Publishing

The official game of The Beatles’ music will be released on September 9th, following an agreement between Apple Corps, MTV and Harmonix. The Beatles: Rock Band will release simultaneously on Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii in North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and other territories. In the US, the game …

Just days after it emerged that the North American arm of Toys R Us is dipping its toes in the pre-owned waters , Amazon.com has announced a new scheme that allows gamers to trade in their old titles. The system works by proving a quote for any given title via …

A new study entitled Play Safe, Play Smart from Microsoft has claimed that 94 per cent of UK parents feel personally responsible” for checking the age ratings on the games played by their kids. In addition, the report says that 73 per cent of UK parents are aware of parental …

Activision’s president and CEO of publishing Mike Griffith has stated that the global economic crisis, and more importantly resulting deflated company values, could pave the way for his firm making further acquisitions. Griffith told Bloomberg: The combination of Activision holding a fair amount of cash and presumably prices being depressed, …

Eidos has reached an agreement with Square Enix which will result in the Britsoft firm’s complete share capital being purchased by the Japanese company in early May. Shareholders are expected to approve the deal at the Eidos EGM later this month. Following this, trading of Eidos shares will be suspended …

With publisher support of boxed PC product dwindling, Japanese company Capcom has said that it intends to take full advantage of the gaps left in the market. Taking a very global view, we have brands that are very appealing, but the platform of choice in many countries is not a …

After its successful rollout last year, Microsoft is to make NXE a mandatory upgrade for 360 users wanting to play the latest titles on their machines, according to reports . NXE, or New Xbox Experience, was released last year and completely overhauled the Xbox 360’s previous dashboard ‘blade’ system. It …

Famed guitar maker Gibson has seen its lawsuit against Guitar Hero publisher Activision Blizzard thrown out of court after it ruled that Neversoft’s game does not infringe any existing patents. Edge reports that Gibson had claimed its US Patent 5,990,405 for a system and method for generating and controlling a …

A new report from consumer knowledge site Reevoo has claimed that Blu-ray has not seen significant sales rises as a result of either the demise of Toshiba’s HD-DVD or the drop in Blu-ray hardware prices – and it’s saying that direct downloads have stolen the missing piece of the pie. …

PS3 platform holder Sony has once again upped the online integration of user’s PS3 gamer IDs with its online portal by adding support to view Trophies on the website. Once logged in with their PS3 ID, users are now able to browse all of the Trophies won in PS3 games …