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Zavvi managing director Simon Douglas has been elected chairman at the Entertainment Retailers’ Association for the next year. The decision was made at the ERA’s Annual General Meeting, which took place in London this morning. Douglas – who last year led the buy-out of the Virgin Megastores chain to create …
Read More »Valve on Google ‘acquisition’: “100% rumour”
Developer shrugs off speculation that it is about to be bought by web giant
Read More »New DS announcement next month?
Nintendo fans could be celebrating the release of a new DS at the company’s press conference in Japan next month – as the format holder promises information on ‘new products’. The rumour mill has long pointed to a reworked model of DS Lite, which was launched in June, 2006. Japanese …
Read More »Google refuses to rule out Valve takeover
Google has refused to rule out the possibility that it is to acquire Half Life developer Valve. When questioned by MCV by the roaring rumour that it is to announce the buyout of the Steam parent company this week at Austin GDC, A Google spokesperson told us: We do not …
Read More »Google: ‘No comment’ on Valve acquisition rumours
Lack of firm denial from search engine firm adds fuel to rumourâ??s fire
Read More »EA to address Spore DRM concerns
Spore publisher EA has responded to a number of the complaints being levelled at the publisher regarding its seemingly strict DRM measures included in Will Wright’s latest PC outing – and it has stated that it intends to make changes to its current three install limit on the game. Speaking …
Read More »Peter Moore: Rare is not applicable in todays market
Aside from his intriguing insights into both the demise of the Dreamcast and original Xbox , in the third part of his interview with The Guardian former Xbox and Sega hardware boss Peter Moore has stated that UK developer Rare, which is now owned by Microsoft, is not in touch …
Read More »Google to buy Valve, says report
Search engine behemoth Google is set to buy Half-Life developer Valve, according to The Inquirer . The news would be the latest in Google’s ascent into the interactive entertainment space, following the announcement of virtual worlds platform Lively. Valve owns content distribution system Steam – the de facto PC games …
Read More »Peter Moore: Hard drive killed first Xbox
In the third part of The Guardian’s recent interview with current EA Sports boss and former Sega and Microsoft gaming head Peter Moore, the charismatic figure has admitted that the price of the hard drive in the original Xbox was the main factor that forced the company to make an …
Read More »Funcom co-founder resigns
Expresses dissatisfaction with Age of Conan; Anarchy Online director to take over reigns
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