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Grasshopper Manufacture, the studio owned by cult developer Goichi Suda, has snared two of Japan’s leading developers from fellow studio Marvelous Entertainment. Yasuhiro Wada, the creator of the popular Harvest Moon series, and Yoshiro Kimura, whose most recent title was Wii hit Little King’s Story, have both jumped ship to …
Read More »Grainger "could open three stores a week"
Grainger Games will open up to five more stores this year after unveiling its 40th outlet three months early. The retailer has launched 17 stores in the past six months, and the firm’s sales director Phil Moore says Grainger’s operations team has the capability to open three shops a week. …
Read More »Pre-owned goes mainstream
Publishers hate it, but punters love it – and now it’s official: pre-owned is everywhere. The number of outlets offering second-hand games and trade-in services has grown by 1,000 stores this year, MCV research has shown. Tesco and Argos have both taken second-hand schemes national in recent months. Meanwhile, MCV …
Read More »Langdell ‘could face fraud charges’
The devastating manner in which Tim Langdell lost a legal fight with EA could result in ‘potentially serious consequences’ for the Edge Games owner, a game industry lawyer has said. Jas Purewal, of business law firm Olswang, said Langdell’s failure to earn a preliminary injunction against Electronic Arts was so …
Read More »FIFA 11 week one sales hit 821k units
EA’s FIFA 11 sold a staggering 821,000 units in its opening weekend in the UK, MCV can reveal. In total the game made 28.93m, which in itself is more than the total value of the UK video games market in any single week so far in 2010 – including weeks …
Read More »UK CHARTS: FIFA 11 scores
As was always going to happen, EA’s FIFA 11 has stormed straight to the top of the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 on its first week of release. In the process it records the strongest ever launch in FIFA’s history (despite the torrential rain that swept the UK …
Read More »Donkey Kong Country Returns dated
As well as dating the 3DS and confirming a Game Boy download service for the handheld, Nintendo has also dated one of its key Wii titles for this Q4. Donkey Kong Country Returns will be released in the UK on December 3rd, giving it a couple of weeks on the …
Read More »Multiplay latest to sponsor LGC 2010
London Games Conference has gained another two sponsors in the form of Multiplay and AGI. The firms are Gold Sponsors of the UK’s premier games conference, this year entitled London Games Conference: Survival And Profit In A Changing Industry. Multiplay is a leading service provider for the industry and organiser …
Read More »Monetising Mobile kicks off next week
Tuesday September 28th marks the beginning of the Monetising Mobile conference, which will examine the market for mobile content in selected regions such as India, South Africa, Brazil, the Middle East and more. The event is presented by Mobile Entertainment and takes place at the Soho Hotel in central London. …
Read More »Inafune: Japan’s making awful games
Keiji Inafune, Capcom’s global head of R&D, has in a new interview made it clear his Japan is finished” statement from Tokyo Game Show 2009 made one year ago was not a misquote. Speaking to the New York Times some twelve months later, Inafune reiterated this belief. I look around …
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