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UK games development trade association welcomes â?¬1.5m game fund
Read More »EU reveals 1.5m game fund
Develop reports that the European Commission has created a fund worth a total of €1.5m (close to 1m) specifically to support games developers. The funds are direct aid and not repayable loans – it’s the first time the EU’s games developers have received such widespread financial backing, and comes as …
Read More »Sony Ericsson: PSP phone a possibility
MCV sister mag Develop reports that Sony Ericsson’s president Miles Flint has gone on the record to talk about the company’s supposed move towards creating a games-focused mobile calling it "an area of possible future activity". His comments were published in yesterday’s FT, and come off the back of details …
Read More »Gamebryo swings onto Wii
Emergentâ??s game engine now part of Nintendoâ??s third party tools programme
Read More »Japanese developer exclusives touted for 360
Microsoft pushes Mizuguchi, Sakaguchi, and Itagaki produced games at Tokyo event
Read More »Japanese developers rally behind Xbox 360
At the Yebisu Garden Hall, Takashi Sensui, general manager of the Home and Entertainment Division at Microsoft took to the stage of the Xbox 360 Briefing 2007 to showcase the number of forthcoming titles available on the platform and show the support it is enjoying from the Japanese development community. …
Read More »Eidos signs ten game deal with Deadline Games
MCV sister mag Develop reports that Denmark’s Deadline Games is planning for a major ramp up of its production capacity after signing a massive deal with Eidos for ten new games. The three-year agreement covers ten games based on characters taken from the Hanna-Barbera studio licensed to Eidos by Warner …
Read More »OPINION: Xbox 360s sales spike
Dan Cornelius, UK marketing manager for Xbox 360 hardware has said that the Xbox 360 price drop will inevitably lead to flood of consumer uptake for the Microsoft console – and that the move has highlighted the differentiation between it and Sony’s PS3 by not forcing consumers to foot a …
Read More »INTERVIEW: Vivendis Pascal Brochier
Top Vivendi executive Pascal Brochier reveals his expectations for the frantic end-of-year period and talks about re-structuring, product and the importance of the UK market in our exclusive interview. He also reveals the firm’s intentions to be increasingly creative and aggressive” in European markets. To read the full interview, just …
Read More »Capcom shares rocket after Nintendo success
Next-gen.biz reports that the success of the Japanese publisher’s Wii titles has boosted Capcom’s stock significantly, after Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition shipped 750,000 units globally. Capcom’s shares have already risen 33 per cent this year. The publisher also has Camelot-developed We Love Golf in the pipeline, which is expected …
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