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Simon Etchells to lead marketing activities for RuneScape
Read More »Gamerscore limit upped for XBLA games
Microsoft has confirmed that it has upped the cap for the number of Gamerpoints that downloadable Xbox Live titles can offer to gamers. Until now titles sold through the XBL arm of Xbox Live always offered 200 GP spread over a maximum of 20 Achievements. This has now been upped …
Read More »Capcom announces its first browser-based title
Onimusha Soul the first instalment in the series since 2006
Read More »EA refutes Mass Effect 3 DLC accusations
The day one DLC for Mass Effect 3 is not already on the disc as some have claimed, EA has stated. A YouTube user has supposedly proven that all of the content from the paid-for ‘From Ashes’ DLC is already sitting on the Mass Effect 3 game disc and could …
Read More »FEATURE: Licence to sell
Video games themselves can of course be a form of merchandise. Most major movie releases and popular kids programmes are complemented by new games, from straight-up tie-ins like The Adventures of Tintin and Namco’s popular Ben 10 series to derivative works like LEGO Harry Potter. Such licensing deals can be …
Read More »Riccitiello: Staff departures have not weakened us
EA CEO suggests Zynga moves financially motivated
Read More »Microsoft: ‘OnLive Desktop may violate license’
App opens Windows for iPad, hit by licensing door
Read More »Activision wins first round in West/Zampella lawsuit
One of the two fraud charges levelled at Activision by former employees and Infinity Ward founders Jason West and Vincent Zampella has been dismissed by a US court. The remarkable story of the corporate fallout between Activision and the development pair began in March 2010 when it was revealed that …
Read More »Riccitiello: "Other retailers will absorb the business" if GAME goes
He carefully avoided naming it, but EA’s CEO last week said it’s "all but a certainty" GAME has two terrible weeks ahead. But he thinks other retailers will pick up the slack. Speaking at a Wedbush Morgan technology investors event last week, John Riccitiello said the firm is "still praying …
Read More »MS: Xbox can defy economy and grow for 7th consecutive year
The world may be waiting for news of a new console, but Microsoft is focused on making 2012the biggest year in Xbox 360 history. The platform holder has told MCV it believes it can defy the economy and record a seventh straight year of growth with its ‘strongest portfolio’ ever. …
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