Publishing

EA chief creative officer and company co-founder William ‘Bing’ Gordon is to leave the company to join investment firm Kleiner Perkins. Gordon will keep some ties with Electronic Arts as its ‘Chief Creative Officer Emeritus’, and will "return to the company to lead periodic workshops on innovation with EA Studio …

ZAVVI We approached the gaming section and looked for the obligatory GTA IV POS and was shocked when we found none – not even in the chart shelves for pre-order or on any ‘coming soon’ displays. The sales advisor told us there was a GTA IV Gift Card available for …

Music may be an increasingly difficult business for the record industry, but in games it’s never been better. Publisher Activision says it has sold over six million units of Guitar Hero worldwide, generating a sales income of US $238 million. Guitar Hero is expected – within only two years from …

Former Vivendi studios boss and Ubisoft Montreal CEO to head up media firm's new games operation

French retail chain Fnac has set its sights on the UK market, although the firm stresses that there are no store openings just yet. The company is the largest French retailer of cultural and consumer electronics, which includes video games, consoles, televisions, cameras, CDs, DVDs and books. It’s also the …

Warner Bros. plans to notch up its first major chart hit with movie tie-in Speed Racer – and is ready to unleash its biggest ever marketing campaign to ensure its success. From the creators of The Matrix trilogy, the Speed Racer movie is tipped by many to kick off summer …

Though it might be more famed for pants and posh food, retail chain Marks & Spencer is boosting its presence in the games space by adding Nintendo hardware and software to its range. The High Street stalwart has already pushed into stocking technology products on its website and in a …

A new Prince of Persia will be swinging onto next generation consoles this year, alongside a separate SKU scheduled for Nintendo DS. No name or details have been revealed, except for the fact it is being developed by the same Ubisoft Montreal team that worked on The Sands of Time …

Sierra unveiled its its new World In Conflict title on Xbox 360 at its Spring Break ’08 event in Mallorca last week. Following the success of World in Conflict’s release on PC, this new title takes the critically-acclaimed original and build upon that with new 360-exclusive levels in which gamers …

Canadian developer SilverBirch has announced plans to buy Netherlands-based publisher Lighthouse in a deal worth around CAD $4m (close to 2m). In an official announcement the deal, Silverbirch described the move as the "first step in SilverBirch’s stated strategy of building an integrated video game company. The acquisition will improve …