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Next-gen system on desks at EA, new report claims, with Ubisoft Montreal also dedicating resources to the new console
Read More »Epic Diaries: Flash support
Mark Rein details Unreal Engine 3's move to support Flash
Read More »Nordic Games acquires DreamCatcher’s product range
Popular PC shooting series Painkiller is now part of the Nordic Games IP stable following its acquisition of all product and brand rights from Ontario-based DreamCatcher. DreamCatcher will join JoWood and The Adventure Company in becoming one of Nordic’s publishing labels. The firm intends to re-launch as many of the …
Read More »Next Xbox due 2013… No, wait, 2012
Yes. More rumours. More rumours about the successor to the Xbox 360. And this time, 2012 is being pegged as the likely release date. An Edge source” reckons that Ubisoft Montreal is currently working with target boxes” – PC kits thrown together in a way as to best resemble the …
Read More »Bethesda ships 7m copies of Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Over 7m copies of console and PC adventure game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim have been shipped by Bethesda. The publisher estimates an approximate return of $450m on the numbers. More than 50 per cent of the game’s launch units were sold in its first 48 hours on sale following …
Read More »Club Penguin embraces German market
Disney has today opened the digital doors to a fully localised version of its Club Penguin website for the German market. It will be the fifth fully localised version of the site to be rolled out. The launch of clubpenguin.de is part of our strategy to make Club Penguin even …
Read More »Burnout Paradise goes free in EA Origin push
Trial offer as EA tries to build buzz around its Steam rival
Read More »OPINION: Digital Content at Retail
InComm Europe has done the impossible: bridged the gap between digital content and physical retail. European product and marketing director Simon Osgood explains how the High Street is taking the next step… The focus and key buzz this past year is digital – and this is reflected in the discussions …
Read More »Now! That’s what I call marketing
Tubby Games has outlined the marketing push it hopes will take Now! That’s What I Call Music: Dance and Sing to the top the charts. The campaign will come in the form of two competitions. The first – which Tubby says is worth an estimated 100,000 – lets consumers enter …
Read More »Entire MMO vanishes from the internet
An entire MMO has been wiped from the internet after the game’s server was damaged beyond repair, according to translated reports. It has emerged that Japanese firm Sankando had shut down its MMO, called M2, late in October to perform emergency maintenance on a set of servers. Despite efforts by …
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