Game industry business news

Whilst we’re used to aggressive price battles in the software market, hardware prices are typically resilient – which makes the current price war surrounding the upcoming Black Wii all the more surprising. A number of leading online retailers – such as Amazon, Play, ShopTo and GAME – are offering the …

As much as $250,000 for ideas that become Samsung Apps

Five former high-profile executives from Midway have been found innocent of conspiracy to deceive the public about the health of the fallen company. District Court judge David H. Coar has in the past months been hearing various allegations from out-of-pocket shareholders, who claimed that certain Midway execs knowingly kept them …

Aggrieved shareholders told that the five accused Midway execs were not liable for deception

An ambitious online games retailer believes it will be able to steal considerable” market share from Amazon, Play.com and ShopTo.net this Christmas after a major investment in its site. GameGears.co.uk is eyeing a 2 million turnover for the next calendar year, after striking deals with publishers such as Activision for …

Though Nintendo’s third iteration of its successful handheld the DSI only arrived in Europe and North America a few months ago, Japan’s often reliable newspaper Nikkei has predicted that a new version of the handheld will be released in Japan before the end of the year. The fourth version of …

Nintendo believes that its new sleek black Wii console can single-handedly lure hard-to-reach consumers back into gaming. As revealed by MCVUK.com last week, the console will be launched in the UK and Ireland on November 6th – two weeks before mainland Europe. The move has widely been seen as a …

Sky’s long-awaited Xbox Live IPTV service has gone live in the UK, meaning that Xbox 360 owners are now able to access satellite TV without the need for a dish. The service, which launches with 24 available channels, requires Xbox Live Gold membership to use. The monthly subscription charge for …

Ubisoft has released the first of three episodes from the new Assassin’s Creed: Lineage short movies. The first part can be found on the YouTube homepage in eight countries for 24 hours only. The movies are developed by Ubisoft’s Hybride Technologies, the visual effects specialists behind 300 and Sin City, …

ELSPA has welcomed the decision by the Department of Health to endorse Nintendo’s Wii Fit Plus – making the first game to be allowed to use the NHS’s Change4Life logo in future advertising. As first reported by MCV, the Change4Life endorsement will be used across Nintendo’s promotion for Wii Fit …