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A report on the Financial Times says that Japanese publisher and developer Square Enix is looking for a US and European partner that can help drive its overseas sales to 50 per cent of its overall revenues in the next three years. Michihiro Sasaki, SVP, told the FT that he …

Eidos parent the SCi Group has received two further bids after disclosing that it had received a ‘possible offer’ at the beginning of September. According to The Times , the original extremely preliminary” bid came from Ubisoft, but that has been followed by solid interest from Time Warner – which …

Eidos parent the SCi Group has received two further bids after disclosing that it had received a ‘possible offer’ at the beginning of September. According to The Times , the original extremely preliminary” bid came from Ubisoft, but that has been followed by solid interest from Time Warner – which …

SIG being formed to 'better serve the needs of game localisation professionals'

SIG being formed to 'better serve the needs of game localisation professionals'

Japanese publisher wants to increase foreign sales via business tie up

Japanese publisher wants to increase foreign sales via business tie up

Intent Media has today launched a completely new ToyNews website, offering greatly increased content and community networking. Already a success story, the original website had set the standard for the industry, with growing UK and international traffic driven by the recent launch of the ToyNews Daily email service. The revised …

Intent Media has today launched a completely new ToyNews website, offering greatly increased content and community networking. Already a success story, the original website had set the standard for the industry, with growing UK and international traffic driven by the recent launch of the ToyNews Daily email service. The revised …

The persistent selling power of Square Enix’ Final Fantasy franchise has helped Sony’s portable whiz kid the PSP surge to the top of the hardware sales charts in Japan, according to sales date from Media Create. Gamesindustry reports that in its first week on sale Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core …