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In the biggest offensive ever mounted against the piracy-enabling R4 Flash card device, Nintendo and Capcom have joined forces with 53 other unspecified games publishers to file a lawsuit against four retailers who currently sell the device. Gamasutra reports that the joint action follows moves earlier this year under the …
Read More »Former Amazon exec sets up games retailer
Ex-Amazon finance director John Pollard has launched his own online video game retail website. According to the Lancashire Telegraph, Playgamesuk.com is based in Preston Road in Ribchester and Pollard hopes to double his company’s 1 million turnover. They basically sold games they no longer wanted and it proved so popular …
Read More »Silent Hill slips to February
Konami has confirmed that Silent Hill: Shattered Memories will not arrive on retail shelves this year. The game has previously been dated as a vague ‘Autumn 2009′ release, but a representative for the publisher told MCV: This has now slipped to February.” Shattered Memories is a remake of the original …
Read More »Mario & Sonic takes over kids TV
TV ads for Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games will appear on seven kids channels simultaneously, MCV can reveal. The 90 second creatives will appear at 5:15 tomorrow (Friday), on Cartoon Network, Cartoon Network Too, Boomerang, Nickelodeon, Nick Toons, Disney XD and CITV. The activity is part of …
Read More »Studios lose out in Oxygen IP grab
The ‘new’ owner of Oxygen’s assets has told MCV that developers have been left out of pocket following the firm’s fall into administration. OG International purchased Oxygen’s IP and stock after the firm went into administration this week. The international sales and distribution firm is headed by Jim Scott – …
Read More »â??Free Facebook games make $20 per userâ??
Games analyst Nicholas Lovell explains why free doesnâ??t mean unprofitable
Read More »Little games with lots to prove
Are PSP Minis to little too late, or is Sony timing things perfectly?
Read More »Face facts: Why Facebook games can’t be ignored
Examining the power of social games
Read More »Nintendo: WiiWare benefits retail
Nintendo has denied suggestions that its push into the digital download market has a negative impact on physical retail. On the contrary; Nintendo’s European boss Laurent Fischer gave our sister site Develop two main reasons why WiiWare benefits retailers. In an interview published today he said: The first is having …
Read More »Microsoft dates Sky on Xbox Live
Microsoft’s Xbox community manager for Europe Graeme Boyd, otherwise known as AceyBongos, has revealed that Sky’s long-awaited Xbox 360 functionality will go live on October 27th. In a Tweet just a few moments ago, Boyd stated: October 27 – that’s the date when you’ll be able to watch TV from …
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