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Read More »Sony unveils Xmas PS3 TV campaign
Sony has revealed details of its first ever dedicated PS3 Christmas TV campaign in Europe – which will concentrate on the high definition capabilities of the system. Themed around the tagline ‘Entertainment like you’ve never seen it before’, 60 and 30-second ads will run on UK TV from December 1st. …
Read More »Australia: Wii breaks hardware records
With its dominance currently being felt the world over (though maybe not perhaps quite as strongly as it once was in Japan ) Nintendo’s powerhouse console the Wii is celebrating another record success – this time in Australia. The machine has just become the fastest console to reach the 200,000 …
Read More »Tomb Raider Anniversary arrives on Xbox Live
One of the first titles to make the move from boxed-retail to digital-download, Eidos’ Tomb Raider: Anniversary, has today arrived on Xbox Live. Those who already own Tomb Raider: Legend are able to download the two different packs that comprise the game – each at a cost of 1200 Microsoft …
Read More »UE3 Wii port in development
Mystery licensee working on version of popular engine for Nintendo's machine
Read More »INTERVIEW: Ian Curran
THQ’s Ian Curran is confident that the firm can match its UK full-year performance last year – and pledged to catch Electronic Arts in the publisher tables. On November 1st, the firm posted a $7 million net loss for its second quarter, down from the previous year’s net income of …
Read More »Curran affairs
Looking back at the year so far, what do you believe are THQ’s greatest achievements? We’ve had a relatively light first half this year. We’ve seen tremendous growth across our international territories and the offices we’ve opened in the past few years are now showing a great return on our …
Read More »Sony takes SingStar to O2 Arena
SCEE is to push SingStar PS3 with one of the biggest marketing campaigns ever lavished on a social gaming title – featuring a demo of the title at London’s huge 02 Arena. Following on from the success of the SingStar Studios in central London and Manchester, the 02 Studios are …
Read More »Ubisoft pledges support to Play.com live
Ubisoft has become the first major publisher to sign up to the recently announced Play.com Live entertainment show, and has guaranteed that its all-new titles for 2008 will be present at the event. Commenting on the support, head of games at Play.com Gian Luzio said: ‘We’re thrilled to have Ubisoft …
Read More »Industry tackles end-of-year bottleneck
The last two weeks of releases have been the craziest of 2007 – but retail is doing a bang on job of ensuring that all festive big hitters get the exposure they deserve. That was the proud view of an overworked channel this week, as yet another slew of triple-A …
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