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The news comes following the recent announcement that the company has bought back from Atari the digital gaming rights to its key franchises, including Monopoly, Scrabble and Risk. It could see Hasbro Interactive return to the market after an absence of six years, when its games division was sold to …
Read More »The return of Activision
So why quit a big job running several territories for EA? What appealed to you about Activision? We have a tremendous opportunity. The company is stronger than ever and with stronger European appeal than ever. Things like Guitar Hero having localised content and the deal last year for James Bond …
Read More »Fork Particle joins Xbox 360 Tools & Middleware program
Particle effect SDK now certified for 360 development
Read More »Toy firms to roll the dice again?
Giants – and fierce rivals – Hasbro and Mattel had just established Interactive divisions in order to take their key brands to the exciting new ‘multimedia’ PC CD-ROM format. And we revealed that Lego, Vtech and Tiger Electronics were considering similar moves. They were exciting times. The market was looking …
Read More »Riccitiello not pleased with EA financials
The super-publisher has revealed its fiscal results for the period ended June 30th, a set of results described as ‘not acceptable’ by head honcho John Riccitiello in a conference call reported by next-gen . EA confirmed that that net revenue for the quarter was $395 million, down four per cent …
Read More »Rockstar confirms Manhunt appeal
Rockstar has confirmed that it has lodged an appeal against the British Board of Film Classification’s decision to reject Manhunt 2. The company officially registered its plea with the Video Appeals Committee yesterday – as exclusively revealed by MCV earlier today. A statement from the company reads: ‘Take-Two Interactive Software, …
Read More »Rockstar finally appeals BBFCs Manhunt ban
MCV has learnt that Rockstar has lodged an official plea with the Video Appeals Committee over Manhunt 2’s ban – the UK body that has the power to overturn the British Board of Film Classification’s decision to keep the title off shelves. The publisher notified the VAC yesterday – taking …
Read More »No UK price cut for 360
The format holder has said that it has no plans to lower the price of the Xbox 360 in the UK, amongst rumours of a possible price drop in the US, reported Next Generation . We’re very happy with where were at the moment and have no plans to make …
Read More »Recordable TV coming to PS3
Sony Computer Entertainment’s head of marketing for New Zealand has confirmed that the company is looking to launch a digital tuner for the PS3 next year – effectively transforming it into a fully-functioning TV recorder. Warwick Light told NZ’s The Press newspaper: "We’re hoping next year – about the same …
Read More »MumboJumbo snaps up Hot Lava
Casual games publisher/developer MumboJumbo has acquired Russian studio Hot Lava. In the casual games space Hot Lava is best known for its work on the 7 Wonders series of games, publishedby MumbJumbo. As part of the acquisition Hot Lava CEO Matt Lichtenwalter will be come MumboJumbo’s VP of product development. …
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