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Eidos has confirmed to MCV that Batman: Arkham Asylum will be released on August 28th in Europe – and three days earlier in North America. Fans will be pleased to hear that Eidos stuck to its word on the title – after initially delaying the release to the ‘end of …

Atari has cancelled a number of projects as part of its bid to recover from two years of sustained net losses. The company stated that to improve the cash position” it will restructure the business and focus on what it considered more cost-effective” mass-market and online games. As such, the …

Tiger Woods abandons physical media for its next title, but will it be free-to-play?

Infogrames has posted a loss of €226.1 million for FY 2008-2009 – an increase on the €51.1 million it suffered in its previous year. The firm blamed ‘substantial write-offs and goodwill impairments’ on its publishing operations – as well as losses due to the exit of its distribution business in …

The Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property claims that seven million UK residents have illegally downloaded files from the internet in the last 12 months, with the cumulative value of the stolen material estimated to be 120bn. It adds that 1.3m people use a file-sharing network at least once a …

Sony Ericsson has lifted the lid on its new Aino device – a mobile phone that can play PS3 titles on the move via Remote Play. To date Remote Play has only been available to PSP owners allowing the playing of both PS3, PSN and PSOne titles on the move …

Publisher Bethesda has explained its decision to release its Fallout 3 DLC at retail, stating that the broader market is simply not willing to download games. The firm is set to release three new retail SKUs for Fallout 3 this year, including Fallout 3 Add-on Pack 1 (which features DLC …

MCV sister-site Licensing.biz is sporting a sleek upgrade that reinforces its position as the leading news source for the global licensing industry. The B2B site offers breaking stories, industry comment, interviews with leading names, company spotlights and brand profiles. The new site also brings with it a number of new …

A somewhat vague story on The Wall Street Journal claims that EA will use its upcoming Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 to push its console digital distribution ambitions. The piece states that EA believes its can achieve better revenues online than in can through retail, as the growth of online …

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