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Industry veteran David Perry will no longer be showing his cloud gaming service, Gaikai, to the press at E3. According to a post on his confirmed Twitter account, Perry implied that the reason for withdrawing from press demos was down to complications regarding patent filings. Perry will still demonstrating the …
Read More »Take-Two hit by net losses, game delays, weaker forecasts
The record-breaking success of GTA IV has finally boomeranged on publisher Take-Two, with the company reporting a second-quarter profit loss which feebly compares to its market triumphs a year ago. The New York City-headquartered publisher has posted a net loss of $10.1m for the second quarter ending April 30, a …
Read More »UK video games market bounces back after slump
The UK video games market’s weekly value has topped 20 million for the first time since April, MCV can reveal. According to MCV calculations, based on today’s Gfk-ChartTrack/ELSPA weekly report, the UK market has hit 21.2 million for the week ending May 23rd. This is a 55 per cent rise …
Read More »Nokia opens Ovi content portal
Nokia has opened the doors to its much-anticipated Ovi Store, which it hopes will steal some of the mobile app initiative back from Apple. Customers can update their devices with the Ovi Store mobile app (Nokia says it is compatible with more than 50 million S60 and S40 handsets globally) …
Read More »Recession ‘impacting’ Nintendos global plans, says Iwata
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has revealed that opportunities to expand into emerging nations have been halted by the global recession. Speaking at a press conference after the company’s financial briefing back in March (the translated transcript of which has only just been released), Iwata cited tough exchange rates and topically …
Read More »Developers already briefed about PSP game rentals
GDC behind-closed-door briefings detailed PSPâ??s digital game rental service
Read More »Triple-A dev model no longer appealing
Speaking to MCV sister site CasualGaming.biz, the business development director of Strawdog Studios Dan Marchant has stated that the triple-A games development model is not as appealing to the wider development industry as it once was. I am sure the idea of developing a triple-A game is appealing to many …
Read More »Bethesda takes Fallout 3 DLC to PS3
PS3 to get all Xbox 360 content; New DLC on the way for all; New retail SKUs revealed
Read More »UK CHARTS: Wii Fit nearing record
Nintendo’s Wii Fit has topped the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 for the 16th time this week – if the title can manage to claim two more chart crowns it will level the long-standing record of Eidos’ Who Wants to be a Millionaire. It’s the seventh week in a …
Read More »New Zealand group strikes PSN deal
VIDEO INSIDE: Sidheâ??s upcoming Breakout remake, Shatter, will arrive on PS3 in 2009
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