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Our series of profiles of leading games service and creative firms continues with Side & Sidelines. Side & Sidelines Sector:Creative & Promotional ServiceYear Established:1997Number of employees: 15Address:Great Titchfield House, 14 – 18 Gt Titchfield Street, London, W1W 8BDPhone:020 7631 4800 Key contacts:Andy Emery, Managing Director – andy.e@side.comSini Downing, Sidelines Agency …

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The next game in the surprisingly popular Train Simulator series will hit shelves on September 26th. The game, published by Railsimulator.com, is one of just a few games daring to come out during the same week as FIFA 14. Train Simulator 2014 is due on PC. The cult series makes …

Only 160,000 Wii U consoles were sold worldwide in the quarter ending June 2013. The staggering figure eclipses the fact that Nintendo actually posted some improved numbers for the period with net income and operating income both improving. Net sales for the period hit 81,548m, down from 84,813m the year …

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Perfect World Entertainment has announced Cryptic Studios’ free-to-play MMO Neverwinter has run past the 2m player mark. Polygon reports the milestone for the Dungeons & Dragonsonline RPG– which officially launched last month after a long run in beta – is highlighted in a new trailer provided by the publisher. Expansion …

BioShock Infinite has crossed 4m sales since launching in March, according to Take-Two. Company CEO Strauss Zelnick mentioned the milestone for 2K and Irrational Games’ hit title during a call to investors, following the release of the publisher’s latest financial report. "BioShock Infinite is North America’s best-selling multiplatform release so …

Take-Two has reported better than expected” results for the first quarter of its current fiscal year, despite seeing a significant decline for the period. The firm earned $142.7m in total revenue during the three-month stretch ending on June 30th, a year-over-year decline of 37 per cent. The decline was expected …