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Morrisons has ended its 14-year relationship with MBL Group, forcing the distributor to put itself up for sale. The firm has been in discussion with Morrisons for months to try and secure a new contract. 78 per cent of MBL’s turnover in its last financial year was made through its …
Read More »Harrison: Iwata is wrong
Former Sony Studios boss and general partner at London Venture Partners Phil Harrison has dismissed Saturo Iwata’s recent criticism of the App Store revolution at GDC. "Iwata-san has done an incredible job rebuilding Nintendo over the last few years," Harrison told Industry Gamers. "He is a great leader of that …
Read More »The good news iPad 2 sales near 1m
Sales of Apple’s iPad 2 came close to 1m units in the US over the tablet’s opening weekend, news agency Reuters is reporting. The original iPad took 28 days to hit that sales barrier upon its launch in April 2010. "Our field checks over the weekend indicate that the iPad …
Read More »Time called on Zune hardware
Having never succeeded in standing toe-to-toe with Apple’s mighty iPad series, reports are claiming that Microsoft is ready to call an end to its Zune hardware business. However, it doesn’t mean the end of the Zune brand – that will continue to be leveraged as a mussy and movie sales …
Read More »The Crytek way
Develop interviews one of the last unashamedly 'old-model' studios of Ferrari-like tech, dev autonomy and big gambles
Read More »EA: NPD is ‘misrepresentation of our industry’
Major US publishers are on the verge of revolt against NPD, according to a CNN report. The likes of EA and Activision see the group’s monthly retail sales bulletins as ‘misleading and potentially irrelevant’. That’s because the reports don’t factor in Xbox Live, PSN or iTunes data,. "Using NPD data …
Read More »Free Realms brings free-to-play to PS3
Sony Online Entertainment game to be the first of its kind on PSN
Read More »DC Universe priced on PSN
Sony has announced that PS3 MMO title DC Universe Online will be released on the PlayStation Store as a downloadable purchase. It will cost 39.99 in the UK and €49.99 in mainland Europe. It will include a free 30-day subscription to the game. No firm release date has yet been …
Read More »Human Head ‘to finish Prey 2 by 2012’
US indie group wins major Bethesda deal
Read More »Ubisoft appoints licensing group
Ubisoft has appointed Copyright Promotions Licensing Group (CPLG) as its European licensing agent for its Rabbids, Imagine and Just Dance brands. The firm will look after existing licensing programmes and seek new markets in which to take the brands. These include launching Just Dance-branded clothes and fitness accessories. Ubisoft is …
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