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Britsoft publisher Eidos has parted ways with casual games developer Gimme5games, with Matt Spall’s outfit pledging to carry on operating as an independent web and casual studio. The move signifies Eidos’ intention to focus on its cornerstone franchises such as Tomb Raider going forwards and to move away from the …
Read More »Talented People emerge from Vivendi closures
Former employees form new site for recruitment agencies
Read More »Rumour: Bottlerocket loses Splatterhouse
Has Namco pulled project for internal development?
Read More »Activision to join the Wii family revolution
Publisher Activision Blizzard has launched a new label of Wii family games dubbed Fun4All, with the drive kicking off next week with six Wii exclusives hitting retail. The range includes Pirates: Hunt for Blackbeard’s Booty, Monkey Mischief, Block Party, Pitfall: The Big Adventure, Little League World Series Baseball and World …
Read More »Activision returns to Transformers IP
Publisher Activision Blizzard has confirmed that it is back aboard the Transformers bandwagon and lining up a games release to coincide with the summer arrival of DreamWorks and Paramount’s movie sequel Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. The game, which will be released on Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PC, DS and …
Read More »Nintendo developing new Touch Generation games in Europe and US
Satoru Iwata details new strategy for local creation of mass-market titles
Read More »Q&A: Nintendo President Satoru Iwata
It’s a great, incisive Q&A that no other site seems keen to directly acknowledge, ‘forgetting’ to add links and provide an official connection to, and has already sparked a number of headlines. Nintendo has kindly put the whole transcript online – you can read it here – but the MCV …
Read More »Sega confirms Winter Olympics deal
Japanese publisher Sega has confirmed that it is to remain the International Olympic Committee’s exclusive video game publishing partner for the upcoming Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics – though it has stopped short of announcing its believed-to-be-in-development Mario and Sonic at the Winter Olympics. A press release from the firm stated …
Read More »Snowblind bought by Warner
Washington-based studio joins Monolith and Traveller's Tales in Hollywood giant's stable
Read More »Konami enjoys strong 2008
Net income for the nine months ending December 31st 2008 reached YEN 17,826, a 17 per cent increase on the same period the year before. Operating income for the period hit YEN 34,703m, up from the YEN 27,610m seen in the same period the year before. Net revenue climbed from …
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