Publishing

Atari has released results for the first quarter of its 2010/2011 fiscal year – and despite a 65% drop in revenues, the firm’s online takings have jumped. According to GameDaily The publisher reported net revenues of €19.3 million versus €54.5 million the year previously – but the drop is in …

Capcom and Namco revealed at last week’s San Diego ComicCon that the two are collaborating on crossovers for their flagship fighting franchises. Street Fighter X Tekken is in the works for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, developed by Capcom, and merges the two long-running franchises into one epic fighter. Like …

Japanese giants' big franchises do battle in two Tekken vs Street Fighter games

Sony has confirmed that LittleBigPlanet 2 will land in November. The game will hit the US on November 16th, in both standard and collector’s editions – with a raft of pre-order incentives available via key retailers. Pre-order deals offer free costumes – Amazon.com has Ratchet & Clank Sackboy outfits, BestBuy …

James Cameron’s Avatar was a watershed moment for entertainment. It generated $2.73 billion at the box office – 90 per cent of which came from 3D screens. And almost overnight the TV, film and video game worlds rushed to embrace the new 3D phenomenon. In February, Panasonic, Samsung and Sony …

Ubisoft has become the No.2 publisher in UK and Europe as it announced game sales almost doubled year-on-year. The publisher now has a 9.5 per cent share of the games market in Europe and 11 per cent in the UK. Comparatively, in the US Ubisoft is No.4 publisher with a …

Microsoft has revealed that it sold 10.3m Xbox 360 consoles in the year ending June 30th – down from the 11.2m it sold in the same period the year before. Console unit sales were up in the quarter ending June, however. 1.5m were sold in the period compared to 1.2 …

Publisher will bet one of its biggest franchises on the tech

Microsoft has revealed a limited edition Halo Reach version of the Xbox 360 S that will be available exclusively through GAME and Gamestation. Costing 249.99, the SKU includes a special silver version of the 250GB console that carries a Halo insignia and front-of-machine branding. Also included in the box are …

Former EA product manager Kerri West has joined SCE UK. She takes up the role of product manager and will look after the firm’s line-up of social games, such as SingStar, Buzz and forthcoming titles for PlayStation Move. West had previously worked at EA for three years, most recently as …