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Group spends $5.4 million in expansion phase, anticipates $20 million potential sales opportunities

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Microsoft is planning a significant shake-up to the management team at the heart of its Entertainment and Devices Division, which serves as the home of Xbox 360 and Zune. The changes could be revealed as early as this week, the site claims. Last …

Suspected restructure at the Entertainment and Devices division ahead of Natal launch

Rob Dyer, Sony’s American senior VP of publisher relations, has confessed that years of missing out on any return from the sales of pre-owned games has been very frustrating”. However, the exec still has reservations about the DLC code movement being pursued by a number of games publishers. You can …

â??We are in very uncertain times, and more cuts are yet to comeâ??, says CEO Wilson

A sequel to The Witcher – scheduled for release next year – has been announced by Namco Bandai following the success of the PC original. The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings is being produced by Polish developer CD Projekt RED which worked on the first title. It will be published …

After a weekend leak saw many of the details hit the web way ahead of the June embargo, Sony has officially lifted the lid on Killzone 3 – it’s fully stereoscopic 3D PS3 shooter. The official release confirms the details revealed by Game Informer, including the use of new hand-to-hand …

A source close to Sony has confirmed to MCV that the reason behind the more recent of Gran Turismo 5’s delays is the implementation of both 3D and Move compatibility. The news helps to explain the somewhat bewildering claim made by the game’s chief designer Kazunori Yamauchi earlier this month …

Another $10 million pumped into the innovative cloud gaming service

Piracy’s been the biggest problem, no question about it – it has become a very difficult proposition to be profitable, given the piracy right now.” That’s the frank admission of SCEA’s senior VP of publisher relations Rob Dyer about the current state of the PSP market. But the exec also …