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Read More »More EA studios to suffer jobs cuts?
EA’s previously revealed cost-cutting measures continue to take effect, with Canadian studio Black Box and Florida-based team Tiburon apparently the latest to see job cuts. Click here to visit Developmag.com for the complete story .
Read More »October games conference to return
MCV publisher Intent Media is to launch a new games conference this autumn, following its recent swoop for a range of event and magazine assets. Intent has acquired all the brands owned by defunct B2B publisher Skep Media, including the Games 3.0 conference, which was launched during the London Games …
Read More »US: Wii Play tops 08 best sellers
New NPD figures show that Wii Play was been confirmed as the best selling multi-SKU game of 2008 in the US. The figures confirm that Nintendo’s 2006 mini-game collection outsold all other games during 2008, with 5.28 million units sold, MTV reports. Nintendo also secured the No.4 position, with Mario …
Read More »Velvet Assassin drug references to remain
Upcoming WWII adventure title Velvet Assassin will not have its references to drug use removed, publisher SouthPeak has confirmed, despite the heat its likely to cause troubles with the world’s various regulatory bodies. The former Gamecock title allows players to use morphine to slow down time and pull off deadly …
Read More »AUSTRALIA: Red Ant goes into administration
It has been confirmed that Australian video games distributor Red Ant has been placed into administration, impacting the supply chain of a number of leading publishers in the territory. Companies using to Red Ant include Capcom, Konami, Bethesda and Midway – and with key releases such as Resident Evil 5 …
Read More »‘Jobs for the girls’
And it’s not just one or two women in senior industry roles dragging the average up, either – our survey included women working at all levels in all parts of the industry. At the same time, it was also quite hard to get any senior publishing reps to talk on …
Read More »Majesty’s Secret Services
If you were to ask most people in the industry to name a UK publisher which has just celebrated its tenth anniversary, that’s still independent, has a growing development studio, achieved a top three hit on PSP last year and announced a major licensing agreement with ITV, they’d be hard-pushed …
Read More »Hudson praises Javagroundâ??s Xpress Suite
Bomberman Land â??dramatically improvedâ?? by development and porting tool
Read More »BioWare: PC gaming far from dying
BioWare CEO Ray Musyka has disputed claims that PC gaming is in severe decline, claiming there are more consumers than ever spending money in the market. Speaking to CVG, he said: I think there are more people playing PC games and more dollars being spent on the PC space than …
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