Publishing

WITH GROWTH expected to continue, Sega has promoted two of its senior management and hired a new marketing director. Alan Pritchard steps up from UK and northern territories to full European managing director from May 1st.At the same time, erstwhile sales director John Clark is stepping up to UK managing …

Shares in Activision Blizzard saw a sizable spike yesterday ahead of the publisher’s quarterly earnings report. On Wednesday Activision’s share price peaked at $11.16 after closing the day prior at $10.30. The encouraging jump follows Goldman Sachs analyst Mark Wienkes upgrading the company’s shares from ‘Neutral’ to ‘Buy’, claiming in …

Console edition of The Witcher on hold as WideScreen Games and CD Projekt dispute the matter in public

Turner Broadcasting has promoted Cartoon Network’s Chris Waldron to the position of vice president of gaming operations. He will report to Turner’s Animation, Young Adults and Kids Media Group senior VP Paul Condolora. The full story is on MCV’s sister site CasualGaming.biz – click here to see.

Sega has announced a quirky new sports title for Wii, Wacky World of Sports. The game, which is due for release later in the year, features some of the more unusual sports from countries including Italy and Australia, such as furniture racing and extreme ironing. For the full story, click …

A spokesperson for Capcom Europe has confirmed to MCV that it will be publishing Fate/Unlimited Codes on the PlayStation Network in Europe and, as with the US, it will come at the expense of a UMD release. Regarding future PSP plans and the long-expected industry-wide move from disc media to …

Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft have each issued statements ahead of this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo, set to take place at the Los Angeles Convention Center from June 2-4. Of the three, it was Microsoft’s Don Mattrick, senior vice president of the firm’s Interactive Entertainment Business, who made the most daring …

Some of the biggest names in the industry will be assessing and mentoring students throughout the game development competition

US indie outfit Atomic Games, developers of the divisive Iraq War title Six Days in Fallujah, has responded to Konami’s surprise decision to withdraw from publishing the game. On Monday it was revealed that Konami had abandoned a publishing deal with Atomic, following sustained public criticism of the game’s content …

Following Sony’s revelation earlier this month that it is to release upcoming PSP sequel Patapon 2 in digital form only in North America, Capcom has now joined the party by announcing a non-UMD PSP title of its own. GameSpot reports that Capcom will release 2D fighter Fate/Unlimited Codes on PSN …