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Microsoft is set to take over the whole of Leicester Square this weekend, as it embarks on a major consumer promotional campaign. The Leicester Square event – which forms part of the platform holder’s wider Xbox Trial tour – will be a film-themed consumer experience and puts the spotlight on …
Read More »Tesco delays payment to publishers
Tesco has extended the time it takes to pay entertainment suppliers by 30 days in the run-up to the Christmas season. The supermarket has written to suppliers to tell them it has changed its payment terms from 30 days to 60 days as of December 1st, 2008. The Financial Times …
Read More »E3 to stay in LA for three years
The Los Angeles Convention Center and Visitors Bureau has announced E3 will remain in LA for the next three years. According to Edge, it’s an important deal for Los Angeles – as the city expects $18 million in economic impact from the upsized expo, with everything from cab fares to …
Read More »Sony relaxes approvals process
Content approval abolished for PS2, creates single global approval process for PSN
Read More »Desperate Housewives composer signed for The Sims 3
Steve Jablonsky contributes theme tune and 'key music' for EA's blockbuster
Read More »Nintendo unveils Christmas tour
Nintendo is set to take its DS and Wii software on a tour of the UK as it looks to ramp up its marketing for the fourth quarter. Going under the names The Nintendo DS Christmas Tour ’08 and The Wii Christmas Tour ’08, gamers are being invited to ‘discover …
Read More »LittleBigPlanet 2 in the works
LittleBigPlanet isn’t even in stores yet – and yet developer Media Molecule has already announced plans for a sequel. Speaking to the BBC on being a British success story, the firm also revealed that it is in negotiations with Sony to expand the franchise to have its own cartoon and …
Read More »2.4 million Wiis made a month
Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils-Aime has revealed that the company is producing 2.4 million new Wiis every month – a 33 per cent increase on last year’s frequency. Speaking in an interview with the LA Times, Fils-Aime called the production cycle ‘unprecedented’. Nintendo has continually raised the production levels …
Read More »SCi waives standstill deal with Warner Bros
SCi Entertainment has announced that it has waived its ‘standstill’ agreement with Warner Bros until December 1st – meaning that the entertainment media giant can increase its share count to 30 per cent without consultation. According to SCi: ‘[The deal] restricts the ability of Warner Bros and its affiliates to …
Read More »Xbox: Were an online retailer
Xbox Live boss John Schappert has told MCV that Xbox Live’s role as an ‘online retailer’ is taking the pressure off the battle for High Street shelf space. Speaking in the build-up to the ‘revolutionary’ Xbox Live Dashboard update next month, Schappert said: There are games coming that would not …
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