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Japanese publisher Konami has reported a 77.3 per cent increase in net income to 17,046m for the nine months ending December 31st 2011. Net revenues for the period grew 3.3 per cent to 194,522m while operating income climbed 86 per cent to 30,921m. Digital entertainment revenues in isolation grew 1.6 …
Read More »Tiga: UK must escape ‘no IP, no royalty’ trap
Digital platforms allow devs to circumvent publisher contracts entirely, says O'Luanaigh
Read More »Vita gets functionality update this Wednesday
Sony’s PlayStation Vita will get a hefty functionality update this week ahead of its US and European launch later in the month. The 1.6 firmware update will, amongst other things, introduce a brand new app to the machine’s home screen – Map. It works in much the same way as …
Read More »iOS apps 3x more likely to crash than Android apps
Mobile app monitoring outfit Crittercism claims that iOS applications crash considerably more often than Android applications. Apple’s iOS 5.01 alone accounted for 28.64 per cent of all application crashes across all iOS and Android mobile devices, asreported by Forbesin a ‘Data dive’ into the Crittercism results. Even normalising for the …
Read More »GameStop ‘no comment’ on GAME stores bid
GameStop has issued a ‘no comment’ on rumours it is amongst the bidders for GAME’s overseas business. GAME is in the process of selling off its international operations – which includes stores in France, Spain, Scandinavia, Australia and the Czech Republic. GameStop already has stores in Australia, France and Spain, …
Read More »GAME sets international bid deadline
Potential suitors have until Friday to register their interest for the possible acquisition of GAME’s overseas business. GAME confessed last week that it is undergoing a strategic review” of its non-UK operations as it continues to battle it current financial predicament. Rothschild has been appointed to oversee the review. It …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Final Fantasy XIII-2 debuts at No.1
Square Enix is celebrating some early 2012 success with new RPG release Final Fantasy XIII-2 debuting at No.1. It’s the first new chart topper of the year following the dominance of EA’s FIFA 12, which this week slips to fourth place. There are two other Top Five debutants this week …
Read More »Xbox Live policy exec resigns
Stephen Toulouse departs from the company after 18 years
Read More »Global PSN rebrand this week
Customer data transferred to Sony Entertainment Network
Read More »Stephen Toulouse quits Microsoft
Microsoft’s Xbox Live policy and enforcement director Stephen Toulouse is to quit the firm after 18 years. He resigns on February 15th to explore other opportunities”. Known as StepTo to many Xbox gamers, Toulouse has for many years been the face of Xbox to much of its social networking community …
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