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The agreement will see the two companies working together in a new kind of business partnership, in what they believe will give both Mastertronic and Rising Star greater leverage at retail. Mastertronic will work with Rising Star’s sales and marketing team to tackle the High Street, at the same time …
Read More »Argos guns for bigger video game presence
The latest Argos catalogue has 27 pages dedicated to games – compared to the 18 pages that appeared in last year’s Autumn/Winter edition. In total, 290 software titles are now featured. This increased commitment has enabled us to introduce a dedicated ‘coming soon’ section across the platform ranges, informing customers …
Read More »Industry bowling tournament unveiled
Polish your balls bowling fans, as 505 Games and MCV would like to invite all retail and media to take part in the inaugural Brunswick Pro Bowling Retail & Media Tournament at All Star Lanes, London, on the evening of September 18th 2007. Brunswick Pro Bowling will be published by …
Read More »Data Design opens Popcorn Arcade studio
Aims to be â??the biggest developer for the Wiiâ??
Read More »Microsoft & PopCap bolster IGDA Casual Committee
Group aims to further knowledge in the casual game space
Read More »Wii production push delayed
An expected boost in the number of Nintendo Wiis, initially slated for June, has been held up, according to Digitimes . A shortage of internal components such as IC chips and PCBs has been blamed for the delay. The component makers said that due to this it is unlikely that …
Read More »ANALYSIS: Territory report: Germany
Germany represents the third largest market for PC and video game hardware and software in Europe, behind the UK and France with a total market value of $1.94 billion in 2006. This eight per cent year-over-year increase showed stronger growth versus prior years, where an economic recession and high employment …
Read More »Atari threatened with Nasdaq delisting
Nasdaq has again threatened Atari with delisting, after the publisher failed to file its quarterly 10-Q report for the period ending June 30th in time. It is the second Staff Determination the firm has received in the last thirty days. Atari will go before the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Panel to …
Read More »Microsoft cuts 360 price, rolls out Elite
Microsoft has this morning announced that it is to reduce the price of the Xbox 360 hardware, with the 20GB Premium version dropped to 249.99 and the Core console reduced to 179.99. The new price points take effect from Friday (August 24th) – as Microsoft also introduces the Xbox 360 …
Read More »Bonanza of PS3 titles dated
Release dates for some of PS3’s most hotly anticipated titles have been announced on the Sony-owned Three Speech blog. According to the site , Heavenly Sword will hit shelves on September 14th, ‘the plan’ for RPG Folklore is October 12th, action epic Lair is ‘also TBC, but the plan is …
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