Publishing

Publisher partners with Louisiana Department of Economic Development to create EA Sports testing team

Sony has agrred a deal with Player X to bring its PlayStation IP to mobile for the first time in history. The three-year deal marks the first time Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios has licensed its titles to be published by a third party on mobile. SCE has previously released …

Codemasters, Atari, Reality Pump, Topware and Techland to take 25,000 pirates to court

2K Games has just officially finalised the release date for Bioshock on PS3 – it’ll arrive in North America on October 21st, closely followed by its international release on October 24th. The PlayStation 3 version follows on from the critical and sales success of the Xbox 360 version, and contains …

Management system to provide infrastructure for publisher's 'online plans'

Gareth Edmondson says Ubisoft would match investment in other territories, but only if Government stepped up

Electronic Arts says newly-opened 200-strong India studio can 'enhance the local gaming ecosystem'

Team GB’s gold medal haul at the Olympic Games this week has helped Sega’s official Beijing Olympics game bound up the UK charts – but it still can’t top sales of Nintendo’s Wii Fit and Mario Kart. According to official GFK-ChartTrack/ELSPA data Mario Kart Wii climbs from third spot to …

But warns that Activision-Blizzard-style mass-scale merger 'can be very damaging to a global company'

Take Two has responded to EA’s decision to let the deadline for its acqusition bid pass. The Rockstar parent has stated that it is ‘looking forward’ to convincing the megapublisher it is worth more than the $26-per-share bid. If tonight’s deadline passes without a deal, EA will enter into Take-Two’s …