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Movie giant 20th Century Fox looks set to follow fellow Hollywood studio Warner Bros back to the games market. It is understood that Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation will launch a two-pronged attack, as social networking giant MySpace also strides into the interactive entertainment space. In the same week that Fox …
Read More »Sony rubbishes PS3 40GB failure claims
Following the appearance of a report on Dutch games site Gamed.nl which claimed that Sony is experiencing a 40 per cent failure rate of its recently launched 40GB PS3, Sony has insisted that the figures are completely inaccurate. The story, which has since been removed and replaced with this apology, …
Read More »Bookies back Need For Speed as Christmas number one
EA is all but guaranteed another Christmas number one this year according to both Ladbrokes and Paddy Power, with Need for Speed: Pro Street and FIFA ’08 leading the early betting. While Microsoft’s Halo 3, Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 and Nintendo’s Super Mario Galaxy are the closest competitors, it …
Read More »Bandai Namco bolsters dev capacity via Banpresto amalgamation
Japanese publisher grows internal development resource with Banpresto solely focusing on amusements
Read More »Bungie ‘actively engaged’ in creating new IP and new Halo titles
Studio manager reveals next step for the 115-man studio in exclusive Develop interview
Read More »PS3 2.0 firmware update released
Sony’s latest update to the PS3’s on-board firmware, version 2.0, is now live and available to download, and brings with it a host of new functions – though not the expected ability to access the XMB whilst playing games. The biggest new feature is the new Remote Start Up, which …
Read More »Sony Online Entertainment adopts database analysis system
New solution allows greater analysis of player trends
Read More »JAPAN: Super Mario Galaxy trounces opposition
Ahead of its release in Europe next week, Nintendo’s critically hailed Super Mario Galaxy has had a tremendous debut week in Japan, shifting 250,000 copies and shooting straight to the top of the Japanese software charts, Kotaku reports. Mario’s latest, and according to some greatest, romp outsold its nearest rival, …
Read More »Warner Bros buys Travellers’ Tales
Entertainment giant swoops for Lego Star Wars developer
Read More »INTERVIEW: Woolworths
Are games really that important to your entertainment mix? It’s now our biggest entertainment format, bigger than DVD or music. From about two or three months now – and DVD has some massive releases coming up. Consistently over the summer we have been the biggest. We increased our games space …
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