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Speaking at the Morgan Stanley Technology Conference in California, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has spoken of his firm’s newfound MMO ambitions following its merger with Blizzard-owning publisher Vivendi-owned. After again stating that it would take a huge financial effort to usurp World of Warcraft from its global MMO throne, Gamespot …
Read More »EA CFO eyes up Take Twos diamonds
Electronic Arts CFO Warren Jenson has said that EA is keen to add key Take Two creative personnel – whom he terms diamonds” – into the publisher’s global distribution system. IGN reports that Jenson talked at length on EA’s desire to buyout Take Two whilst speaking to industry analysts at …
Read More »Another big name steps up at Atari
2008’s impressive staff recruitment drive at Atari and parent Infogrames shows no sign of stopping – as Mathias Hautefort is promoted to head of global distribution. Hautefort, who MCV enjoyed an exclusive interview with earlier this year, will look after distribution in the US, Europe and Asia. He moves up …
Read More »Wii version of Okami delayed
The Wii version of one of the most beautiful games of recent times, Capcom’s Okami, has seen its US release delayed by three weeks, CVG reports. Now scheduled to arrive on April 15th, Okami first appeared on PS2 in 2006. Its heavy use of a play mechanic called the Celestial …
Read More »Namco confirms Western release for We Ski
Namco recently became the first third-party publisher to announce a game designed for use with the Wii Fit Balance Board, and now it has confirmed a US release date for We Ski, GameDaily reports. Japanese gamers are currently the only ones lucky enough to be able to get to grips …
Read More »Free Xbox Live points for GTA 4 pre-orders
GAME and Gamestation are promoting pre-orders of GTA 4 on the Xbox 360 by offering 500 Xbox live points and four GTA Gamerpics for free. The deal applies to both the normal and special edition versions of the game, and mirror’s HMV’s offer for Lost Odyssey. There is currently no …
Read More »Capcom recruiting on the back of large dev drive
In a post on its US blog , Capcom has officially begun the hunt for a swathe of new development, revealing that it has 15 different games projects on the go in the process. Amongst the positions being advertised are the likes of studio art director, senior producer, producer, senior …
Read More »The Curious Story of Disney’s ‘Minigame Week’
SPECIAL REPORT: UK studio Black Rock downs tools to build 17 microgames in one week for a team building exercise
Read More »Mario & Sonic maintains Chart sprint
Despite some stiff competition from four new entries in the ChartTrack All Formats Top 10, Sega’s Wii and DS sports outing Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games maintains its grip at the top of the charts for the third week in a row. It marks the sixth time that …
Read More »Harrison appointed Atari president
Atari brand-owner Infogrames has confirmed that former Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios president Phil Harrison is joining the company as president, looking after group publishing and game development . Harrison, whose departure from Sony was announced a week ago, will report to recently appointed CEO David Gardner, working with him …
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