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In a damning assessment of Activision’s quarterly financial report, analyst Michael Pachter has claimed that he fears Activision has begun to slip a bit” and that November’s Call of Duty: Black Ops will fail to match the performance of last year’s global hit Modern Warfare 2. The Q2 results were …
Read More »Square Enix reports strong Q2
Japanese publisher and developer Square Enix has reported an impressive 814 per cent year-on-year increase in operating profit to YEN 5,434m for the quarter ending June 30th 2010. Recurring income was up 124 per cent at YEN 3,426m while net sales grew by 11 per cent to YEN 32,540m. Net …
Read More »Online trumps retail in Activisions Q2
Activision has reported a 12 per cent jump in earnings for the quarter ending June 30th 2010, though it was the reported rise of its digital sales that have really caught the eye. The publisher stated that for the first time in its history, sales from its digital channels outstripped …
Read More »Namco Bandai release Q1 financials
Japanese firm suffers continuing losses, closes YoY deficit gap
Read More »Develop Award Interviews: Side
Develop's interviews with this year's winners kicks off with Side creative director Andy Emery
Read More »Income explodes at Konami
Konami’s latest quarterly financials report a massive 244.7 per cent year-on-year jump in net income to YEN 1,265m compared to the 93.5 per cent dip it suffered in the same period the year before. Operating income shot 187.9 per cent to YEN 2,879m though net revenue fell five per cent …
Read More »Activision denies sexism accusations
Publisher Activision has denied allegations that it has a sexist development agenda that forbids the use of female lead characters in its titles. The claims come from a speculative report on Gamasutra that cites a number of unnamed sources. Games with female leads don’t sell,” it reads. At least that’s …
Read More »Dare Blogs – That Game Studio
Dare to be Digital 2010 team That Game Studio talks exclusively to Develop about working on their entry title Twang!
Read More »Historic deal for PQube and Slitherine
Publisher PQube has signed up with Slitherine to launch History Great Battles Medieval in the UK. The strategy RPG is set to launch for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 this September and is the sequel to the 2007 title History Great Battles of Rome. Slitherine chairman JD McNeil said: We …
Read More »11th outlet for ambitious Alworths
The fast-growing retail chain that sprang up following the collapse of Woolworths opens its 11th store next month. Alworths, which sells games and DVDs plus homeware and more, celebrates the opening of its Llandudno, Wales shop on August 13th. The store will occupy the unit left vacant by the town’s …
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