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Nintendo might have enjoyed fanfare this week as it unveiled the Wii’s new ability to handle BBC iPlayer , but it looks as though the application will soon be made available on PlayStation 3 as well. The head of BBC digital media technology, Anthony Rose, has confirmed on his official …
Read More »The Industry vs. Tanya Byron: Pt 3/3
Ray Maguire: What you were asked to do, you’ve delivered on. But actually we have something that’s not the best system in the first place that we couldn’t sort out in the European territory. So to have a system where we’ve kind of got one bit with another and ticked …
Read More »Tesco to offer games downloads
Supermarket giant Tesco will introduce games to its new entertainment media download service, Tesco Digital. The portal will launch next month, and will offer 3.3 million songs to consumers from day one. According to Brand Republic, the site is all part of Tesco’s plan to take on Apple. The site …
Read More »Ubisoft snaps up India studio
Ubisoft has added another studio to its large and growing global development empire, having agreed to buy Gameloft’s Pune, India-based studio. Opened at the end of 2006, the studio employs 120 developers and testers. At first they will initially port titles to handheld consoles and support Ubisoft’s other testing teams. …
Read More »The more things change for studiosâ?¦ the more they stay the same?
Opinion piece by our executive editor examines the state of play for independent games studios
Read More »MCV Awards 2008:
RETAIL CATEGORY Independent Retailer: Grainger Games Specialist Retailer: GAME Entertainment Retailer: HMV Online Retailer: Play.com Star Store: Zavvi, Oxford Street PR & MARKETING CATEGORY PR Team: Nintendo Game Campaign: Halo 3 (Microsoft) New Games Brand: Assassin’s Creed (Ubisoft) Trade Marketing Team: Electronic Arts Marketing Team: Nintendo PEOPLE & INDUSTRY CATEGORY …
Read More »Blockbuster makes $1bn offer for Circuit City
Blockbuster has launched a bid for US retailer Circuit City worth more than $1 billion, with the entertainment retailer suggesting that the move would help it compete more efficiently with the likes of Best Buy and Apple’s retail operations. Blockbuster’s chief executive James Keyes claimed that the combined company, which …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Mario Kart Wii smashes records as it hits No.1
Nintendo has grabbed the number one spot in ChartTrack/ELSPA’s all formats weekly sales rankings with Mario Kart Wii – knocking Sony’s Gran Turismo 5: Prologue into second place. The title recorded the eighth biggest opening sales week in UK software history to claim the top spot in the week, ending …
Read More »Gran Turismo on the way to PC?
The boss of the studio behind the Gran Turismo series has said that the franchise may expand beyond the PlayStation format for the first time in its history – with a PC version in China. Speaking to German site derStandard, Kazunori Yamauchi, head of Sony’s Polyphony Digital team, said: It …
Read More »Capcom aquiring a Western developer in next two years ‘is a given’
US VP Christian Svensson says he 'fully expects' firm start making WiiWare titles soon as well
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