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A British sports star has become possibly the highest profile name ever to be jailed for the piracy of video games. Gareth Raynor, a winger for rugby league team Crusaders, was sentenced to 15 months after being found guilty of selling counterfeit DS and Game Boy games, as well as …
Read More »Ubisoft reveals ACII Complete Edition
Ubisoft will release a new retail version of Assassin’s Creed II in June. Dubbed the Complete Edition, this SKU includes a full copy of the game and both DLC expansions: The Battle of Forli and Bonfire of the Vanites. It also includes three Templar Secret locations that were previously only …
Read More »Fifteen studios confirmed for Game in Scotland
Scottish industry recruitment fair draws big names from across a sizable national sector
Read More »More PSP 2 rumours surface
Following MCV’s exclusive story last week that pointed to a possible E3 reveal for a proper successor to Sony’s PlayStation Portable, one consumer games site claims to have unearthed details of the in-development machine. VG247 claims that NDAs (non disclosure agreements) about the PSP2 have been in place at publishers …
Read More »Capcoms Western dilemma
Publisher Capcom has revealed the poor performance of recent releases Dark Void and Bionic Commando have lead to a strategic re-think of its Western aspirations. Speaking to The Financial Times, president Haruhiro Tsujimoto revealed that Dark Void has sold just 520k copies since its release – well below Capcom’s initial …
Read More »Sega manages profit amid sales slump
Publisher posts strong fiscal year results despite a drop in sales
Read More ȣ133 for Natal?
A number of retail listings emerging from Sweden over the weekend – including GAME – have pegged a KR 1,400 price tag on a standalone SKU of Microsoft’s Natal motion controller – that translates to around 133. As Kotaku points out, early retail listings are never accurate measure of price, …
Read More »Capcom president â??reluctant to invest westâ??
Dark Void and Bionic Commandoâ??s missed sales targets revealed
Read More »MW2 Resurgence detailed
Further to its announcement yesterday, the first details of the second map pack for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 have been revealed in an interview with Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling on Major Nelson’s podcast. Called Resurgence, the bundle will – much like its predecessor Stimulus – include three new …
Read More »Konami profits up 22%
The full year financial results for Konami this year have proved a mixed bag, with profits increasing but revenues falling. In total profit jumped 22.4 per cent year-on-year for the 12 months ending March 31st 2010, ending at $143.4m. Revenues were down 15.4 per cent at $2.8bn. Revenues at its …
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