read More

September 27th, 2008

Wal*Mart pulling the plug on their music DRM Server

6 months after Wal*Mart jumped onto the music peddling party bus back in August of 2007, they decided to make the switch to 100% DRM-free tracks. Awesome, right? Unfortunately, any music purchased during that 6-month window before the switch is still at the mercy of Wal*Mart; if they were to pull the plug on the DRM server, the files would become useless on anything but the computer originally… → Read More

June 17th, 2008

Stardock jumps into the digital distribution game

Digital content distribution is pretty clearly the future. I think we can all agree on that. Stardock doesn’t mention it once in their press release, but Valve’s Steam platform has been instrumental in advancing the industry. Well, Stardock has done pretty well for themselves, especially recently with their Sins of a Solar Empire series, and it looks like they want to get in on the… → Read More

October 15th, 2007

Zeppelin releasing full catalog online

If I didn’t pirate so much and have every Zep album already, I’d be pretty damned psyched about this news. Seems Page and Plant managed to settle whatever differences they had and are now agreeing to release every Led Zeppelin album online. Think it’s just coming to Apple’s iTunes? Think again. The band is planning on offering digital distribution of its music through… → Read More