Publishing

Premier Manager publisher Zoo Digital has been acquired by GreenScreen Interactive, the latest games venture established by GT Interative founder Ron Chaimowitz. The move by New York based GreenScreen has also seen it acquire US publisher Destination Software, which Zoo has worked with over the past couple of years, bringing …

Nintendo's Austin, Texas first-party studio sees departure of chief staff Metroid Prime, says report

Sources say Britsoft firm will rescue Solihull team from redundancy via acquisition - but company remains tight-lipped

EA has high hopes for new release UEFA Euro 2008, labelling it the best football title the company has produced in 15 years. The licensed football franchise hits shelves today (April 18th) and despite England’s abysmal failure to qualify for the real tournament, EA is confident that the quality of …

TOTAL SOFTWARE BY COMPANY (UNITS) 1. Electronic Arts – 13.6% 2. Nintendo – 12.1% 3. Ubisoft – 10% 4. Sega – 8.9% 5. THQ – 6.5% 6. Activision – 5.9% 7. SCE – 4.1% 8. Microsoft – 4% 9. Take 2 – 3.5% 10. Symnatec – 2.6% TOTAL SOFTWARE BY …

Revitalised developer-cum-publisher Interplay is to release a new, original Earthworm Jim game, according to 1Up . No release date has been set for Earthworm Jim 4, and no formats have been confirmed. However, the website reports that the creator of the original cult TV series Douglas TenNapel is involved in …

Eidos parent SCi Entertainment has turned down an acquisitive bid from an unknown would-be suitor. In a statement on SCi’s website, the company said: The pursuit of an uncertain takeover proposal with consequent delay and risks to the Company’s proposed issuance of new equity to fund the execution of its …

Remember how anxious we all were about the launch of PS3 – and that delay? Seems like an eon ago, doesn’t it? It’s almost as if it didn’t happen – a laughable bump in a trajectory of predictable success for Sony’s next-gen machine. For Sony Computer of America president Jack …

Sony has said that its upcoming PS3 Freeview tuner PlayTV is not being lined up for a European launch this July, with its actual shelf date remaining TBC. Amazon yesterday listed the device for launch on July 31st, with a price of just 59.99, though both the date and price …

After a weekend of technical woes following the release of Konami’s Metal Online Beta on Sony’s PlayStation Network, the publisher has officially taken its servers offline until it figures out a way to cope with the huge traffic heading towards them. The beta appeared on PS3’s PSN for download on …