NY Gets Tough On Piracy

Strange but true... Click here to read Cinematical's post.

NASA Cuts MMO Budget from 3 Millions to... 0

Nasa has asked MMO developers to develop NASA-themed MMO for free... Its commitmen will now be restricted at providing subject matter experts. Their new approach will be more along the lines of providing an IP that developers will be able to exploit along the lines of what is going on in Hollywood. More about this in Gamasutra (click here for full story).

This decision implies - of course - the need for developers to find new business models for their serious games. Here's an interesting post about the subject on elianealhadeff.blogspot.com.

Multiplatform Branded-Entertainment Hits Snag With Corporate Structure

Have you ever ran into this problem?

Even though your client thinks your brand new Web/TV/Cell integrated product is out of this world, he has to sell your idea to a thousand VPs and managers... who have no idea of the possibilities of this new multiplatform offering. And who do not want to commit the budget since the project falls outside the scope of their department...

Can the corporate silo structure kills a multiplatform project? Of course it can.

More about it this TV Week article you can read after the jump.

Stan Lee Sets Up Shop at Disney

Marvel's own creative superhero has set up shop at Disney. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the 85 year old comic book industry veteran is setting up three potential franchises.


More info here here

Superman vs Spiderman movie in the works?

Some of you may have seen that Superman's IP rights have recently been lost by Time Warner to Siegel's heirs. And it seems that these guys think that a Superman vs Spiderman feature film is a good idea. I suppose that this spells the end of the current superhero movie craze!

More info here:
http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/03/31/supermans-future