Publishing

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 …

President of Atari parent Infogrames Phil Harrison has suggested that Alone In The Dark will be the publisher’s last ever single-player game. Harrison and Infogrames CEO David Gardner have both previously made allusions to a future based on ‘social’ gaming – and of Atari becoming leaders in the online gaming …

Multiplayer games specialist Splash Damage has signed a long-term development partnership with Bethesda. The London-based studio will develop a brand-new game for the publisher, best known for the internally-developed Oblivion title for Xbox 360, and which recently expanded its operations into both Europe and Japan. Splash Damage is best known …

Japanese publisher Koei’s Warriors Orochi has shipped over 1.5 million units across the globe. The Xbox 360, PS2 and PSP title mixes two of the publisher’s two biggest franchises – Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors. The success of the release has prompted Koei to announce a sequel for North America. …

London studio inks long-term development deal for new title with growing publisher

Activision is looking to outstrip EA’s Rock Band with its new Guitar Hero World Tour title. Featuring a newly redesigned guitar, an electronic drum kit and a microphone, the new iteration of the mega-selling franchise also introduces a music creator that lets players compose, record, edit and share their own …

Ahead of the publisher’s quarter century in the business (in June), Capcom has posted strong financial results for the year ending March 31st 2008. Net sales for the firm hit 83 billion Japanese Yen (approx $803m), up 11.5 per cent year-on-year, while net profit increased by a whopping 33 per …

Titantic and Aliens director James Cameron has said that Ubisoft is staying loyal to his forthcoming fully 3D movie Avatar – by creating a game that is visually in stereo”. Cameron’s film, which is due for release next year, takes advantage of stereoscopic (3D-capable) projectors in cinemas. Cameron told Cnet …

This year has been a record breaker in terms of revenues – what do you feel were the key drivers for this success? Our performance was driven by strong market conditions as well as the continued success of our franchise portfolio. You need great products to be successful and we …