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It has taken a while, but GT5 is finally on shelves. Were you ever worried it wouldn’t make it this year?No. We had good conversations with Yamauchi-san and the Polyphony team at Gamescom about the milestones. And there was always very strong confidence it would be out this year. But …
Read More »Take-Two achieves non-GTA profit
A long-term goal was finally achieved at the offices of publisher Take-Two last night – it was able to announce a year of overall profit without releasing a Grand Theft Auto title. For the year ending October 31st profit hit $42.5m. In the year before Take-Two endured a $140m loss. …
Read More »Games market down as sector fragments
Retail will not match 2009’s sales figures, despite a Q4 sales surge. Record-breaking sales for FIFA 11 and Black Ops have helped retail beat last year’s Q4 numbers. According to MCV calculations based on Chart-Track data, retail needs to sell more than 20m units and make 313m in three weeks …
Read More »Snow chaos costs retail billions
Retail is feeling the chill as Arctic weather threatens to bring the country to a standstill this week. Several big December releases – including World of Warcraft: Cataclysm – failed to hit stores in time for launch in recent weeks as icy weather disrupted key deliveries. Now games outlets are drawing …
Read More »Activision offering pitch tips at Festival Of Games
New speakers announced for the Netherlands event
Read More »Back to the Future dated
Time circuits on. The first episode of Telltale Games’ Back To the Future: The Game will finally arrive next week. Entitled It’s About Time, the game will be available to download on PC from December 22nd. Set six months after the events of Back To The Future: Part III, it …
Read More »Deus Ex: Human Revolution delayed
Fans will have to wait a bit longer for the latest Deus Ex title as Square Enix announces it has delayed the upcoming Human Revolution. The eagerly-awaited prequel was originally due for release in Q1 2011 but has now been pushed back to the publisher’s next financial year, meaning it …
Read More »Scene It heads to Windows Phone 7
Movie trivia game Scene It will appear on Windows Phone 7 handsets in conjunction with a range of downloadable films. Paramount is releasing ten movie apps in the US including Zoolander, School of Rock and GI Joe: Rise of the Cobra. These will also come with ‘Silverlight’ bonuses including interactive …
Read More »DeNA signs significant Android deal
Major coup as the Mobage platform will be pre-loaded into Samsung smartphones
Read More »Gears 3 VGA absence explained
Epic Games’ Cliff Bleszinski has revealed that the expected Gears of War 3 announcement at this year’s Spike VGA Awards was because the timing wasn’t right”. A myriad of big name games were announced and showcased at this year’s awards, but Microsoft’s highly-anticipated third-person shooter was noticeably absent – despite …
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