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The president and CEO of Japanese developer Cave has resigned his position. Ito Masahito, who will be replaced as president by chairman of the board Kenichi Takano, becomes the second high-profile executive to quit the firm this year following the departure of COO Miko Watanabe in May. It marks a …
Read More »Apple wants sales ban of eight Samsung phones
Google expresses concern that ruling could limit consumer access to Android devices
Read More »Dark Souls for PC out now in India
The PC version of From Software’s Dark Souls is out now in India, the game’s Indian distributor has announced. This is the first of publisher Namco Bandai’s games to be released in India on PC in a while. While The Witcher 2 received a delayed release in India on PC, …
Read More »Nexon America appoints SVP as new CEO
Daniel Kim to relocate to South Korea to take on other duties within the company
Read More »Sleeping Dogs shows its resilience by holding onto chart No.1
Square Enix action title Sleeping Dogs has bucked expectations by retaining control of the UK charts this week. It makes it two weeks at No.1 in the GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40, despite a 15 per cent drop in sales. The biggest casualties are the two Top Ten newcomers, …
Read More »Apple seeking US sales ban on eight Samsung smartphones
Its high-profile legal loss to Apple over the weekend could be just the beginning of the problems for Samsung. Apple has now file papers with the US courts in a bid to pull eight Samsung smartphone handsets from sale in the US, including the Galaxy Prevail and a number of …
Read More »Take-Two stands firm on pricing; Borderlands 2 remains Rs 2,499
While game prices are going up all around, Take-Two has stood firm to retain the Rs 2,499 price for its upcoming release Borderlands 2. The Rs 2,499 price point has been the industry standard for console games in India this generation, but prices have been going up of late. The …
Read More »Lollipop Chainsaw is Grasshopper’s best selling game
The latest release from inventive Japanese studio Grasshopper Manufacture has proved its most successful – but it’s not all good news. The studio’s CEO Yoshimi Yasuda has revealed that 2012 title Lollipop Chainsaw has become its most successful title ever, with global shipments having passed the 700,000 mark, Andriasang reports. …
Read More »Five indies lined up to speak at NGDC 2012
Five independent game developers from around the world have joined the line-up of speakers for this year’s NASSCOM Game Developer Conference, the trade body has announced. Amongst those speaking at NGDC 2012 are: Richard Louis Vreeland from Disasterpeace (music composer for Fez) Stefano Gualeni (Tony Tough series) Nicolo Robinson Tedeschi …
Read More »Activision considering all brands for mobile
Activision has revealed its intentions to become much more involved in the mobile space. The company’s mobile VP Greg Canessa emphasized to CVG the strength in the variety of brands Activision could consider for mobile efforts. "We have a rich thirty-year history from the Atari days to the Blizzard merger. …
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