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SCEE has announced that it is to bundle it’s excitedly anticipated FPS Killzone 2 with the PS3 in the UK upon the game’s release at the end of February. Priced at 299.99, the package will include an 80GB PS3 console, one DualShock 3 controller and a copy of the gritty …
Read More »Mythic suffers job losses
It seems that the Mythic Entertainment, the developer of successful PC MMO Warhammer: Online, has become the latest EA-owned studio to face losses as a result of the cost-cutting measures currently being implemented by the North American games publisher. MCV’s sister website Developmag.com has the full story – click here …
Read More »Job losses at Mythic
Warhammer Online developer the latest to be affected by EA cost-cutting measures
Read More »AUSTRALIA: Market jumps by 47 per cent
Australia has become the latest nation to following the footsteps of the UK , USA and Canada (though sadly not Japan ) by reporting impressive rises in the value of its video game industry in 2008. The market reached AUD 1.96bn ($1.3bn) last year, up 47 per cent on 2007. …
Read More »Government obesity link irritates industry
A new Government TV ad that appears to link games and obesity has irked the UK industry – despite apparent good intentions. The commercial, for Government health initiative Change 4 Life, shows the ‘son’ in a family made of plasticine tapping away at a gamepad in front of a television …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Wii Fit returns to the top
The ever-popular Wii Fit has proved that it’s far from out of steam this week by returning to the top of ELSPA Gfk-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 for the fifth time, knocking last week’s number one, EA’s FIFA 09, back to number four. Nintendo’s exercise outing has never held onto …
Read More »AUSTRALIA: MadWorld granted release
MadWorld, Platinum Games’ ultra stylised and ultra-violent title heading to the Wii later this year, has surprisingly survived its submission with the famously strict Australian OFLC and has been granted a release in the territory. Granting it an MA 15+ rating, the strictest available for video games in the country, …
Read More »CANADA: Annual games market soars
Following last week’s news that the North American video games market grew by 19 per cent to hit $21.33bn last year, NPD figures have also shown that the Canadian industry in isolation also enjoyed significant growth, CBC reports. Sales of consoles, games and accessories in the region totalled $2.09bn in …
Read More »Bobby Kotick comes under the Forbes spotlight
Leading US business journal Forbes has published a detailed tribute to the personal success of Activision and Blizzard CEO and president Bobby Kotick, explaining how the entrepreneur used the EA publishing model to build the now biggest games publisher in the world. The article reads: When Kotick stumbled across his …
Read More »Government deal to help developers
Counter-credit crunch measures could aid struggling studios
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