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There’s a whole new market out there ready and waiting for those able to think outside of the box – and seemingly that’s exactly what 2K Play has done with its new Wii title It’s My Birthday. Getting older is about to become a lot more fun,” 2K Play’s vice …
Read More »Moore: Weve learnt our lesson on Wii
EA Sports President Peter Moore has told MCV that the label has learnt some hard lessons” about developing games on Wii – as it pledges a renewed push on the format throughout 2009. In an exclusive interview, Moore said that EA Sports had traditionally been fixated on graphics – but …
Read More »Garriott suing NCsoft for $24m?
Six months on from his seemingly amicable departure from Korean MMO firm NCsoft, it is now being claimed that space-traveller Richard Garriott is to sue his former employer for $24m. Kotaku reports that documents from the Texas Western District Court show that Garriott is accusing the firm of fraud. In …
Read More »Empire ‘has no funds’ to settle debts
The former employees of Empire are to get absolutely nothing for the two months of unpaid loyalty they worked for the firm prior to its collapse. Administrator KPMG told MCV this afternoon that ‘unfortunately, the Company is not in a position to make any payments for arrears of wages to …
Read More »Senior exec calls for opening up of casual games platforms
Writing exclusively for CasualGaming.biz, PopCap’s senior director of business development for Asia Pacific Giordano Bruno Contestabile has called for casual games publishers to open up their platforms in an effort to stimulate further growth in the sector. While every MMO seeks to become the primary and possibly the only mean …
Read More »Ghostbusters will hit 360, Wii and DS eventually
Ghostbusters on 360, Wii and DS will be published before the end of the year, Atari has told MCV. Concerns were raised over the non-PlayStation editions, following news that Sony had picked up the rights to the PS3, PSP and PS2 versions of the game. An Atari spokesperson told MCV: …
Read More »PC receives high-profile backing from EA
Whilst High Street sales of PC software can paint a picture of decline, the un-monitored online revenues coming from the format are drastically increasing – a fact that helped EA enjoy a strong performance on the format last year. VG247 points out that EA released 32 PC games in its …
Read More »A man for all seasons
What would you pick out as the highlights, either in terms of strategy or products, from your first 18 months at EA Sports?Strategy-wise I think what Wii was doing was a challenge to us, but you’ll see that the next round of products has a very strong focus on that …
Read More »31 EA titles sell more than a million
EA has stated that 31 of its titles sold more than a million copies in the last 12 months – an improvement on the 27 1m+ sellers the firm published in 2007. Furthermore, three titles sold over 5m copies each – FIFA 09, Need for Speed Undercover and Madden NFL …
Read More »Sony to publish Ghostbusters
Platform holder picks up title from Atari in shock move; Release date on track for June 19th; 360 version coming â??later in year'
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