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Nintendo of America sales and marketing boss Cammie Dunaway has admitted that the firm was ‘disappointed’ with its performance at E3. Speaking to VGChartz, Dunaway said that she wishes the firm has shown off a new Wario game on stage, as well as other more ‘harcore’ titles. She said: I …
Read More »Xbox 360 outsells PS3 in Japan for first time
Xbox 360 has outsold Sony’s PlayStation 3 in Japan for the first time, thanks to the popularity of the new Namco Bandai role-playing game Tales of Vesperia. According to Ascii Media Works, Microsoft sold 28,116 Xbox 360 consoles in Japan in the week ended August 10th, over double Sony’s sales …
Read More »Woman fined £16,000 for game file sharing
A British woman has been ordered to pay US games developer Topware Interactive 16,000 for illegally downloading one of its games from a file-sharing site. According to The Telegraph, the prosecution could open the floodgates for other games, music and film companies to claim back millions of pounds in damages …
Read More »Koch picks eeis for MMO administration
Management system to provide infrastructure for publisher's 'online plans'
Read More »Ubisoft would hire 1,000 UK developers – but only if there was a tax break
Gareth Edmondson says Ubisoft would match investment in other territories, but only if Government stepped up
Read More »Indian studio will ‘transform’ local industry, says EA
Electronic Arts says newly-opened 200-strong India studio can 'enhance the local gaming ecosystem'
Read More »UK CHART: Mario Kart races back to No.1
Team GB’s gold medal haul at the Olympic Games this week has helped Sega’s official Beijing Olympics game bound up the UK charts – but it still can’t top sales of Nintendo’s Wii Fit and Mario Kart. According to official GFK-ChartTrack/ELSPA data Mario Kart Wii climbs from third spot to …
Read More »Ubisoft targets further studio growth
But warns that Activision-Blizzard-style mass-scale merger 'can be very damaging to a global company'
Read More »Take Two responds to EA inaction
Take Two has responded to EA’s decision to let the deadline for its acqusition bid pass. The Rockstar parent has stated that it is ‘looking forward’ to convincing the megapublisher it is worth more than the $26-per-share bid. If tonight’s deadline passes without a deal, EA will enter into Take-Two’s …
Read More »COMPETITION: Win a copy of Driving Theory Training
Atari is offering three lucky winners a copy of its DS new game to help with driving tests, Driving Theory. The title features over 1,000 questions from the official theory test for car and motorcyclists. It contains a Realistic Training Mode and Exam Mode and challenging games – including Park …
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