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The lucrative WWE video games franchise will benefit greatly from the new direct relationship” between publisher THQ and the sports entertainment company, according to UK marketing director Jon Rooke. It benefits us massively,” Rooke told MCV. In previous years, we’ve effectively had to communicate with WWE via Jakks Pacific and …

Sony has listed the demos that will be included in the UK version of the PlayStation Move Starter Pack, that will be launched in the UK on September 15th. The in-game disc will include tasters of Sports Champions, Start the Party, The Shoot, EyePet: Move Edition, TV Superstars and Tiger …

Decorated marketing exec may not follow the studio as it moves 80 miles away

Extra circ print edition and online updates planned

A new report from Forecasting & Analyzing Digital Entertainment has estimated that Microsoft Xbox Live Arcade service has to date in 2010 made something in the region of $46.1m, a number that if true represents a 13 per cent year-on-year increase. The study also estimates that the digital portal will …

Metalocalypse: Dethgame chopped by Adult Swim

Chipsworld ltd has entered liquidation, the company has told MCV. All 12 company-owned stores have been closed and 29 employees made redundant. The retailer said in a statement that it has struggled in the face of ‘the credit crunch, mounting unpaid debts and the recession.’ However, it’s not all over …

Japanese publisher Capcom has reported income of YEN 216m for the quarter ending June 30th 2010 – a 94.8 per cent drop on the same period in 2009. Net income for the period fell 72.6 per cent year-on-year to just over YEN 1 trillion. Net sales fell 2.4 per cent …

New Football Manager Online title co-built by Korean group

Dundee-based developer Realtime Worlds has lifted the lid on its next game – and it’s certainly a radical departure from its previous work. The developer is best known for its 2007 Xbox 360 hit Crackdown and more recently for PC outing APB, though the latter has so far failed to …