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Publisher hopeful platform diversity is increasing business opportunities

One of the most controversial video games ever made is to re-enter the UK market. Rockstar has confirmed that PS2 title Manhunt will be released on PSN next week on Wednesday May 14th. It will cost 7.99 and be found in the PS2 section of the store. Also releasing on …

Publisher claims Changyou copied plot, theme, setting, dialogue and designs in Project Tank

GAME will be launching its biggest range of Blu-rays and DVDs in-store and online from Monday May 13th. The range features more than 50 titles, spanning new releases like Argo and The Life of Pi to more established popular fare like Kill Bill and Avatar. The move follows successful in-store …

Energy Hook raises $7,000 by second day despite low funding target

Former Sony chairman and the man widely described as the ‘father of the PlayStation’, Ken Kutaragi, has been named as an external director at Japanese game publisher Marvelous. A report onNikkei(translated bySGCafe) claims that Kutaragi will be bringing his years of experience to help speed up developments in the company’s …

Konami has reported annual declines to its net revenue, operating income and net income. For the year ending March 31st 2013 net revenue fell 15 per cent to 225,995m, operating income fell 46.6 per cent to 21,875m and net income fell 42.8 per cent to 1,174m. Konami’s digital entertainment business …

This latest MCV–which isnow available to view online– features our in-depth study on in-app purchases. We also interview The Pokemon Company and speak to Nintendo about the Animal Crossing franchise. Elsewhere, retail talks about the new Call of Duty, and our indie retail month continues. Download our iPad app now,which …

62 per cent of the British population now own a smartphone and 29.3 per cent a tablet. In fact, in the latest data, smartphones accounted for 83 per cent of all mobile sales, demonstrating their growing dominance. There has been much debate recently about consumers’ interaction with smart devices, with …

Just 1.58m boxed games were sold last month in the UK, as the number of major launches dwindle. It’s a drop of 21.6 per cent over the same period in 2012. And over 1m fewer games were sold in April compared to March. The boxed software sector generated 37.8m in …