Publishing

Electronic Arts has confirmed that the second iteration of popular skateboarding title SKATE is in development for PS3 and Xbox 360. However, the publisher hasn’t released any information regarding release date or price for SKATE 2. The news came as EA announced that it will release the next SKATE game, …

Frontier's Lost Winds and Nnooo's Pop launch games for Nintendo download service

Develop technology editor Jon Jordan surveys third-party engines

Reports say new Japanese independent by former Capcom execs is working on three titles

President of Sony Online Entertainment John Smedley believes that PS3′ upcoming slate of MMOs will help distance the console’s offering from that of Xbox 360. Speaking to The Seattle Times, Smedley said that titles such as The Agency would see MMOs become ‘a strong selling point’ for the PS3. Smedley …

This week’s show in the Indigo Room at the O2 was, in many ways, similar to what we’ve seen at Tokyo Games Show and Leipzig; stylish, confident and packed full of real sales stats. No amount of fanboy blustering can argue with the installed bases revealed by Sony this week; …

With GTA IV smashing entertainment records to hit six million sales in its first week , it’s little surprise that the title has taken the top spot in all formats charts in Spain, Germany and Sweden. According to Next-gen.Biz, the PS3 version took the No.1 spot in Spain and Germany …

Forget Microsoft and Nintendo – PS3’s content can take on movies, TV and the web in the battle for the wider entertainment space. That was the message from SCE president Kaz Hirai as he spoke to MCV at this week’s PlayStation Day, at which the platform holder revealed a string …

Atari Inc has been delisted from the Nasdaq share rankings in the US. Nasdaq previously told the firm that it had to bring its market value up to $15 million or more for ten consecutive business days before March 20th this year – but the publisher was unable to meet …

A new television series aimed at gamers will begin airing in the UK this week on cable and satellite channel Bravo. Playr is topical weekly magazine programme which reviews new releases, reports from the major gaming events and previews the biggest games first. The series will also have two spin …