Publishing

Meet The Panel David Tyler,Head of Marketing,Activision Blizzard Activision’s upcoming movie-line up includes Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (June), Monsters Vs. Aliens (April) and Xmen Origins: Wolverine (May). The firm is also set to launch other titles in the James Bond franchise, following last year’s successful Quantum of Solace release. …

'Anyone who could draw a guy with a gun with a crayon could get funded,' says CEO of pre-economic crisis EA

Outspoken EA boss John Riccitiello has boldly stated that his company had become too complacent with itself, adding that the worsening economic recession could be a blessing in disguise” as it will force the entire industry to reform and clear away the junk”. Junk is hard to compete with,” Riccitiello …

North American publisher SouthPeak has announced the results for its fiscal quarter ending December 31st, showing revenues of $17.3m – a rise of 76 per cent from $4.2m in the same quarter of 2007. Net income was up too, hitting $1.2m – nearly a million up on the $281,000 net …

The studio formed after the closure of Ensemble has official confirmed its formation – and at the same time confirmed plans to keep developing new Halo Wars content. Robot has a staff of 45 comprised entirely of former Ensemble employees, and was originally reported on earlier this week. The team …

Red Mile Entertainment has admitted that the release plans for their previously announced Sin City game have been postponed. Currently in development, Sin City: The Game is now set to ship sometime in "fiscal 2012”, according to the firm. Destructoid reports that the company is "currently in the process of …

Microsoft is looking to acquire an Israeli imaging company in a bid to ‘anxiously outdo the Wii’ according to new reports on the web this morning. According to a report in the Israel press, the format-holder is looking to buying 3DV Systems and its camera-based motion-sensing technology and integrate it …

But format-holder refuses to comment on speculation surrounding 3D camera acquisition

PC manufacturer Dell has opened up its own new digital content portal , offering a range of PC games from some of the industry’s top publishers. Titles currently available to download include EA’s Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box, Spore, Eidos’ Tomb Raider: Underworld, Warner’s FEAR 2, Atari’s Alone in the …

One of the most significant chapters in the history of downloadable content has arrived this morning with the release of Grand Theft Auto IV expansion The Lost and The Damned on Xbox Live Marketplace. Costing 1600 Microsoft Points, the content offers gameplay equivalent to a third of that seen in …