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Resident Evil 5 and Street Fighter IV headline a star-studded Q1 line-up for Capcom, as the firm plans to add new recruits to its European operations. The line-up also includes 360 and PS3 title Bionic Commando and the Wii edition of Dead Rising. It’s definitely going to be a strong …
Read More »US: PS2 celebrates 50m sales
The PlayStation 2 is starting its ninth year in fine form with news that Sony’s hugely popular machine has now surpassed the 50 million units sold barrier in the North American market. CasualGaming.biz has the complete story.
Read More »Peter Mandelson arrives in Second Life
The UK Labour party has become the latest governmental institution to turn to online social world Second Life in effort to spread its word to a brand new audience – and a 3D representation of Business Secretary Peter Mandelson has been chosen to front the venture. For the complete story, …
Read More »Cafe.com sells Boonty to Nexway
Casual games portal Boonty, which is owned by US-based Caf.com, has been sold to French digital content firm Nexway for an undisclosed amount. Boonty co-founders Mathieu and Roman Nouzareth claim that the sale will allow them to focus on their other social games site Caf.com. The news was exclusively revealed …
Read More »Annual losses expected at Sony
PS3 platform holder Sony is expected to post an operating loss of $1.1bn for its financial year ending March 31st, according to Japanese business daily the Nikkei. Reuters reports that the loss could be as high as $2.2bn depending on how the next three months pan out for the firm. …
Read More »50 things to look out for in 2009 Part 1
50. Defying the economyAndrew Brown, Activision UK MD says: I hope that in-home entertainment – and of course video games – proves to be resistant to the economic down turn. As long as demand continues to grow, the market will eventually adjust to the bad news of retail closures.” 49: EA’s …
Read More »Time Warner considering further game industry acquisitions
TT Games acquisition deemed 'wildly successful'
Read More »Neversoft moves on from Tony Hawk
Developer to hand long-running skateboarding series to new studio
Read More »Games to eclipse other media
Video games are set to eclipse” all other forms of media entertainment, according to Activision Blizzard’s president and CEO of publishing Mike Griffith. During his keynote speech at CES 2009, Griffith boasted games are prospering as demand for almost every other entertainment category declines, according to the BBC. He claimed …
Read More »Eidos considers Lara revamp to reverse sales slump
After warning that sales of the latest Tomb Raider game were below expectations (despite shifting over 1.5m units globally), Eidos has admitted it might once again redesign the title’s iconic heroine Lara Croft. The move would come as the publisher looks to attract a wider audience, our sister site Develop …
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