Publishing

Yesterday MCV reported that Microsoft looks set to unleash the European version of Xbox 360 video on demand service by the end of the year – and today news arrives that Sony’s PS3 equivalent could be with us just weeks later. Though there’s still no mention of a possible date …

Xbox 360 platform holder Microsoft has boldly claimed that its next-gen console outperformed rival PS3 over the Thanksgiving week in North America – but Sony America has fought back, climbing Microsoft’s figures are ‘way off’. Microsoft says that estimated retail figures suggest that it sold 310,00 units for the week …

Simplygames.com’s new boss Neil Muspratt believes that with a mixture of low prices, canny deals and an easy-to-navigate site, the UK e-tailer can mix it with the big boys this Christmas. The relaunched site has already seen traffic rising significantly in the run-up to the festive season, and is now …

Clearly, it’s a great chance to cash in on the festive season – take a glance at the number of piss-poor ‘comedy’ DVDs that have been rushed out in time for the don’t-know-what-to-buy-your-dad market. Even Piers Morgan’s got a football gaffes DVD out – a man who not only has …

If there’s one thing retailers don’t need to be reminded about, it’s that Christmas is coming – that whirlwind few weeks where more business is done than the previous months put together. It’s also the time to diversify – and one of the most lucrative areas in which a games …

The Video Recordings Act 1984 makes it an offence to supply a recording containing a video work without BBFC classification. Video games which are not video works, or which are not supplied as a video recording, will not require classification from the BBFC. The question in each case is therefore …

You recently signed a major deal with NBC – can you tell us a little about it? Justin Townsend: This new agreement effectively means that their digital sales force in North America will be able to sell a portion of our inventory alongside the various premium TV properties NBC owns …

Despite the recent troubles that have seen a management reshuffle and a European ban for its controversial stealth sequel Manhunt 2, chairman Strauss Zelnick has insisted that he has no intention of selling the publisher, and instead expects it to grow going forwards. "I’m much more interested in growing the …

The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences is to award its prestigious Lifetime Achievement award to the ‘Father of PlayStation’, Ken Kutaragi, at next February’s D.I.C.E. summit , Gamespot reports. Kutaragi will be only the third ever person to receive the accolade, following in the footsteps of Nintendo’s Howard Lincoln …

GAME A double thumbs-up to the knowledgeable, friendly staff in GAME, who helped MCV around the store to discuss the merits of each platform and title. Ubisoft will be pleased to hear that Assassins Creed had been ‘selling like crazy’, alongside fellow new release Super Mario Galaxy – which was …