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The next outing in the acclaimed BioShock series won’t be arriving the February as planned. Instead, the hotly anticipated Irrational Games project will hit shelves on March 26th – exactly one month later than its planned February 26th release. Irrational boss Ken Levine told the press at a recent preview …
Read More »UK studio Eurocom closed after 25 years
Eurocom, the British developer behind the latest James Bond game, has gone into administration. The developer, based in Derby, made150 redundancies last monthfollowing a number of cancelled console projects. Its remaining 50 staff were told this morning that they had been laid off. Eurocom issued a statement toEurogamerthis afternoon: Today …
Read More »Eurocom shuts its doors amid financial pressure
25-year-old studio behind James Bond titles goes into administration
Read More »November game sales struggle as retailers bank on late Christmas
UK retailers made 211.3m from video game sales last month. That’s a big number, a jump of 154 per cent over October. But unfortunately the market is still tracking behind 2011.In terms of revenue, UK physical game sales were down 22.2 per cent year-on-year last month. In terms of units, …
Read More »Gree restructure means US job cuts
Mobile company cuts jobs, as it acquires developer MunkyFun
Read More »GREE targets UK market
GREE is keen to conquer the UK, the leading mobile and social games firm told MCV. The Japanese publisher opened a UK studio in London earlier this year. It is working on five titles, including a Moshi Monsters game, which it hopes will help it win over UK gamers. The …
Read More »OPINION: All I want for Christmas is U?
Those looking for a way to criticise the Wii U launch last week had plenty of material at their disposal. Weariness amongst parts of the specialist media and cynicism from the cutting edge online world has always cast doubt on it. It was as if some people want Nintendo to …
Read More »Nintendo: We will maintain Wii U momentum
Nintendo has promised a steady flow of new titles and repromotions for Wii U throughout the early months of next year. The platform holder told MCV during last week’s launch of its new console it is already hard at work on plans for Q1 2013. The firm is no doubt …
Read More »Sony launches web-based PlayStation Store
Playstation owners are now able to buy content for their consoles and handhelds while browsing the web on PC. Sony has launched a browser-based store for the Sony Entertainment Network, which features all of the games, music and movies that are available through the PSN store. You can find it …
Read More »November dip for US games retail
Last month saw further year-on-year declines for physical retail across the pond. The latest report from market research firm NPD Group showed total US sales for video games cam in at $2.55bn, down 11 per cent from the $2.87bn taken in the same period last month, according to Joystiq. However, …
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