Publishing

Wasn’t there a time when the UK used to be a hot bed of development talent? In some respects it’s easy to see what’s happening. A small team comes up with a great idea but lacks funding. They turn to a publisher to finance their project and, to everyone’s relief, …

Ahead of its release in the territory on Friday, Nintendo of Japan has admitted that it won’t be able to meet demand for its DS TV Tuner add-on as it had not anticipated the level of interest it has encountered, CVG reports. The company has been accepting online orders for …

Then there is literature with every sort of kink and perversion that you can possibly imagine. All done without any age ratings. It seems to be that sex is what people want to read about. What works with books is also pretty true of the film industry. Except for the …

UK gamers could soon be playing big-name titles through a television, without the need to buy the game itself – or even own a console or PC. t5 Labs is currently in negations with top publishers and global TV service providers to bring its Virtual Games Console to the US …

Koei’s ever-present and globally popular war series Dynasty Warriors is to receive its sixth instalment next year with the announcement that Dynasty Warriors 6 will be released on Xbox 360 and PS3 in Europe on March 7th. Set in ancient China in the third century, DW6 boasts new characters, new …

Atari’s financial filing for its second financial quarter of 2008 ending September 30th 2007 shows that net loss for the period reached $7.7 million, up from a loss of $68,000 in the same period the year before. Net revenue for the period was $13.3 million, down from $28.6 million last …

As well as clinching the top spot in the ChartTrack All Formats Top 40, Ubisoft’s Xbox 360 and PS3 title Assassin’s Creed marks the publisher’s first All Formats Number One since the release of Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 in March this year. In addition, the game becomes the second …

CVG reports that an employee of comic publisher and The Darkness rights holder Top Cow Comics has let slip that a sequel to the title is already in the works. The rumours claim that Starbreeze Studios, the developer of the first title and also of celebrated Xbox outing The Chronicles …

European facility renamed to Disney Mobile Games Studio

Japanese developer and publisher Capcom has confirmed that successful Xbox 360 shooter Lost Planet will arrive on PS3 in February next year, CVG reports. The Sony version will contain on the disc all of the extra downloadable features that have been made available to 360 gamers since the game’s release …