MCV/DEVELOP News, events, research and jobs from the games industry
This week the featured job is Business Sector Manager at Sega, but there are many other vacancies that need to be filled, including Product Manager, Director of Product Marketing, Senior Marketing Manager, Senior Character Animator, Account Manager, Producer and Account Manager. Whatever sector of the international video games market you’re …
Read More »Microsoft: 360 to celebrate record year
Microsoft’s games chief Don Mattrick has told staff via a memo, that was subsequently leaked by notorious Xbox insider Dean Takahashi, that the Xbox 360 can win the current console battle after enjoying the most profitable year ever seen in gaming. The memo read: According to US NPD data through …
Read More »PS3 sells 1.2m units in North America in December
SCE chief executive Kaz Hirai has stated that Sony’s PlayStation gaming business is hoping to post a profit in its next financial year following some strong Xmas sales of its three consoles in North America. SCEA today confirmed that the firm sold 3.9 million PS3, PS2 and PSP consoles in …
Read More »EA deal for BioWare Pandemic completed
Electronic Arts has confirmed the acquisition of BioWare and Pandemic holding company VG Holdings for $860m. The two studios have now officially joined the EA fold under the EA Games label and bring ten new franchises, based on six wholly-owned IP, to the publisher. These include Mercenaries and Saboteur. For …
Read More »Sony Online picks Gamebryo
Emergentâ??s engine to power PlayStation Network software
Read More »Store closure threat for Dixons group
DSGi may be forced to close as many as 200 of its UK stores after announcing that its profits were likely to be down as much as 50 million, a senior retail analyst has predicted. Tony Shiret, Credit Suisse’s senior retail analyst, predicted that the group’s new chief executive, John …
Read More »First talk of Xbox 3 emerges
With all three main home consoles having just enjoyed their first clear Christmas on the market together, the first rumours of what could be planned for the next next-generation of consoles have seemingly begun. US games mag EGM claims that a secret first party Microsoft game was recently scrapped for …
Read More »SPECIAL REPORT: Japans 2007 market stats in full
MCV media partner Enterbrain has released full year Japanese market figures for 2007 – showing a 25 per cent year-on-year leap in the hardware market, while overall software sales have dropped by one per cent compared to 2006. Japan’s total hardware and software market amounted to a whopping 687.66 billion …
Read More »Bully hitting Wii and 360 on March 7th
IGN claims that Rockstar’s next-gen re-working of its once controversial free-roaming school-based romp Bully: Scholarship Edition will be released on Xbox 360 and Wii on March 7th in Europe. This new edition will include the original game in its entirety along with a host of extras including eight new missions, …
Read More »Rockstar Steams up
Another publishing superstar has climbed aboard the Steam bandwagon with news that Rockstar is to offer its PC catalogue on Valve’s ever-growing downloads service. Ten games are available to buy online now – GTA, GTA2, GTA3, GTA Vice City, GTA San Andreas, Midnight Club II, Max Payne, Max Payne 2, …
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