Game development news

Following Take Two’s financial results last night , leading games analyst Michael Pachter has said he is unimpressed with the results, though he does expect GTAIV to be an overwhelming success. We are relatively unimpressed with Take Two’s lineup for the next financial year with the glaring exception of GTA …

MTV-owned studio which created Guitar Hero files for unpaid $14.5m royalty statement, then cancels action

Midway CEO David Zucker has announced that the publisher’s new IP Stranglehold and recent FPS Unreal Tournament 3 have both sold over one million units worldwide. Rampage: Total Destruction on Wii, which was first released back in 2006, has also reached the milestone. Said Zucker: Over the last year we’ve …

The full transcript of Midway’s earnings call for Q4 2007 – which came in the wake of the announcement of the firm’s recent fiscal results – is available now. CEO David Zucker discusses the firm’s net losses, million-selling titles and prospects for 2008. You can read the full transcript here.

Studio to work on porting own mobile IPs

It took a whole hardware transition to help Xbox Live Arcade find its feet. And the slate of games on PlayStation Network has been slowly (some say too slowly) built via the early EDI strategy and then courting of third-parties. But WiiWare has had a huge groundswell of support.

German owner of UK HQ'd studio network generated â?¬34.6m in FY07

Sequel to bestselling and highly regarded 360/PC game developed by new Take Two team

Procedural texturing system to feature in new studio's first title

Passes now available for June event - website updated too