Publishing

Infogrames net revenue up 45%

Atari’s parent company Infrogrames has announced an increase of net revenue of 44.5 per cent for its fiscal first half 2009-2009 ending September 30th. Despite falling 7.5 per cent, losses still totalled €85.67 million, though they were outweighed by a total net revenue for the period of €131.8 million, which …

Read More »

360 to overtake Xbox install base

Platform holder Microsoft has predicted that it’s Xbox 360 console will surpass sales of the firm’s debut console outing, the Xbox, by the end of the month. Edge Online reports that Mindy Mount, CFO of the firm’s Entertainment & devices Division, told the audience at the recent BMO Capital Markets …

Read More »

More talk of LittleBigPlanet on PSP

With LittleBigPlanet finally out there in the wild wowing gamers and critics alike, talk has returned of the long-rumoured PSP outing for the series. Acclaimed developer Media Molecule has previously admitted that it’s had talks with Sony about a possible portable outing, but the next issue of US games mag …

Read More »

Kalypso swoops for IP and forms new studio

Publisher Kalypso has revealed that it has acquired the Tropico 3 IP from Take Two and launched brand new development studio Realmforge Studios. Kalypso has secured the rights to Tropico 3 from Take Two, and confirmed that a third iteration of the PC strategy games series is set for release …

Read More »

US: Sony hails annual PS3 sales hike

Despite being trumped by Microsoft’s Xbox 360 in the October hardware sales battle, Sony still has reason to celebrate NPD’s North American October sales figures with some impressive rises for its PS3 console. Sales of the machine are up 56 per cent on October 2007, with total unit sales of …

Read More »

‘Should games retail fear Apple?’

But our cover story this week is the first time ever the company has publically moved to mark its territory in video games – and you should take note. Undoubtedly, Apple plans to replicate its domineering success in music with its games and software push. It’s one of the biggest …

Read More »

EA celebrates as FIFA 09 smashes records

EA is celebrating one of the most successful months in its history – after FIFA 09 hit one million UK sales in record time, and over 60,000 people attended the publisher’s landmark Be The One consumer event in London. The title hit a million after just five weeks on the …

Read More »

Second Life sex leads to divorce

28-year-old British woman Amy Taylor has filed to divorce her huband after discovering that he had been sleeping with another woman… on a computer via the virtual world ‘game’ Second Life. Taylor and her husband originally met in an online chatroom in 2003. Head over to CasualGaming.biz to read the …

Read More »

Resistance 2 scores 88% on Metacritic

Sony’s big FPS release on PS3, Resistance 2, is currently sitting on an 88 per cent average review score on Metacritic. That leaves the game at 16th spot in the PS3 All Time High Scores list on the site – which aggregate scores from the US and UK specialist press. …

Read More »

EA next to enter Wii fitness market

Just one day after Koch-owned publisher Deep Silver announced it’s own competitor in a marketplace already catered to by the likes of Nintendo’s Wii Fit and Atari’s Family Trainer, EA has announced its debut entry into the market – EA Sports Active. Unlike Deep Silver’s title, EA Sports Active will …

Read More »