Publishing

Battle Cry

Crytek is convinced CryEngine 3 is ready for the growing diversity of games platforms

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Warner publishing Lollipop Chainsaw

Lollipop Chainsaw will be published by Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment outside of Asian territories. The game is the latest title from Grasshopper Manufacture, the Japanese studio led by quirky developer Goichi ‘Suda 51’ Suda. It was originally announced last month, and will be handled by Warner as part of a …

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Sega’s consumer business suffers £30m loss

Sega Sammy has made a 17.4m loss for the first quarter of its financial year. One of the biggest areas to suffer was its consumer business, which includes console and PC games. Sega sold 2,330,000 games during Q1, far below its performance the year before. In total the consumer business …

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OnLive and GameSpot reach demo deal

An interesting new agreement between streaming games specialist OnLive and giant consumer games network GameSpot has been announced. It will see the streaming service position playable demos of games within the pages of GameSpot’s reviews. The result is that consumers will be able to try a fully-featured version of the …

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The Sun leads with ‘Death by Xbox’ cover story

Today’s issue of UK national newspaper The Sun leads with a story that has no doubt caused headaches at Microsoft. With a headline of ‘Death by Xbox’, the paper has pushed to the fore the tragic case of Chris Staniforth, a 20-year-old who died of deep-vein-thrombosis (DVT). The report directly …

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