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HMV is in negotiations to purchase more Zavvi stores from administrator Ernst & Young. HMV Group CEO Simon Fox has revealed that the company is in talks to purchase less than a handful” more Zavvi outlets. The entertainment retailer bought 14 Zavvi outlets last week – which cost it 700,000 …
Read More »Riccitiello: Creativity and profit go hand in hand
John Riccitiello, the boss of US publishing giant EA, is back on the quality bandwagon after telling The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences that the quest for profitable games in no ways jeopardises the quality of titles being released. Some of my greatest beliefs regarding gaming are that our …
Read More »Japanese developers harnessing London advantage
LONDON FOCUS: Today Develop looks at Gamewax and Mediatonic
Read More »EA Sports Tennis has huge potential
Electronic Arts is confident that it can overcome a crowded Wii market to rule the platform this year – with its new tennis title leading the way. EA Sports Tennis is due for release on Wii later this year – and represents the first time the company has gone up …
Read More »2K boss: We can beat the recession
2K global president Christoph Hartmann has told MCV that he believes the games industry’s progress will not be halted by the current economic slowdown. In our exclusive interview, Hartmann said that if young people could still afford to spend 500 to go crazy in Ibiza”, games would not be high …
Read More »Talking 2K
How do you think the industry will be affected long-term by the so-called ‘credit crunch’?Traditionally, when the economy does badly, the entertainment market grows. I don’t see why it should be any different this time. The recession is coming, but it’s not only about the sad situation of people worrying …
Read More »Sony to give £10k grants to five new UK studios
Get in the Game victors granted cash to develop new projects for PlayStation formats
Read More »Pikmin and Mario Tennis dated for Wii
Nintendo has announced the UK release date of the first two GameCube titles scheduled to receive the Wii-control makeover treatment – Pikmin and Mario Power Tennis. To find out what they are, click here to visit CasualGaming.biz.
Read More »London is â??the best city in the worldâ? for developers
LONDON FOCUS: Develop profiles the first studios in its week-long focus on the capital
Read More »Wii to topple PS2 from console throne
Following some serious number-crunching of NPD’s latest sales figures for North America, Venture Beat has predicted that Nintendo’s Wii is on track to snatch the PS2’s title of the world’s most successful ever home console – though it also predicts that PS3 is destined to finish third in the current …
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