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Just over a week after his departure from EA was announced, Neil Young has unveiled his new venture – a new firm dedicated to publishing games for the iPhone and other high-end mobile platforms. Called ng:moco, the new venture is pitched to seize the emerging opportunity on the increasingly-popular Apple …
Read More »Games push HMV profit up 25%
HMV has enjoyed more than 25 per cent year-on-year growth in profit, thanks to surging sales of video games. The Group’s pre-tax profit increased 25.2 percent to 56.6 million for the year to April 26th, with the retailer ahead of plan after one year of its three-year turnaround strategy. HMV …
Read More »‘Ng:como will feel like first-party for iPhone games’
EA vet Neil Young reaches high when discussing new venture
Read More »UK CHARTS: Super Smash Bros brawls its way to number one
Mirroring its success in both the Japanese and US markets, Nintendo’s Wii outing Super Smash Bros: Brawl has beaten off the competition this week to claim the number one spot in the ChartTrack All Formats Top 40. Last week’s number one, LucasArts’ LEGO Indiana Jones: Original Adventures, is pegged back …
Read More »EURO CHARTS: MGS4 rules the roost
Konami’s Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is sitting proudly atop three of the leading sales charts in Europe this week. For the week ending June 22nd, the stealth-action classic is No.1 in Spain, Germany and Sweden. According to Next-Gen.biz, MGS4 has already sold more than one million …
Read More »UK is “ridiculously expensive” for studio expansion, says Kotick
Activision boss says lack of Government support means high cost of living, which impacts staff happiness
Read More »Eidos UK: Internal PR is alive and well
Eidos has promised the UK games media that it still has a working internal PR team, after reports suggested it had gutted its communications department. Online reports posted today quote PR executives at the company suggesting that the recent decision to enlist Barrington Harvey as a third-party agency meant that …
Read More »Microsoft releases XNA Robot Game
Open-source starter kit developed by Korean studio Zepetto
Read More »Bill Gates leaves Microsoft
Bill Gates officially spent his last day at Microsoft on Friday, bidding farewell to the company he started in his garage in 1975. According to AFP, the Microsoft co-founder, 52, will now focus on running the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation , aimed at fighting disease, reducing poverty, and improving …
Read More »Sony details PS3 Trophy system
PS3 platform holder Sony has finally released some concrete details about its PS3 Trophy system that will be introduced with the machine’s next firmware update, 2.40. In a new update on the US PlayStation Blog, Sony’s director of PSN Operations Eric Lempel outlined what Sony has in mind for its …
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