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EA has likened rival publisher Activision to a particularly huge and ugly monster” over the Brutal Legend publishing row. Speaking at Electronic Art’s press event at Gamescom, the company’s VP of European publishing – Jens Uwe Intat – spoke of Activision’s long-winded legal wrangle with Tim Schafer and Double Fine …
Read More »Staff cuts at UK Wolfenstein studio
Endrant Studios sees staff axed just a year after the group formed
Read More »Dantes Inferno dated
Publisher EA has confirmed that its curious mystical fighting title Dante’s Inferno will be released in Europe on PS3, Xbox 360 and PSP on February 12th next year. Its North American release will come a few days earlier on February 9th. EA’s Dante’s Inferno is based on medieval text The …
Read More »Battlefield 1943 hits 1m downloads
EA’s digital-only Battlefield 1943 has been downloaded over one million times. The announcement occurred during EA’s Gamescom press conference ahead of the reveal for retail release, Battlefield: Bad Company 2. Last month it was announced that the DICE-developed game had smashed day one and week on sales records on Xbox …
Read More »EA Sports Active: More Workouts detailed
Publisher EA has for the first time demonstrated and named EA Sports Active: More Workouts at its currently ongoing press conference at Cologne’s Gamescom 2009. The title will boast 35 new exercises that look to vastly expand on the already bountiful offering of workout regimes available in the first title. …
Read More »EA: ‘FIFA 10 will be the greatest football game ever’
Gamescom 09: EA Canada claims that 70% of its team focused on delivering requests from fan feedback
Read More »Playlogics future uncertain
Dutch publisher Playlogic has reported a $3.39 million net loss for the first half of FY 2009 – and admitted that it may struggle to continue as a going concern. The net loss compared unfavourably year-on-year, way down from the $1.04 million profit posted in H1 2008. For the six-month …
Read More »Could motion control doom the console giants?
Natal to 'shove more genres towards the fairground bracket'
Read More »Nyko debuts product in Cologne
Nyko Technologies has announced that it will debut its newest gaming gear this week at Gamescom 2009. Nyko will be showing its current product line, along with several unreleased items including the Type Pad Pro for Wii, the DSi Zoom Case, the PSP Charge Grip Flex and the Speaker Com …
Read More »Kmart confirms new PS3
The starkest indication yet that Sony is planning to both cut the price of the standard PS3 and announce a brand new Slim redesign has arrived courtesy of an ad currently running on the homepage of US retailer Kmart. The ad, which is on rotation here (as spotted by Kotaku), …
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