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Nintendo president Saturo Iwata has admitted that the underperforming sales of both Wii Music and Animal Crossing: Let’s Go To The City were to blame for the publisher’s recent lacklustre financial posting. Wii Music and Animal Crossing did not fulfil our expectations and only sold through 2.65m and 3.38m copies …
Read More »US label Graffiti expands to Europe
American publisher Graffiti Entertainment has shrugged off the threat of consolidation by expanding its presence to Europe. The firm has set up a new office in London, and hired former CDV and Jester man Terry Malham as head of business development. Malham will aid the San Francisco-based publisher in its …
Read More »Iwata Q&A
Nintendo has published Satoru Iwata’s QA session with journalists at a recent investor briefing. MCV has split the press conference into three digestable sections, focused on the following topics: Part 1: Sales and projections Part 2: New hardware, new peripheralsPart 3:Non-gamers and production
Read More »Iwata Q&A: Sales and projections
Nintendo has published Satoru Iwata’s QA session with journalists at a recent investor briefing. MCV has split the press conference into three digestable sections, focused on the following topics: Part 1: Sales and projectionsPart 2: New hardware, new peripheralsPart 3:Non-gamers and production Please explain your future vision. I believe that …
Read More »Pitt-Stanley moves up at 505
505 games has promoted Ralph Pitt-Stanley to the position of commercial director, UK/ROE, as it gears up for a busy second half to the year. Formerly UK/ROE sales director, the popular Pitt-Stanely, along with general manager Ian Howe and marketing manager Alison Mitchell, was part of the small team that …
Read More »Vitality Sensor over a year away
The Nintendo Vitality Sensor will not make it to market in 2009, with Nintendo president Saturo Iwata pointing to a launch in the second half of 2010. The device clips to a user’s finger and can measure their pulse. Expected applications include fitness software, though don’t be surprised to see …
Read More »Iwata Q&A: New hardware, new peripherals
Nintendo has published Satoru Iwata’s QA session with journalists at a recent investor briefing. MCV has split the press conference into three digestable sections, focused on the following topics: Part 1: Sales and projections Part 2: New hardware, new peripheralsPart 3:Non-gamers and production I would like to ask your fundamental …
Read More »D3P reveals new Shaun the Sheep
Publisher D3p has announced that Shaun the Sheep: Off His Head is set to arrive on DS this autumn. The game is the follow-up to last year’s original, and once again features all the characters from the popular Aardman Animation, including Shaun, Timmy, Shirley, Bitzer, as they attempt to rescue …
Read More »Dragon Age: Origins delayed
BioWare has confirmed Dragon Age: Origins will now be released on November 6th. The game was originally slated for an October release, but the developer confirmed to IGN this has slipped to the following month. Dragon Age: Origins will be released on November 3rd in North America and November 6th …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Ashes bowls to the top
The reign of Wii Sports Resort has ground to a halt earlier than expected at the top of the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 with Codemasters’ Ashes 2009 stumping Nintendo’s title after its first weekend of release. In doing so Codemasters becomes the first UK publisher to claim the …
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