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Retail’s refusal to break the official street date of Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 has left Konami UK general manager Pete Stone almost as impressed as the game’s debut at number one in the software chart. Last year, retailers such as Woolworths and Gamestation started selling the game’s predecessor, Pro Evolution …
Read More »D3P scoops Aardmans Shaun the Sheep licence
Popular Aardman character and TV star Shaun the Sheep is to star in his own video game, MCV can reveal. D3Publisher of Europe has snapped up the licence to the kids’ television series, which is a spin-off from the Wallace and Gromit property that made Aardman a world famous animation …
Read More »Sony snaps up sales duo
SCE UK has snapped up two new national account managers. Sukhi Gidda joins the team with a string of industry jobs behind him, making the move to SCE directly from Buena Vista Games, where he spent over two years working on numerous titles such as Narnia, Pirates of the Caribbean, …
Read More »Eidos clinches EastEnders rights
MCV understands that UK publisher Eidos has secured the video game rights to leading BBC soap opera Eastenders. The title is reportedly being handled by Eidos’ casual games division, which typically works on both DS and mobile phone titles. Though no details are yet known about the forthcoming title, the …
Read More »ESRB rallies against fresh Manhunt 2 criticism
Following the news that the recently released North American PSP version of Manhunt 2 has been hacked to enable access to some of the violent content that had been removed from the game, US ratings board the ESRB has defended its decision to grant the game a Mature rating. "Our …
Read More »Games Marketing Forum roster expands
Tandem Events, organiser of the upcoming Games Marketing Forum, has announced that Bath Spa University’s Dr James Newman will be the keynote speaker at the event that is to take place at London’s Cumberland Hotel on Thursday November 22nd. His keynote speech will be entitled ‘Playing with video games – …
Read More »N-Gage service delayed
Nokia says testing has added "a couple of weeks" to deployment
Read More »Revamped N-Gage suffers delay
Next-Gen reports that global phone giant Nokia has delayed the launch of its new N-Gage mobile games service from this month until later in the year. Rather than focusing on a dedicated gaming handset, as was the case with the first N-Gage, this time round N-Gage will represent a dedicated …
Read More »Xboxs Grange heads to Activision
It has been confirmed to MCV that the current UK head of Microsoft Xbox PR Nick Grange is to move to publisher Activision to assume the role of European PR director on November 29th. Grange has been with the Xbox platform holder for five years, overseeing the successful launch of …
Read More »PS3 narrowing Japanese sales gap
Famitsu publisher Enterbrain has stated that whilst the Wii outsold PS3 by two-to-one throughout October in Japan, Sony’s machine has narrowed the gap enjoyed by its rival for the fourth month in succession, Reuters reports. The Wii sold 110,415 units throughout the month, with PS3 selling 47,183. It’s a stark …
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