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Read More »Mortal Kombat team gets Warner rebrand
Warner Bros’ newly-purchased Midway studios are emerging as their reformed, restructured and rebranded selves, according to reports. Job profiles of apparent employees from WB Games” have been found dotted around the professional networking site LinkedIn, with Midway’s Chicago studio – responsible for developing Mortal Kombat games – being named on …
Read More »Microsoft dates Forza 3
Xbox 360 platform holder Microsoft has confirmed that Turn 10’s anticipated race sim Forza Motorsport 3 will be released in North America on October 27th. A European release is likely on either October 23rd or October 30th. [UPDATE: A European release date of October 23rd has now been confirmed.] The …
Read More »Indie group slams publisher â??immoral practicesâ??
Certain publishers continue to dodge paying royalties, claims Icon Games
Read More »Shiny Media – My bit part in its downfall
I wasn’t expecting it to last, though. My previous noisy start-up experience was with Computec Media UK which, much like Shiny, started off making all the right sexual sounds about throwing its money around, hiring all the best people regardless of salary demands and changing various industry landscapes. Then budgets …
Read More »Dead Space goes to the movies
EA’s solid work in successfully bringing new games IP Dead Space to the market last year tastes that bit sweeter for the US publisher today with news that the franchise is to be spun-off into a Hollywood movie. Variety reports that D.J. Caruso has been drafted in to direct the …
Read More »Sainsburys ups non-food assault
National supermarket chain Sainsburys has lifted the lid on a brand new non-food initiative via its website that drastically increases the range of goods the retailer has to offer. The likes of kitchenware, home furnishings, home electronics and garden furniture are fronting the new selection which, for the time being …
Read More »â??Second and thirdâ?? Dead Space games incoming
Report suggests EA is working beyond the upcoming Wii edition of Dead Space
Read More »Jacksons Halo game scrapped
Acclaimed director Peter Jackson has revealed that the secretive Halo game project he was once working on has been cancelled. Little was ever known of Jackson’s collaboration with Microsoft and now it appears that the collapse of the Halo film project has dampened any hopes of the anticipated games collaboration. …
Read More »Games blamed as Amazons profits fall
Despite a 14 per cent year-on-year increase in Amazon’s Q2 revenue at online retail colossus Amazon, the website has reported lower than expected profits for the last 12 months – and video games have been named as one of the chief culprits. Sales for the period climbed overall reaching $4.65bn …
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