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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer yesterday seemingly confirmed a brand new version of the Xbox 360 hardware that includes the motion-sensing Natal technology built in to the hardware. TGDaily reports that the iconic exec told attendees at The Executive’s Club of Chicago that a new hardware SKU equipped with Natal is …
Read More »Is history repeating itself?
Christmas 2007 was a period to remember for the video games industry. It was a time of big sales numbers and bar-raising video games that continued to be popular well into 2008, from the record-breaking launch of Halo 3, to the reinvention of the Call of Duty franchise, via system-shifting …
Read More »EA’s Pleasants joins Playdom
Emerging casual force Playdom, the firm responsible for leading MySpace social network game Mobsters, has joined this morning’s high profile exec merry-go-round by announcing its capture of former EA COO John Pleasants as its new CEO. News broke late last night not only of Pleasants’ departure from EA, but also …
Read More »Ballmerâ??s ‘new Xbox’ speech puzzles onlookers
Is it Natal, or something more?
Read More »Britain' got talent
After Square Enix’s purchase of Eidos in April, the once almighty Britsoft community is all but dead – with the proud exception of Codemasters. We caught up with the global boss of the firm to talk about the UK industry and the publisher’s slate of new titles. You’re putting your …
Read More »EA COO Pleasants leaves for social game group Playdom
Pleasants vacates COO role for Schappert to fill, MySpace group Playdom delighted
Read More »John Schappert quits Microsoft for EA
Xbox Live boss leaves Microsoft to become new COO of US publisher
Read More »Xbox Live boss quits for EA
Global Xbox Live boss John Schappert will leave Microsoft on July 14th for Electronic Arts – two years after quitting the Redwood giant for the platform holder. Schappert will become COO at EA, replacing John Pleasants, who vacates the publisher. Schappert will be responsible for Worldwide Publishing, the Online Platform …
Read More »RETAIL BIZ: Call Of Juarez: Bound In Blood
Head over to the RETAIL BIZ Previews section for our take on the most promising titles heading to retail in the near future. This week, Ubisoft’s Call Of Juarez: Bound In Blood shakes up the FPS genre by taking gamers back to the Wild West. Expect tense shootouts and frantic …
Read More »Sega confirms management changes
Publisher Sega has promoted Naoya Tsurumi to the head of its consumer business for Europe, Japan and America. The firm has also confirmed that Sega Europe boss Mike Hayes will take the newly created role of president and COO of both Sega America and Sega Europe, as revealed by MCV …
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