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THQ continues to lick its wounds after admitting a year ago that its product line-up needed to be refocused. The publisher this evening announced it saw sales down 40 per cent year on year for the three month period ending September 30th, 2009. Net sales were $101.3 million, down from …
Read More »Another lawsuit targets Activision
Just a month after the firm was blasted (inaccurately, it turned out) by Courtney Love, Activision’s Guitar Hero franchise is subject of another celebrity lawsuit. This time rock band No Doubt is up in arms over an appearance in Band Hero, which the group allege contravenes their licensing deal by …
Read More »HMVCurzon welcomes games publishers
HMV has invited games publishers to display their wares at the retailer’s new cinema venture.The firm believes that HMVCurzon which opened in Wimbledon, London last month can help turn the heads of would-be games consumers if used to show game demos. In an exclusive interview, HMV CEO Simon Fox told …
Read More »HMV: Big screen & big ambitions
HMV has introduced a movie cinema above its Wimbledon outlet, dubbed HMVCurzon – yet another sign of its rapidly evolving strategy. Tim Ingham catches up with the firm’s boss, Simon Fox…How do games companies stand to benefit from HMVCurzon?The cinema features the latest digital technology and has wireless capability, so …
Read More »Ubisoft H1 sales fall 51.7%
French publishing giant Ubisoft has released its H1 2009/2010 financials, ending September 30th 2009, which reveal that sales of the company’s software sales fell by 51.7 per cent compared to the same period the year before. Total sales for the six months ending September hit €166m – last year that …
Read More »Apple confirms 100k app milestone
Apple calls its online portal 'a major differentiator'
Read More »HMV unveils vision of retail’s future
Those who enthusiastically condemned the High Street to history at London Games Conference were wide of the mark: Because entertainment retailers aren’t actually reliant on boxed product to survive. That was the view from HMV this week, as the retail firm unveiled a revolutionary strategy to ensure it is still …
Read More »Carmack weighs iPhone goals against resources
Developer interested in an iPhone Rage title and â??dedicatedâ?? FPS
Read More »Marvel names 2011 games slate
Having first been name-dropped by Marvel over two years ago, the dedicated video games for comic favourites Captain America and Thor will finally make it to market in 2011. The news was spotted by Gamespot in Marvel’s recent quarterly financial report. Thor’s outing is scheduled for a May 2011 release …
Read More »Sci-Fi writer Morgan working on 3 EA projects
Prominent sci-fi author to write and script for an undisclosed game project
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