Publishing

Sega boss: ‘We’ll back PS2 for years to come’

Sega Of America president and COO Simon Jeffery has told MCV that he expects Sony will enjoy significant sales of PS2 hardware for two to three years at least”. In a wider interview with MCV , Jeffery pledged Sega’s long-term support for the console, predicting that it would have longer …

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SCi has received three bids, says report

Eidos parent the SCi Group has received two further bids after disclosing that it had received a ‘possible offer’ at the beginning of September. According to The Times , the original extremely preliminary” bid came from Ubisoft, but that has been followed by solid interest from Time Warner – which …

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SCi has received three bids, says report

Eidos parent the SCi Group has received two further bids after disclosing that it had received a ‘possible offer’ at the beginning of September. According to The Times , the original extremely preliminary” bid came from Ubisoft, but that has been followed by solid interest from Time Warner – which …

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‘New Virgin Megastores’ targets games after MBO

RETAIL stalwart Virgin Megastores is to disappear completely from the High Street in November – but the new group formed from its ashes wants to take on GAME in the hunt for market share. New retail operation Zavvi is to be headed up by former Virgin Megastores MD Simon Douglas …

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‘New Virgin Megastores’ targets games after MBO

RETAIL stalwart Virgin Megastores is to disappear completely from the High Street in November – but the new group formed from its ashes wants to take on GAME in the hunt for market share. New retail operation Zavvi is to be headed up by former Virgin Megastores MD Simon Douglas …

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PSP sales rocket after Lite launch

Sony has hailed the launch of PSP Slim & Lite as a success after the relaunched console notched up a four-fold increase in portable hardware sales. The revamped system launched across retail on September 14th. And ahead of the release of a range of lifestyle software under the Go! brand, …

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