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Indiagames has signed a deal with publisher Oberon Games, which will make its casual games available on Indiagames’ Games on Demand service, according to Game Daily . Titles in Oberon’s catalogue include Agatha Christie Death on the Nile, Dream Day Wedding and Magic Match. "Indiagames is sphere-headed towards offering its …

After this morning’s confirmation that the UK publisher is in preliminary talks with a third party in relation to a possible offer for the company, Thisismoney.co.uk has claimed that EA, Warner and Ubisoft are in the running for the company. Shares have already jumped from 37.5p to 375.5p in the …

According to Games Industry , online gaming revenues in Asia are predicted to reach $2.5 billion by the end of next year, a growth of around 20 per cent on last year’s figures. ‘Online Game Publishers in Asia’, a new report by Pearl Research, states that ten online publishers crossed …

There’s no doubt that Sony dominated the headlines at Leipzig – it was, to be honest, the only platform holder to truly embrace the new-found importance of Leipzig in the wake of E3’s dramatic streamlining. Taking centre stage was David Reeves, who, despite a couple of autocue issues, put in …

Sony Computer Entertainment president Kaz Hirai has said that developers should focus their activity around the PS3 when making multi-platform games. Hirai was speaking about the trend for companies to develop games for multiple platforms in an interview with Japanese website ITMedia +D Games. Translated by MCV sister publication Develop, …

German developer gets distribution deal for DS title

On the back of the news that it is to re-enter the video games publishing market , Warner’s VP of worldwide sales and distribution Ron Scott has told MCV that his firm is looking to recruit a number of stand-out individuals from the UK games industry. It is particularly important …

Midway has announced that upcoming release Stranglehold has gone gold for the Xbox 360. However, Eurogamer reports that the title’s release on the format has been held back a week to September 14th, with the PS3 and PC versions following in September. Stranglehold was created by acclaimed action filmmaker John …

MCV is aware that you’ve already started poaching a few experienced, high-level industry sales and marketing execs. What’s the plan for this recruitment drive? It is particularly important to have games-specific expertise in sales, marketing and PR. We are going out in the marketplace now and we have been working …