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SCE networked products exec to work with Kazuo Hirai

MTV Games has announced it has signed up former THQ man Scott Guthrie and Sony Computer Entertainment Amercia’s David Cox. Guthrie previously worked as executive vice president of publishing for THQ’s North Amercian arm, but left recently to ‘pursue another opportunity’. He now takes up his new role as MTV …

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Country's industry sold â?¬75 million of games overseas in 2008

Microsoft has signed a new deal with TV network Canal+ to bring services to Xbox 360 in France. The Canal+ Group is most notable for movies and football programmes. The partnership will initially focus on the on-demand services from Canal+, video-on-demand service Canalplay and specialist football channel Foot+. Ultimately, it …

Gamebridge, the joint venture between Tokyo-based developer Interchannel and Nordic Nintendo distributor Bergsala, released its first game Happy Bakery last week. Christopher Dring speaks to Gamebridge CEO Shigeki Takeuchi about the new publisher’s ambitions… How did Gamebridge come to be?Gamebridge comes from our desire at Interchannel to expand our business …

EA has reclaimed the top spot in the UK Charts with new release Fight Night Round 4 – the first time a boxing game has reached the coveted ELSPA/GfK-ChartTrack All Formats No. 1 position. Activision Blizzard’s Prototype move down to No. 2 as EA’s The Sims 3 follows suit, moving …

The maker of the Mortal Kombat films has filed a lawsuit against Midway that could prevent Warner from buying the struggling publisher. Threshold Entertainment’s chairman and CEO Lawrence Kasanoff is suing Midway in the US Bankruptcy Court over the intellectual property interests in the Mortal Kombat series, GamePolitics reports. The …

At E3, Sony impressed attendees with its new PSPgo and Motion Sensor hardware, plus a raft of new software. And now new SCEE boss Andrew House tells Michael French that he plans to back that all up with a renewed focus on network games…How’s the first month at SCEE been? …

Following yesterday’s global resturcture, publisher THQ has finalised its UK and European marketing department, following the firm’s global restructure at the end of last year. The new team is headed up by Richard Williams, who has stepped up from European marketing director to vice president of European marketing, following nine …