Publishing

Rory Donnelly is the latest high-profile departure from THQ. He was a THQ veteran, having joined the firm in 1999 as MD for France. His most recent role was SVP of European publishing. He has been instrumental in growing THQ’s Southern European business. A company statement read: THQ confirms that …

New joint-venture named Synthesis Germany

This year the Develop in Brighton Conference's indie element is bigger than ever. The organiser tells us more.

A Union Jack style Xbox 360 S Kinect bundle with two games has appeared on Amazon.co.uk. UPDATE: The listing has now been removed. The Amazon product page described the bundle as the Xbox 360 S 4GB Celebration Pack, which is priced at 249.99 and includes the Kinect motion accessory. The …

Budget software company Cosmi has acquired THQ’s value-centric publishing and distribution division ValuSoft. The move ties in with THQ’s widely-publicised new strategy of dropping all but its strongest and most important IP and operations, though the sale of assets is unlikely to quieten observers keen to predict the demise of …

Blizzard has confirmed that HMV’s London Oxford Street store will host the official UK launch event for upcoming PC title Diablo III. The fun will kick off at 10:00pm on May 14th with the game going on sale at 11:00pm. There will be a number of giveaways and competitions and …

Gree and Dena to spearhead new self-regulation policy

Long-delayed certification measures set to launch in July, UKIE claims

Konami has released a live-action teaser video for Metal Gear Rising. Series’ favourites such as Solid Snake or Raiden are now-where to be seen. Instead, we see a soldier being tortured in some kind of military lab. The video closes by promising more details on April 30th. Here’s the video:

Company to offer new roles to some staff made redundant; Others to go