Morning DLC: Video Games News And Rumors 9/5/13
By Nick Tylwalk
"Walt Disney Co’s recently launched video game “Infinity” is selling strongly and major retailers report they are replenishing stock to meet demand, an encouraging start for the media giant’s plans to turn around its loss-making game division.GameStop, Toys”R”Us and Wal-Mart Stores said they are restocking to stay ahead of demand for the game, which was released on August 18.“The momentum continues to be very strong,” said Matt Hodges, a GameStop spokesman. “A couple of toy characters like Violet (the young female superhero from “The Incredibles”) are hard to get.”"
"Video games made national headlines Wednesday, but not as a result of another argument between them and a possible link to real-life violence, surprisingly. Rather, doctors and professors were praising video games thanks in part to a preliminary study that’s suggesting that one video game may help older people boost their mental skills like multitasking.In the study, published Wednesday by the journal “Nature,” healthy volunteers ages 60 to 85 showed a significant boost to their ability to retain information, stay focused for a period of time and multitask – all features that tend to decline with age according to Dr. Adam Gazzaley of the University of California."
"Nordic Games has begun to work with small development teams to explore the franchises it picked up from THQ in April, but is still waiting on some assets to come in. Business and product development director Reinhart Pollice explained recently that this has made development tricky, and some franchises are further along than others.“We are already working with some smaller teams to see what we can do to bring it to the next level. The time frame is difficult to say,” Pollice told Game Informer. “At the moment we are still in the phase where we discover.”"
"He said that getting the assets from THQ is “tricky,” but they’re trying to get as much as they can before proceeding."