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Canadian developer SilverBirch has announced plans to buy Netherlands-based publisher Lighthouse in a deal worth around CAD $4m (close to 2m). In an official announcement the deal, Silverbirch described the move as the "first step in SilverBirch’s stated strategy of building an integrated video game company. The acquisition will improve …
Read More »Chinas The9 buys into Korean developer
Chinese online game operator The9 has acquired a minority stake in Korean developer G10 in exchange for an investment of approximately $38 million. G10 is best known for Audition, a hugely popular online title in Korea and China. The9 owns the licence for titles such as World Of Warcraft and …
Read More »260 GAME stores to sell GTA IV at midnight
GAME is to open 260 stores across the UK and Ireland at midnight tonight for the launch of GTA IV. In addition, these stores will re-open their doors at 7.00am – and will be joined by every one of GAME’s 414 UK stores. GAME is advising customers that only those …
Read More »Miyamoto: Gamers need to get outside
Nintendo development legend Shigeru Miyamoto has said that spending too long playing a video game is not good” – and encouraged his consumers to get outside. Speaking in an interview with The Times, Miyamoto said that he makes sure his own children get out in the sunshine as well as …
Read More »Immigration body criticises GTA IV
The Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants has hit out at Rockstar for basing GTA IV’s gang activity around Eastern European immigrants. The main protagonist in the title, Niko Bellic, is an Eastern European immigrant in the US. The JCWI has told The Times that it disagrees with a …
Read More »GAME boss Morgan in The Telegraph
GAME boss Lisa Morgan has given her first ever national newspaper interview to The Daily Telegraph – and the newspaper has praised the business acumen of the retailer’s CEO. The piece charts Morgan’s life from being a buyer at now-defunct chain Tandy when she was 19-years old, through her roles …
Read More »The Times sticks up for GTA IV
National Newspaper The Times has printed an opinion piece pleading that GTA IV should not be ‘controlled by officialdom’, admitting that Tuesday’s release is the ‘cultural event of the week’. However, a basic error has sneaked into the editorial which may seem laughable to anyone involved in the video games …
Read More »SingStar hits 12m PAL sales
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has announced that the Singstar series has sold over 12 million units in PAL territories since launching in 2004. Five million of those sales came in fiscal year 2007-2008, according to the company, in the 12 months leading up to March 31st this year. The online …
Read More »UK retail breaks GTA street date
The street date for Grand Theft Auto IV appears to have been broken as a picture of the game and a receipt appears on a PlayStation forum . Asda has been indicated as the retailer to have broken the date, although comments on a recent MCV story indicates other supermarkets …
Read More »Codemasters is now “a massive force in British game development”
Studios VP discusses Sega Racing Studio acquisition, which makes firm one of Europe's largest studio operations
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