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Atari Inc has revealed its financials for the quarter ended June 30th 2008, boasting of vastly improved financial performance. Net revenue for the period was $40.3 million, around four times the $10.4 million posted in the same period last year. Publishing net revenue was $36.7 million, versus $9.7 million in …
Read More »Another new MegaDrive heads to retail
After the announcement of its portable MegaDrive system caused a bit of a stir at the beginning of the month, Blaze is at it again with the launch of another retro MegaDrive machine. Unlike the machine announced at the beginning of the month, which resembled an Atari Lynx and was …
Read More »Crysis Warhead dated
EA has dated the release of its anticipated expansion to the hugely popular PC FPS Crysis – and the surprise news is that Europeans will get access on September 12th, four full days ahead of those in North America. That’s according to Joystiq, who also reports that the title will …
Read More »Suzuki still at Sega
Sega of America CEO Simon Jeffery has clarified comments made this week over the reported departure of development stalwart Yu Suzuki from the company. Jeffery has now corrected those stories, confirming that Yu Suzuki still holds a senior position at the company. "I can safely say that Yu Suzuki is …
Read More »AMD unveils ‘Cinema 2.0’
New tech to offer unparalleled human likeness in real-time
Read More »Activision-Blizzard kills off Scarface 2
Another major planned Sierra release appears to have gone the way of Ghostbusters – with Activision Blizzard making no mention of a sequel to Scarface: The World Is Yours in its confirmed list of adopted Vivendi titles. According to Variety blog Cut Scene – which claims a ‘high level source’ …
Read More »PlayTV launch date confirmed
Sony has announced that Freeview PVR device PlayTV will launch on September 19th in the UK for 69.99. According to a post on official Sony site Three Speech, the PS3 device allows ‘recorded content to be transferred to your PSP, or viewed remotely with Remote Play – something we reckon …
Read More »Is there still life in the PS2?
Matthew Cushway, Tesco PlayStation 2 still has a key part to play in the gaming market this year . It seems some people forget that for a large number of young families the outlay for a new console is a major decision and is simply not an option in the …
Read More »US PC CHART: Sims 2 conquers all
The Sims 2: Double Deluxe has hit the top spot in the US PC charts this week, beating out Nancy Drew, according to the latest NPD data. The full top ten for week ending August 2nd reads: 1. The Sims 2: Double Deluxe – EA 2. Nancy Drew: The Phantom …
Read More »NCsoft reports $5.9m profit in Q2
NCsoft has posted a net profit for its Q2 in 2008-2009 of $5.9 million – down 42 per cent year-on-year. The company reported operating income of of $7.7 million, down 25 percent on the second quarter in 2007-2008. Sales were up seven per cent to $78.6 million. NCsoft attributed the …
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