Media & PR

Deadly Premonition coming to PS3

Divisive horror title Deadly Premonition will shed its Xbox 360 exclusivity next year and stalk onto PlayStation. Sony’s Playstation Blog has revealed that a Director’s Cut will be released for PS3 in 2013. It will include the original game, as well as new features such as HD graphics, an updated …

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SPOTLIGHT: Orange Byte Studios – the game audio specialists

Call it fortunate or unfortunate, but creativity in the Indian game development industry is being driven by the independent studios – small teams with big ideas and shoe-string budgets. A common challenge facing many of these developers is the lack of in-house talent for art and sound, and that’s where …

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One week left to nominate for MCV’s 30 Under 30

There are only seven days left if you wanted to nominate someone to be recognised as one of the industry’s brightest young stars in 30 Under 30. Every year this hugely popular feature highlights the achievements and exertions of the industry’s younger execs working across the UK – but nominations …

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Rovio: ‘It is going to be an Angry Birds holiday’

This Christmas will be the biggest in Angry Birds’ history, if Rovio gets its own way. The developer – which has just launched the No.1 iPhone game Bad Piggies – will release its most lucrative tie-up yet, Angry Birds Star Wars, on November 8th. And it’s retail that is likely …

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NPD September: Sports titles and Borderlands 2 on top, sales down YOY

NPD has released its US retail video games report for September, revealing yet another month with sales down year-over-year. Total industry sales were down 24 per cent YOY at $848.3m. Hardware dipped 39 per cent to $210.9m, and software sales were down 14 per cent at $547.3m for the period. …

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