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Rick Gibson on why Appleâ??s U-turn on freemium, in-app purchasing has revitalised the iPhone business
Read More »EA Sports: Its our job to make you not want to trade in
One thing I have to do, and it’s my job, and my development team’s job, and my marketing team’s job, is make you not want to trade the game in.” Those are the words of EA Sports boss Peter Moore. The publisher has been one of the leading lights in …
Read More »iPhone 4 hacking begins
Having arrived in a number of key global markets last Thursday, the first hackers to have jailbroken the iPhone 4 are already boasting online. Jailbreaking is the term used for circumventing Apple’s software security measures. A jailbroken handset will run custom code and programmes that are not made by Apple …
Read More »Dead Rising 2 delayed
Japanese publisher Capcom has confirmed that the hotly tipped zombie-themed action outing Dead Rising 2 has seen its US and European release delayed. The game is now scheduled to arrive on European shelves on October 1st – a month later than was initially planned. It will hit US shelves a …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Harry Potter takes top spot
Warner Bros Interactive has finally conjured up the spot of magic needed to usurp long-term chart-topper Red Dead Redemption from the top of the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. Rockstar’s free-roaming Western title had until this week enjoyed a five-week spell in command of the software charts. However, …
Read More »Last call for Sourcebook entries
Act now if your company wants to be promoted via MCV and Develop for the next 12 months. Sourcebook 2010 covers Creative & Promotional Services, Gaming Accessories, Distribution & Logistics, International Distribution, Digital Distribution, Legal Services, Localisation, QA & Testing, Manufacturing Services, Recruitment and Software Development. The only online and …
Read More »Epic Diaries: Zombie Studios
Mark Rein analyses Zombie Studios' recent decision to launch Blacklight: Tango Down as a download-only title with UE3
Read More »Now Nintendo America expects 3DS in 2011
As our retail panel predicted, it’s looking increasingly likely that Europe and now US won’t get the Nintendo 3DS until 2011. Earlier this week we detailed UK retailer expectations that the device will most likely arrive around February 2011priced just shy of 200. Last night, Nintendo of America’s president Reggie …
Read More »Microsoft cools Xbox 360 iPlayer talk
The chances of BBC’s popular iPlayer appearing on Xbox 360 appear slimmer than ever today after Microsoft’s Senior Regional Director for Northern Europe Neil Thompson claimed that the company would have to find a way of differentiating its offer from the competition to make the proposition viable. I think the …
Read More »Namco restructures marketing team
Publisher Namco Bandai has made some changes to its European marketing team. Marketing director David Miller has left the firm. He had worked at the company for over 18 months. His replacement is former head of PR Lee Kirton, who has been promoted to marketing and PR manager. We have …
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