Publishing

Hedge fund SAC Capital has reported that it now owns a 5.3 per cent stake in Take Two. The firm said in an SEC that it had acquired 4.1 million shares, worth about $108 million, for investment purposes. Earlier this month, EA extended its $2 billion takeover offer for Take …

Leipziger Messe boss Wolgang Marzin has spelled out that the annual Leipzig Games Convention will remain in the city next year following an increase in the size of this year’s event. "The Games Convention is not moving," confirmed Marzin. This year’s Games Convention will see the event grow by 25 …

Microsoft and Sony’s desire to make Xbox 360 and PS3 more family-friendly may have been given a boost with the announcement of a new motion-sensing controller from In2Games. The company claims that its Gametrak Freedom device is ‘the most advanced’ motion-sensing controller yet. The name of the first title in …

Electronic Arts is to release a special edition of Spore when the title arrives in September – which it says will be the perfect SKU for the ‘ultimate Spore fan’. The iteration will include the ‘Making of Spore’ DVD, a ‘How to Build a Better Being’ DVD from the National …

Head of new Sao Paulo studio says French publisher could establish more teams in Brazil

The march of Ubisoft across the globe continues apace – the French publisher has today announced plans to open a studio in Brazil, the 20th of its studios around the world. Based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the new development team Ubisoft’s first studio in South America. The studio will open …

EA Sports will push its own peripherals into the market in the next 12 months – and announcements may even be ready in time for E3 in July. That’s according to EA Sports exec producer and VP David McCarthy. Speaking at Paris GDC today, McCarthy was asked by an attendee …

UK-based distributor Pinnacle Software is expanding its business to offer development teams a ‘third way’ to get their products to market – and removing the need for a traditional publisher. In tandem with its traditional business as a supplier, Pinnacle now offers studios funding, as well as marketing and manufacturing …

Games Up says a â??shockingâ?? 95 per cent of games courses are failing their students and the industry

Video games can make education attractive, says Games Up, but only with the right Government backing