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Industry veterans have paid tribute to UK PlayStation boss Ray Maguire who left the firm last week. He has departed Sony Computer Entertainment UK having worked there for 17 years. Maguire has helped launch PSone, PS2, PS3 and PSP in the country during his time at the platform holder. Maguire’s …
Read More »Wii 2 rumour: Nintendo snaps up Rockstar work
Development kit has been delivered to the Wii-friendly developer, report claims
Read More »September arrival for Driver: San Francisco
Publisher Ubisoft has announced that Driver: San Francisco will now be released this September. The game had once been down for a Q1 2011 release, but was delayed back in November of last year. In addition, the PS3 version of Child of Eden now looks set to join the Xbox …
Read More »Nintendo’s handheld market share ‘down 13%’
Mobile analytics agency Flurry has claimed that the combined forces of Apple iOS and Google Android are eating into Nintendo’s handheld market share. Between 2009 and 2010 Flurry estimates that Nintendo’s marketshare in the US portable gaming market fell 13 per cent to 57 per cent overall. PSP fell two …
Read More »Playfish abandons in-game currency in big switch
Social games firms have to use Facebookâ??s own in-game currency from July 1st
Read More »MySpace losing Zynga support
Games page asks users to redirect to Zynga.com
Read More »EA Tiburon bosses quit
An unnamed executive at EA Tiburon has quit the company to form an independent studio nearby, according to reports. The new studio, named Row Sham Bow, is said to be based just miles away from the EA Tiburon studio. According to a summary report published in the Orlando Business Journal, …
Read More »No more PSPgo for UK retail
It looks as if the end has indeed come for the PSPgo. This morning reports emerged from Japan that production of the machine has been cancelled, and that no more stock will be supplied to the channel. Now a UK retail source has told MCV that they have received word …
Read More »Massive publisher support for Gamescom
This year’s Gamescom is on course to be the biggest iteration yet as publishers and platform holders alike pledge their support for the show. Event organisers Koelnmesse report that there are 20 per cent more exhibitors signed up for Gamescom than there were this time last year. We are clearly …
Read More »Earthquake costs Japanese games sector
According to estimates from Enterbrain CEO Hirokazu Hamamura, the earthquake that hit Japan in March has cost the country’s games sector in the region of 55m. As reported by Andriasang, the drop in sales experienced in the territory following the earthquake has been attributed to the numerous game delays that …
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