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Read More »Activision: Signing indie winners not a priority
Independent Games Competition winners may not see publishing deal with industry giant
Read More »Can Mario and a price cut rescue the 3DS?
Analysts and retailers say yes, but questions remain over the future of traditional handheld gaming. Christopher Dring reports on the effect the price cut and new games could have. Nintendo 3DS’ stuttering start had many in the trade worried. The handheld began life with a bang, shifting some 113,000 units …
Read More »July shocker for UK retail
UK boxed game sales have just suffered their worst month this year. July’s GfK Chart-Track data shows the full extent of the market decline. Games retailers generated 44.76m last month, a drop of 26.4 per cent compared to the same period the year before. In terms of unit sales, 2,327,966 …
Read More »Moore and Gibeau promoted in EA reshuffle
EA CEO John Riccitiello has announced a number of promotions and a new label at the global publisher. Writing on the company’s official blog, he has confirmed that Peter Moore is now Chief Operating Officer of EA, and Frank Gibeau will serve as President of the EA Labels. Moore steps …
Read More »Dare Blogs – Funbox
Dare to be Digital 2011 team Funbox talks exclusively to Develop about working on their entry title The Lost Memories.
Read More »AU CHARTS: Black Ops still number one in first half of 2011
The NPD Group Australia has released its top ten all formats charts by units for Australia for the first half of 2011. Call of Duty: Black Ops came out on top, defeating all major new releases in the first half of the year including Australian-developed LA Noire and Crysis 2. …
Read More »Allure publisher leaves to edit CNET
Seamus Byrne, publisher and managing editor of technology (Kotaku, Gizmodo and Lifehacker) at Allure Media is leaving to become editor of CNET Australia. Byrne took on his role at Allure (after previously having had a stint in 2007 as the editor of Gizmodo) in early 2010. He had previously made …
Read More »Bubble Gum Interactive secures AUD$250’000 in funding
Bubble Gum Interactive (BGI), Sydney-based developer of Little Space Heroes, has announced that it has secured almost AUD$250’000 in government funding. The developer has been hard at work on creating its ‘virtual universe for kids’ since 2010, and will be launching with a freemium pay scheme in late 2011. BGI …
Read More »Matte 250GB Xbox 360 now available
A new iteration of the 250GB Xbox 360 has arrived on shelves, featuring a stylish matte finish. The release of the new SKU was confirmed by online retailer ShopTo. Previously only the 4GB model was available with the matte, but Microsoft has now revamped the 250GB model of the console. …
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