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Develop reports that Disney’s CEO has been talking up the company’s plans for its games division, Disney Interactive Studios, saying the firm plans to take cues from its music strategy, according a report in the New York Post . Currently enjoying the success of its High School Musical film and …

Meeting with investors reveals management's plans to bolster business

Media giant's strengths in multiple entertainment fields can aid game development

Few things stand so tall over the city of London that they can be seen for miles around. There’s Canary Wharf, obviously, the BT Tower, The Millennium Wheel, Ken Livingstone’s famous Gherkin and, erm, Homer Simpson. Okay, so he might not be a regular fixture of Europe’s most celebrated city, …

Sega has compared the family appeal of its upcoming movie adaptation The Golden Compass to that of The Lord Of The Rings. The publisher is confident that it can use the promotional clout of movie distributor New Line to push the title high up the Christmas chart – and become …

Develop reports that EA may have stolen the title of ‘most cash happy acquirer’ last month when it spent big ( $860m big ) to buy BioWare/Pandemic, but it seems Warner Bros wasn’t being tightfisted either when it came to buying Traveller’s Tales. A report on the Manchester Evening News …

The more positive among you may consider it to be a glowing endorsement of the unprecedented demand for Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo consoles. Conversely, you may think of it as scandalous that the three biggest platform holders are already warning that there may be some consumers who are disappointed this …

Aa anticipation continues to build ahead of the release of Super Mario Galaxy, Nintendo has backed its star title with a marketing campaign to match the insanely high expectations surrounding the title. With rave reviews flooding in from all corners of the media, Nintendo has detailed its ambitious marketing plans …

Online downloads, casual games and MMOs are little more than an irritant to retail – which is still a hugely dominant distribution channel. That was the conclusion from the UK Department for Trade and Investment this week – as exclusively revealed by MCV sister mag Develop. According to the UKTI’s …

All three platform holders have told MCV that stock of PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii hardware may not meet demand over the festive period. After a storming year with Wii and DS, Nintendo UK general manager David Yarnton said: Every year it seems to happen with stock being tight, and …