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Read More »Call of Duty: Black Ops announced
Activision has announced that its next Call of Duty game will hit shelves November 9th, 2010. The new title is called Call of Duty: Black Ops, and a teaser website has gone live here. The new game is being developed by Call of Duty: World at War developer, Treyarch. No …
Read More »Activision: Treyarch is taking CoD to the next level
Activision Publishing’s chief operating officer Thomas Tippl has promised that developer Treyarch will push the next Call of Duty’s quality beyond that seen in previous iterations of the series. The statement comes in the build up to this evening’s official unveiling of details of the game’s content and setting. Tomorrow …
Read More »“Publishers â??redundantâ?? online? Youâ??re dead wrong”
Games Investor Consulting director Rick Gibson explores business in the new net age
Read More »Publishers ready for MCM expo
Major UK publishers will showcase their latest titles at the MCM Expo in May. Companies including Activision, PQube, Tecmo Koei, Nintendo and Rising Star have all signed up to the event, which takes place on the Saturday, May 29th and Sunday, May 30th at London Excel. Games set to be …
Read More »Multiplay attracts 2,350 people
The i39 multiplayer gaming event attracted 2,350 people, with almost 80,000 viewing the finals online. Players took part in competing matches on games such as Counter Strike: Source. "i39 was a resounding success with hundreds of people bringing their own PCs for four days of hardcore gaming and over 2,000 …
Read More »Warner restructures sales team
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has detailed a restructuring of its its sales teams. In a move that will ‘bring closer alignment to the sales and supply chain teams within the Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group’, the publisher has made two key promotions. Kevin Kebodeaux will lead the new sales organisation …
Read More »Namco sets low price for Titans
Namco Bandai has set the RRP of upcoming action adventure game Clash of the Titans at just 29.99, ahead of the game’s May 28th launch. The movie tie-in is a third cheaper than most PS3 and Xbox 360 multiformat titles which usually have an RRP of 44.99 or 49.99. UK product …
Read More »OPINION: Best Buy means business
Best Buy’s arrival in the UK comes at an ideal moment. The UK’s market value is in the gutter – albeit temporarily – driven down by a mix of a weak release schedule, post-recession caution, a lack of new hardware and the distraction of an election. Games’ heartland UK retailer …
Read More »Briton takes â?¬25k in Vodafone Appstar contest
Local winner goes head to head in European public vote for a share of the â?¬1 million prize fund
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