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Nintendo makes more profits per employee than both investment bank Goldman Sachs and Google, according to survey put together by the Financial Times. Each of the 3,000 staff at Nintendo – most of which work in games development or R&D – will produce $1.6m in profile this year.For the full …
Read More »US: DS breaks August hardware sales record
Figures from US sales analyst NPD group have shown that Nintendo’s DS sold more hardware units in August than any machine has ever sold throughout the month in North America. Videogamer reports that DS sold 518,000 units in the territory last month – beating the previous record set by PS2 …
Read More »Guitar Hero output to triple
Publisher Activision Blizzard has vowed to triple the number of Guitar Hero games on the market by 2010, the firm said at its investors gathering yesterday according to Shacknews . Moreso, the number of titles on the market will be doubled by next year. The UK Charts are currently littered …
Read More »Call of Duty online to be monetized
As part of its latest analyst gathering in the US, publisher Activision Blizzard has said that the number of hours ploughed into games such as Call of Duty 4 online is a business opportunity the company can’t ignore. Plus, the firm also sees online premium content as a way of …
Read More »UK Xbox price cuts confirmed
UK consumers will be able to pick up an Xbox 360 console from just 129.99 after Microsoft confirmed its latest round of price cuts this morning. From Friday September 19th Microsoft’s console line-up will be tweaked to offer the entry-level Arcade SKU at 129.99, standard console with 60GB hard drive …
Read More »Check out our MCV Events diary…
Got your ticket for Games Convention Asia? How about Tokyo Games Show? What about 2008’s awards shows? Got the date of this year’s Golden Joysticks? Or the Games Media Awards? Check out MCV’s very handy Events page for a comprehensive update on the industry’s diary for this year and beyond. …
Read More »WipEout HD confirmed for September 25th
With the US arrival of September 25th confirmed only this morning, it hasn’t taken Sony Europe long to state that Sony’s PS3 racer WipEout HD will also arrive on Europe’s PlayStation Network next Thursday. The game is an amalgamation of craft and tracks featured in the many previous WipEout games. …
Read More »UK CHART: EA maintains grip on top three
It’s as you were at the top of ELSPA/Gfk-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 this week as EA’s triple act of Mercenaries 2: World in Flames, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 and Spore cling on to first, second and third respectively for the second week in succession. Beneath the leading pack, …
Read More »THQ exec Akmal forms investment firm
GCube Ventures seeking opportunities within the global games field
Read More »SHAREWATCH: Take Two stock nosedives
Take Two’s share price has plummeted on the news that EA is no longer interested in buying the Rockstar parent. The firm’s stock price has nosedived by 26.86 per cent to $16.02 on the NASDAQ today in the wake of the news. EA announced on Sunday that it had terminated …
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