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Vin Diesel’s The Wheelman is screeching onto PC, 360 and PS3 this autumn, and it’s the game that Midway believes will help the firm improve its sales performance in Europe. Development duties for the title are being shared between Midway Newcastle and Vin Diesel’s Washington-based Tigon Studios, and Europe is …
Read More »Infogrames halves annual net losses
Atari parent Infogrames has halved its annual net losses from €103.1 million in FY2006/2007 to €51.1 million for this fiscal year. The firm has also forecast a return to profitability within 18 months. Operating losses were also cut year-on-year, from €61.8million to €45.5million. Revenues hit €290.7 million a decrease from …
Read More »Tecmo faces another lawsuit
Class-action suit seeks $77,000 in unpaid overtime on behalf of all 300 staff
Read More »EA/Take Two deadline passes
The deadline for EA’s tender bid for Take Two has passed without incident for the second time in a row. Analysts are now predicting that EA will have to draw a ‘new line in the sand’ when it comes to the deal – and announce a fresh deadline today. Take-Two …
Read More »Apple Europe boss joins Infogrames Board
Infogrames has hired another big-name exec to help see through the ‘Atari transformation’, with former Apple general manager and vice president of EMEA Pascal Cagni becoming an independent director on the firm’s Board. The company, currently in the midst of a transformative revamp around its Atari brand, earlier this year …
Read More »Sony execs were reluctant to greenlight first PlayStation, says Yoshida
New SCE WWS boss also discusses the SCEA/SCEE rivalry and Sony's new collaborative approach
Read More »Sony Ericsson unveils new motion sensor gaming phone
New handset is 'targeted firmly at a youth audience', Gameloft already set to make games for the device
Read More »Win a copy of Super Smash Bros Brawl
To celebrate the release of one of the Wii games of the year, Nintendo is offering five readers the chance to win a copy of Super Smash Bros Brawl. To be in the mix, just answer the following question: Super Smash Bros Brawl marks the first appearance of which legendary …
Read More »UK CHART: MGS4 guns down top spot
Konami’s Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of The Patriots has hit No.1 in the ChartTrack/ELSPA all formats chart – knocking LucasArts’ LEGO Indiana Jones into second spot. The stealth action title becomes the 2nd fastest-selling PS3 game ever, behind GTA IV. The Rockstar epic drops another place into third position …
Read More »Ken Levine renegotiating deal with Take Two, says Variety
BioShock creator using LA's Creative Artists Agency to get better contract with his publisher
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