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MCV’s vital weekly retail digest, RetailBiz is available to view online and download now. Our special six-page supplement offers an in-depth look at this week’s official Gfk-ChartTrack multiformat Top 40, dominated once again by EA’s Fight Night 4 – as well as all of the official UK single and multi-format …
Read More »Winning over the West
With a new name and a wealth of recently announced software, Tecmo Koei is preparing to dramatically increase its presence in the West. Christopher Dring speaks to Koei CEO Kenji Matsubara on the merger and the publisher’s plans for Europe and the US… What was behind the decision for Koei …
Read More »Develop Conference: Just 9 days to go
Xbox Indie Games, PlayStation 3 and Larabee sessions added to the roster
Read More »Ubisoft improves customer case with RightNow
Ubisoft has joined forces with customer care experts RightNow to provide a new service to support its gamers. The publisher’s new phone self-service channel boasts an interactive voice response software that interacts with customers using prompts and speech recognition technology. The service gathers information from the caller and uses it …
Read More »Capcom classics heading to PSN
Japanese publisher Capcom is to pillage its supremely rich back-catalogue of retro titles for a slew of releases on Sony’s PlayStation Network, all of which will be playable on both PS3 and PSP. To see the complete list, click here to head over to CasualGaming.biz.
Read More »Xbox challenged by â??enormousâ?? Sony brand
â??A lot of people look upon Microsoft as the company behind Windows and Office,â? says Relentless co-founder
Read More »Two Midway studios battling closure
Newcastle and San Diego studios given deadlines to be bought out
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 …
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