Publishing

Sony Computer Entertainment, Codemasters, Future and Gamestation have confirmed their support for the Edinburgh Interactive Festival. Sony will be offering some exclusive game material for the screening sessions and showcasing Little Big Planet. Gamestation will have a large on-site retail presence at the Festival, selling a range of games consoles, …

Bolt, Disney computer animated film due to arrive early next year, is to be released as a multi-format video game release from Disney Interactive and studio Avalanche Software. Bolt uses the film as a springboard, expanding upon the action and dynamic story elements, to provide a fun, challenging experience for …

The BBFC has confirmed that Eidos has a new Shellshock game in the works – entitles Shellshock 2: Blood Trails. The body has granted the game a release with an ‘18’certificate. No cuts have been made to the content of the game and no details have been released on which …

Activision expects Guitar Hero’s performance across Europe this year to be nearly as big as its entire business last year. That’s according to territory boss Joerg Trouvain, speaking exclusively to MCV this week. We have had a very successful year to date and so has the industry overall, he told …

Amongst them I could sense an upbeat mood – there’s definitely a newer optimism in the air of the company. With the likes of Kaz Hirai and Shuhei Yoshida leading global strategy from Japan, and people like David Reeves pushing the message out across the vast PAL territory, it also …

This past week I had the opportunity to spend time with not one, but six of the senior execs at Sony Computer Entertainment, from David Reeves through to members of the third-party relations team, R&D chiefs and Phil Harrison replacement Shuhei Yoshida. Amongst them I could sense an upbeat mood …

THAT MERGER with Blizzard is expected to be fully sanctioned by shareholders soon and the two huge organisations will then surely start to consolidate. What that means to jobs, HQs or partners across Europe, publishing boss Joerg Trouvain isn’t saying just yet. He’d rather focus today on Activision’s tremendous performance. …

Lobbying from SCE WWS VP comes as Games Up campaign says 95 per cent of games degrees 'not fit for purpose'

The rise and rise of user generated content is set to play a similar role in games as it has in music – but traditional boxed publishers are excited, not scared, by its prospects. That’s according to the head of Xbox community developer service XNA, Chris Satchell, who this morning …

The head of Xbox community developer service XNA, Chris Satchell, has said that user generated content can be responsibly rated by an audience of its creators’ peers – and doesn’t need any intervention from the BBFC or PEGI. In his keynote at the GamesHorizon Conference in Newcastle this morning, Satchell …