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Read More »Sony hails birth of new Euro powerhouse
SCEE has backed Tecmo Koei Europe to become a significant player in the European video games market. The newly-formed publisher was officially revealed last week, and has pledged to grow its presence in the West by developing new IP and making its established franchises, including Dynasty Warriors, more accessible to …
Read More »The moment we’ve been rating for
ELSPA grafted for 12 long months to convince Labour to make PEGI the UK’s sole ratings system for games – but the real work’s only just begun. Tim Ingham gets the full story from Michael Rawlinson… What are your initial reactions to the Digital Britain report?I think it’s a fantastic …
Read More »Sony planned UMD-free PSP ‘from the beginning’
Sony had planned to release a ‘network centric’ model of the PSP ever since the beginning, according to an interview on website GameBusiness.jp. In an interview with the head of SCE’s product planning division, Naoya Matsui, it has been revealed that the company was simply waiting for the digital pipeline …
Read More »Wii Fit designer leaves Nintendoâ?¦
â?¦to start a crowdsourced gallery of action figure pictures
Read More »Universal takes on SingStar
Universal Music has pledged its back catalogue to a new karaoke game set to challenge SingStar. MCV can reveal that French label Mindscape will publish U-Sing in time for Christmas across the UK and Europe. The firm has previously signed distribution deals with UK publishers for releases in the territory …
Read More »Activision eying up EA sports market
The world’s largest third party publisher Activision Blizzard has once again squared up to former king EA by stating that it would consider making a move into the sports genre – though only if the right opportunity comes its way. "[The sports category] certainly has the characteristics of a category …
Read More »Bleszinski: id buyout will offer stability
But the Epic creative director warns that maintaining a studioâ??s identity and culture is essential
Read More »Realtime Worlds bolsters management team
Joshua Howard joins developer as program manager
Read More »PS3 Slim already in production?
It was the big pre-E3 rumour that never happened, but talk has once again emerged of a slimmed down re-imagining of Sony’s PS3 console, with claims that contracts with manufacturers have now been finalised. Joystiq reports that two Taiwanese manufacturing companies, Foxconn and Pegatron, who already enjoy contracts to make …
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