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The UK trade is gearing up for a flurry of big name announcements at E3, with price cuts, new Wii-style controllers and online initiatives expected to grab the headlines. Recent online ‘leaks’ suggested that Microsoft would be revealing a Mii-style avatar system, a karaoke series dubbed Lips and a social …
Read More »Two more publishers leaving ESA?
The head of US gamers’ consumers group the Entertainment Consumers Association has said that he knows of two more games companies that are planning to leave US publisher body the Entertainment Software Association. Hal Halpin told the Washington Post that a duo of firms were set to join Activision, Vivendi …
Read More »E3 organiser in shocking spat with news site
It’s the cattiest ding-dong between two games companies for years – the sort of old-fashioned, furious set-to that would have messrs Riccitiello and Zelnick cowering in their board room. In the red corner, the Entertainment Software Association; US publisher body and organiser of E3. In the blue corner, games news …
Read More »ID pulls out of the ESA
Doom developer id Software has left the Entertainment Software Association, joining the recent departures of Activision, Vivendi, and LucasArts. A representative from the company told Next-Gen.biz that it had opted to not renew its membership with the ESA, which organises the E3 expo. Id declined to comment further. In an …
Read More »‘Games threaten future Olympics’
The president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has told The Times that he’s finding it difficult to make sport look attractive to youngsters – and games aren’t helping his cause. Kids are attracted to visual, interactive forms of communication. It’s not going to be easy for sport to counter …
Read More »Golden Joysticks spearhead London Games Festival
The Golden Joysticks is set to become the jewel in the crown of this year’s London Games Festival as MCV can reveal that the Future-organised event is the official awards partner for 2008’s celebration of gaming culture. Publisher Future is calling on the industry to make this year’s event the …
Read More »Is GAMESCom too late for retail?
GAMESCom organisers insist that the German games fair fits in with the trade’s preparations for Christmas, despite criticism over its timing. Earlier in the year the German trade association Bundesverband Interaktive Unterhaltungssoftware (BIU) and Cologne’s trade fair business Koelnmesse announced that GAMESCom will kick off in September 2009, which drew …
Read More »Singapore introduces 18 rating
The Media Development Agency of Singapore will implement video games age classification for the first time in its history later this month. The new ratings include two new symbols – one designating ‘Mature 18′ and one with an ‘Age Advisory’ logo. Games that don’t come under either will continue to …
Read More »New DS coming at E3?
The president of Japanese market authority Enterbrain – parent company of Famitsu – has predicted that Nintendo will unveil a new DS model at E3 in July. According to Bloomberg Japan – translated by akayuki.com – Hirokazu Hamamura said Nintendo might be readying to show off the third iteration of …
Read More »SPANISH CHARTS: Gran Turismo holds off competition again
According to the latest Media-Control GfK International weekly all formats Spanish software chart, Sony’s Gran Tursimo 5: Prologue has enjoyed a second week as the biggest selling game in the region. Nintendo’s Wii Play nestles in second spot, whilst Konami enjoys a particularly good week – with iterations of Pro …
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