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Publisher EA has published higher than anticipated sales numbers for its financial Q2 ending September 30th 2012. In total sales hit $1.03bn for the period – a 17 per cent year-on-year increase. Losses for the period also increased, however, hitting $340m. That’s a $139m year-on-year increase. The big successes of …
Read More »FEATURE: Have the supermarkets failed in pre-owned?
Last year, Argos, Asda and Tesco made headlines by accepting trade-ins. For years, second-hand was the domain of the specialists – GAME’s way of coping with the aggressive pricing of online retailers and those pesky grocers.Suddenly this was under attack. Tesco would accept used games in its Extra stores, Asda …
Read More »Angry Birds to hit the Olympics?
Today’s most iconic games franchise is about to gate crash the London 2012 Olympics, MCV understands. Rovio’s Angry Birds crowd game is being pitched for next year’s Games. The title debuted at V Fest and at the Singapore GP. It features an Angry Birds level on a big screen, with …
Read More »Namco Bandai signs three PR agencies for 2012
Premier PR, Exposure and Kazoo will handle PR for Namco’s early 2012 releases. Premier will handle the consumer PR campaign for Soul Calibur V on Xbox 360 and PS3. Kazoo will support Namco’s lifestyle and national campaign for Inversion, which launches on PS3, 360 and PC on February 10th. Exposure …
Read More »EA to sell rivals’ games through digital distribution
Electronic Arts will soon start selling games made by its competitors. The company’s new Origin platform for digital distribution will offer games from Warner, THQ and Capcom with the first first games out next month. Batman: Arkham City and Saints Row: The Third are two of the triple-A games destined …
Read More »Birmingham braced for games dev show
Midlands will host two-day industry conference in November
Read More »GMA 2011: Donlan, MacDonald, Gaston and Cook take talent prizes
Top individual writers took home key accolades at yesterday’s Games Media Awards. IGN UK editor Keza MacDonald won best specialist writer, online. Freelancer Christian Donlan was named best specialist writer, print. Dave Cook took the prize for best regional newspaper writer. And VideoGamer’s Martin Gaston received the Rising Star prize, …
Read More »Girl with cerebral palsy gets £21k dev money
iPhone app helps fund operation that could make Grace Windram walk for the first time
Read More »Nintendo braced for first annual loss in 30 years
As 3DS manufacturer reports first-half loss of £578m
Read More »GMA 2011: Rock, Paper, Shotgun wins best blog prize
PC-focused site Rock, Paper, Shotgun took home the accolade of best Games Blog from last night’s Games Media Awards. The hugely popular blog was launched in 2007 and enjoys a monthly readership of more than 1m users. It was founded by industry veterans Kieron Gillen, Jim Rossignol, John Walker and …
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