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Publisher THQ has told MCV of its delight following the success of its Wii sports title Big Beach Sports. The game was released at the end of June and has remained in the UK Top Ten ever since. And THQ’s marketing director John Webb feels that the Wii had a …
Read More »‘Why shoudn’t ASDA compete in pre-owned?’
And, as our front page this week demonstrates, it certainly ain’t doing things by halves. Indeed, our deputy editor Jonathon Harker came back from the supermarket’s Music, Video and Game Conference in Leeds with eyebrows still raised at Asda’s official announcements – and the further suggestions from general manager of …
Read More »Ubisoft signs up to Games Media Awards
Ubisoft has become the latest big name publisher to lend its support to this year’s Games Media Awards. The publisher will be sponsoring the Mainstream Magazine Games Writer category, one of ten titles up for grabs at the event. Head of communications Lidia Rumley commented: It’s great to be able …
Read More »Star Wars promotion goes galactic
Publisher LucasArts is busy preparing its biggest licensing programme for its upcoming video game epic, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. The title is due out on September 19th on PSP, Wii, DS, PS3, Xbox 360 and PS2, and Lucas is treating the game as if it’s a full theatrical release, …
Read More »Fable II dated
Microsoft has announced that Fable II will be released in North America and the UK in October. The title will ship to US retailers on October 21st and UK stores three days later. The platform holder said that subsequent release dates throughout the rest of the world would arrive ‘in …
Read More »Dark Knight game exists
An officially licensed Dark Knight game does exist – according to both an insider at EA studio Pandemic and Batman movie actor Gary Oldman. No evidence of the game tie-in has been offered by either Electronic Arts or franchise owner Warner Bros. The movie release has smashed Box Office records …
Read More »PS3 owners invited into Home
Consumers are another step closer to experiencing PS3 Home, as Sony allows users to submit an application to join the service today. Later today, the PS Store will be updated with a Home theme which, when downloaded, lets users submit an application to join the Home Beta test community. Sony’s …
Read More »A new Euro force
Can you tell us about the new structure of cdv? Christian Gloe: We have completely restructured and expanded our operation in Europe. Traditionally, cdv was known as a German-based PC centric publisher; now we have products across all platforms with dedicated offices in the key territories. We have established offices …
Read More »Warner readies 75 new titles
The president and CEO of Warner Bros. parent Time Warner has boasted that the company can tempt the talent it needs” away from rival games companies – adding that the sector is to become an increasingly important part of the entertainment giant’s business. Speaking to investors in an Earnings call, …
Read More »Direct UK flight to Leipzig confirmed
The organiser of Leipzig Games Convention trade show has ensured an easy journey to the expo for the UK trade next week – with a direct charter flight from Luton. Charter flights of Windrose Air Jetcharter GmbH leave on Tuesday evening (August 19th) at 18:00 and Thursday morning (August 21st) …
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