Publishing

US publisher THQ has confirmed that its upcoming title Saints Row 2 has been delayed, and will now be released on October 14th and not Agust 24th as previously stated. THQ cited marketing and issues and product quality” as the reasons behind the decision. Saints Row was released on Xbox …

The producer of Ubisoft’s new Prince Of Persia game has announced that the popular PoP: Sands Of Time chronology-bendingmechanic is dead. Speaking at the publisher’s Ubidays product showcase in Paris last night, Ben Mattes revealed that a new gameplay device hasreplacedit in thenew Prince Of Persa: a glamorous new sidekick …

Shaun White's Snowboarding to use Ubisoft's Anvil tech on PS3, 360 and PC

SCORE International Baja 1000 plugs gap in Activision portfolio as it awaits Bizarre's first game

Agreement with Epic extended to include new Unreal features and engine use in new game

Square Enix has posted a full fiscal year profit of 9.2 billion Japanese Yen ($88.5 million) for the 12 months to March 31st, 2008 – down 20.9 per cent year-on-year. Sales also fell in the period, down 9.8 per cent to 147.5 billion Yen ($1.42 billion), with declining revenues most …

Developer-cum-publisher Data Design Interactive has opened a new US office in Sarasota, Florida. The studio will operate as a separate US registered company. The firm says the HQ can ‘provide the correct creative atmosphere required to work effectively on today’s demanding Next-Gen projects’ – including PS3 and Xbox 360 titles. …

The boss of EA’s Casual Entertainment division Kathy Vrabeck has said that she expects the total global casual games market to be worth around $13.5 billion in the next couple of years”. In a candid Q&A session – published on MCV sister site CasualGaming.biz – Vrabeck added that her department …

As the ESC held its successful Golf and Spa Day (raising over 20,000 in the process), a new charity, GamesAid, was announced. GamesAid is setting out to offer a new level of choice for participants at all levels and is happy to live alongside any ‘official’ industry charity. Its arrival …

We asked Jonathan Hayes what he thought was the winning aspect behind HMV’s triumph in the MCV awards this year. He explains: I’d say it was a combination of factors, but ultimately they all added up to the same thing – working closely with our key strategic partners to make …