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Street Fighter publisher Capcom is to bring one of its popular fighting series to Xbox 360 and PS3 this summer, with a download-only version of Marvel vs Capcom 2 now officially confirmed. The game will be released on both Microsoft’s Xbox Live Arcade and Sony’s PlayStation Network, and is based …
Read More »Koei scores exclusive Nippon Ichi deal
Cult RPG developer Nippon Ichi has signed a deal with publisher Koei that gives the company the exclusive rights to distribute its titles in the UK. The first games to appear as a result of the agreement will be Ar Tonelico 2: Melody of the Metafalica on PS2 (May 29th), …
Read More »ESA challenges pathological addiction study
The Entertainment Software Association has hit back at a contentious study which recently concluded that 8.5 percent of young gamers are pathologically addicted to their hobby. In an open letter, ESA CEO Michael Gallagher claims that the study was based on flawed methodology”, and has asked science journal Psychological Science …
Read More »Valve dominates ELAN Awards
Left 4 Dead picks up four awards, while Bethesdaâ??s Fallout 3 takes Best Console Game
Read More »Square: Japans game industry almost xenophobic
As Square Enix expands its presence in the west with the 84.3 million acquisition of Eidos, global president Yoichi Wada has criticised Japan’s development culture for being too inwardly-focused. In the last five to 10 years, the Japanese games industry has become a closed environment, with no new people coming …
Read More »Square: Japanâ??s game industry â??almost xenophobicâ??
Squareâ??s Yoichi Wada calls for an end to Japanâ??s â??closed environmentâ??, adds that Square Enix may acquire more western groups
Read More »GAME launches MCV Awards offers
High Street retailer GAME has launched a special offer for customers following its success at the MCV Awards last week. The chain’s ‘award winning offers’ includes a Wii for 164.99 and a DSi for 139.99, and will run until May 4th. The cut-price hardware can only be gained by using …
Read More »MCV Awards: See the video here
Keep on moving is the message for the UK games business in 2009, as demonstrated by leading execs in this year’s MCV Awards video skit. Watch David Yarnton (Nintendo), Michael Rawlinson (ELSPA), John Clark (Sega), Martyn Gibbs (Gamestation) and Murray Pannell (Ubisoft) re-enact the dance moves from a cheesy pop …
Read More »JAPAN: PS3 sales surge 274%
Never doubt the appetite for all things Final Fantasy in Japan – sales of PS3 rocketed last week after the arrival of a playable demo of Square Enix’s Final Fantasy XIII on the Blu-ray release of CGI movie Final Fantasy: Advent Children Complete. Sales of Sony’s machine hit 62,527, up …
Read More »Apple ditches 10% of retail workforce
Apple has cut around ten per cent of its workforce during the second quarter of 2009, according to documents released to the Securities and Exchange Commission. According to the document, Apple cut its full-time workforce from 15,600 to 14,000 during the second quarter. It is unclear if the retailer made …
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