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SCEE president and CEO David Reeves has told MCV that both user registrations and online purchases through PlayStation Network are ahead of SCEE’s expectations. One thing that has surprised us is in the Network purchases and the general level of interest that has been shown around the Network business,” he …

Atari parent Infogrames has told MCV it is to double the number of games in development and build up a 30 strong network of partner studios as it looks to recover from a difficult few years. The group received a €150 million financial boost last week courtesy of BlueBay Asset …

A fresh batch of anti-games bile came from a columnist in The Times, and follows some cheeky comments about games causing obesity from (drumroll, please…) McDonalds’ UK boss . And even Prime Minister Gordon Brown got in on the action, linking knife crime to games in a recent Sun story. …

Publisher System 3 is currently driving support for the game, due to arrive in spring this year. The PS2 version will feature 50 different models of Ferrari and the full compliment of racetracks in the PS3 version. A six-page preview of the title will appear in the issue of Official …

The MCV Industry Excellence Awards return to their popular location at the The Brewery in Chiswell Street, London on Thursday April 10th. All companies and all games industry professionals have the chance to enjoy their night even more than most by picking up an award. The MCV Awards are about …

Last night THQ announced a number of changes to its product portfolio and internal development business, Develop reports, including the decision ‘not to pursue’ certain IPs and the closure of one US studio, in a bid to boost its slate of owned property and begin a new product quality strategy. …

Consumer games site GamesRadar is claiming that a ‘reliable Sony source’ has told it that the highly anticipated God of War III for PS3 will not be released until Christmas 2009. Although official information about the game is more or less non-existent at the moment, it is said to support …

Organisers of Toy Fair ’08 believe the games-related products on show at the expo would offer specialist retailers a useful extra source of revenue. The event takes place from Wednesday, July 30th to Saturday, February 2nd. Games products on display include Swinxs BV’s Swinxs console, which contains four nifty wristbands …

Douglas on… Rebranding "We basically took a brand that’s been on the High Street for 30 years – one of the strongest brands in the UK and the world – and changed it overnight. Of course we had our concerns that putting up Zavvi signs may have put people off. …

NPD Group figures confirm that the franchise as a whole has raked in a cool $1 billion in North America alone. Since its initial release in 2005, the Guitar Hero franchise has sold in excess of 14 million units in North America alone, according to The NPD Group. In ten …