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Electronic Arts has announced The Sims 2 Double Deluxe and The Sims 2 Kitchen and Bath Interior Design Stuff, due for release on April 15th. The Sims 2 Double Deluxe comes complete with The Sims 2 Nightlife Expansion Pack, The Sims 2 Celebration Stuff Pack and a bonus DVD, and …
Read More »DSGi reveals games publishing plan
DSGi plans to sign up top development talent in a publishing push that will see a new range of own-brand titles on its shelves by the summer. The firm intends to unveil a new gaming label and unleash the titles across its 1,400 stores worldwide as well across its online …
Read More »$100m ‘iFund’ launched for iPhone app developers
Cash reserve to be managed by VC firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and backed by Apple
Read More »EA and Sega back iPhone games push
Apple CEO Steve Jobs said today he wants to create ‘a vibrant third party developer community’ for the iPhone and iPod Touch – and got the ball rolling by unveiling the new SDK for the touch-screen devices and naming EA and Sega as key firms already making games for the …
Read More »Microsoft: Xbox wallet share larger than Wii or PS3
Microsoft claims it bases its success on wallet share and not units sold, reports investor.com. "We’re very proud that our share of wallet is disproportionately larger than either of our two competitors," said corporate vice president of global marketing for Microsoft’s interactive entertainment business, Jeff Bell. Bell cites the 360’s …
Read More »Bach: PS3 cant compete with Xbox Live
Microsoft’s E&D president Robbie Bach claims that Xbox Live sets the 360 apart from its rivals. Xbox Live is a big differentiator for us,” said Bach to investor.com, That drives a significant amount of energy around what’s on with Xbox.” Bach cites the exclusive downloadable content for GTA 4 as …
Read More »Sony product boss questions Wiis longevity
VP of product marketing at Sony Computer Entertainment America Scott Steinberg has called Wii’s long-term future into question – adding that PS3’s games will begin to distance themselves from other next-gen games”. Speaking to Next-Gen, Steinberg said: In three years certain systems will look pretty long in the tooth graphically …
Read More »‘Distribution will drive user creativity’
XNA lead Satchell tells us how Xbox Live Community Games will foster independent development
Read More »All hail the MCV Awards finalists
With just five weeks to go, the Finalists of the MCV Industry Excellence Awards have been revealed . Retailers, publishers, distributors and developers are doing battle. Over 40 companies are still in with a shout of winning something on the night. Apart from our Advisory Board Award, voted for exclusively …
Read More »Farrell: Wii hasnt won yet
Chief executive of THQ Brian Farrell has predicted that Sony and Microsoft can still catch Nintendo in the next-gen console sales battle. Speaking at the Morgan Stanley Technology Conference, Farrell said he expects the PS3 and Xbox 360 sales to increase as both platform holders drop their price, reports Kotaku. …
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