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GAME Group CEO Ian Shepherd has outlined the company’s Strategic Update in which he has expressed his intention to triple the Group’s online and digital revenue from 100m to 300m by 2013. The exec said that recent behind the scenes investment in GAME’s digital infrastructure will start to become apparent …
Read More »Major reboot reveal pulled from OXM
Official Xbox Magazine has been forced to delay its unveiling of a secret Xbox 360 revamp of a major blockbuster game. The Next Month page in the latest issue of OXM promises details on how one of the best games ever made” will be reborn” on the console, but the …
Read More »100,000 sign up for APB Reloaded
More than 100,000 people have registered to take part in the beta of APB Reloaded. The figure was revealed by developer Reloaded Productions’ boss Bjorn Book-Larsson on the game’s official blog, who added that this has topped his team’s original expectations. The studio is aiming to launch the closed beta …
Read More »AUSTRALIA: R18+ meeting delayed
Australia will continue to go without an R18+ age rating for video games after a meeting concerning the certificate was delayed. In December Australia’s state attorney-generals agreed to draft guidelines for the introduction of an R18+ certificate for games by March 4th. This date has now been delayed due to …
Read More »EA hit by BioWare VP departure
EA has today lost three heads from major studios Playfish and Bioware. BioWare Austin VP Gordon Walton has left the US company in favour of an executive producer role at Playdom. In a statement EA emphasised it is business as usual” across BioWare’s studios. The studio which Walton has departed …
Read More »Take-Two shares hit two year high
Shares in US publisher Take-Two have reached their highest point for 29 months in the wake of solid quarterly results and rumours of a possible acquisition. At the close of play last night Take-Two shares hit the $16 mark. At the end of January that price stood at just $12.48. …
Read More »iPhone 5 to get bigger screen?
The next Apple iPhone will have a larger screen than its predecessors, reports suggest. The iPhone 5’s screen will apparently measure four inches diagonally – up half an inch from the iPhone 4’s screen which is 3.5 inches. This is to ensure it competes with rival Google Android smartphones which …
Read More »More Playfish founders leave
Only one co-founder of the original four who pioneered casual games giant Playfish remains at the firm after two more departures were confirmed overnight. Inside Social Games reports that former COO and current EA Interactive vice president Sebastien de Halleux and development and technology boss Sami Lababidi will both leave …
Read More »GAME Bafta nominations announced
The nominations list for the GAME British Academy Video Games Awards has been revealed. Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood and Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops lead the charge with six nominations each. Other names of note include Sony’s Heavy Rain, Microsoft’s Alan Wake, EA’s Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and indie …
Read More »Five nations named as key P2P culprits
A new report from US trade body the Entertainment Software Association has pointed the finger at five nations which it says account for over half of the world’s illegal internet game file-sharing. Citing a report filed by the International Intellectual Property Alliance, 54 per cent of illegal games content – …
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