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Read More »Fitch downgrades Sony credit rating to double B minus, labels it "junk"
Credit ratings agency Fitch has downgraded Sony’s credit rating from triple B minus to double B minus – a three notch downgrade. Fitch’s ratings guide lists double B ratings as indicating that companies are vulnerable to defaulting on debt over time, but have sufficient flexibility for now to keep servicing …
Read More »Out now: Wonderbook: Book of Spells, Hitman: Absolution
The first game from Sony’s latest foray into augmented reality gaming – Wonderbook: Book of Spells, is in stores now for PS3. This week’s other big release – Hitman: Absolution, however, is witnessing a bit of a staggered release. Sony is betting big on the interactive story-telling space with Wonderbook …
Read More »Metal Gear Solid 4 25th Anniversary Edition headed to India
The Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots 25th Anniversary Edition will be in stores across India in early December, distributorOrigin Games has announced. If you already own a copy of the game, there’s some incentive to pick up the Anniversary Edition. Firstly, while the original game had a …
Read More »Kinect and Xbox Live star in new Gem deal for independent retailers
Gem is running another duo of deals this week for independent retailers. Indies who order a Kinect before November 30th will receive special pricing on the following games – Dance Central 2, Kinect Star Wars, The Gunstringer, Kinect Sports Season 2, Kinect Sports or Dance Central. Meanwhile, if stores order …
Read More »Sega shares strategies for Steam success
LGC12: Steam is 'an incredible growth platform', says John Clark
Read More »Was Black Ops II a disappointment? Read our full analysis in this week’s MCV
This week’s MCV isnow available to view online – and it features a detailed analysis of Call of Duty’s launch sales performance. We also go behind the scenes at the game’s midnight launch at HMV. And there’s a full interview with the president of 2K Games, Christoph Hartmann. We’ve listed …
Read More »Disney details ‘Old Tricks for New Dogs’
Speaking on stage at yesterday’s London Games conference, Disney’s commercial director Matt Carroll delivered a guide for developers looking to ape the entertainment giant’s success with apps and social gaming. Disney has recently met with immense success with apps like Where’s my Water? and online games like Garden of Time, …
Read More »2013: year of the digital/physical tipping point – Screen Digest
Digital revenue in Europe will count for 53 per cent of the games market next year. That’s according to data revealed by IHS Screen Digest at yesterday’s London Games Conference. In a talk running through key metrics measuring the size, scope and future of the games market, senior analyst Piers …
Read More »Man plays Black Ops II for 135 hours (almost) straight, breaks world record
We’ve all woken up bleary eyed in the morning after a longer then expected game sessions the night before. But this takes it to a whole new level. Australian retail worker Okan Kaya has set a new Guinness World Record for the longest video game marathon ever by playing Activision’s …
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