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Activision’s president and CEO of publishing Mike Griffith has stated that the global economic crisis, and more importantly resulting deflated company values, could pave the way for his firm making further acquisitions. Griffith told Bloomberg: The combination of Activision holding a fair amount of cash and presumably prices being depressed, …

RETAIL BIZ: This Friday’s games release slate is led by two highly anticipated games connected by their military themes… but divided by time. Sega’s Empire: Total War is already available, having released on Wednesday. The next iteration in the critically acclaimed Total War series is based around 18th Century conflicts, …

Obsidian Entertainment on using Epic's popular engine

Eidos has reached an agreement with Square Enix which will result in the Britsoft firm’s complete share capital being purchased by the Japanese company in early May. Shareholders are expected to approve the deal at the Eidos EGM later this month. Following this, trading of Eidos shares will be suspended …

With publisher support of boxed PC product dwindling, Japanese company Capcom has said that it intends to take full advantage of the gaps left in the market. Taking a very global view, we have brands that are very appealing, but the platform of choice in many countries is not a …

The following excerpt for www.unrealtechnology.com was written by freelance reporter John Gaudiosi.

Japanese publisher Capcom has stated that it now believes that digital distribution is more important to the PC market that traditional High Street retail. Is digital distribution more important to the PC than retail? For me? Absolutely. No question in my mind,” Capcom’s vice president of strategic planning Christian Svensson …

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PopCap’s globally popular Peggle franchise is to make the jump to consoles with three staggered releases over the next three months, starting today with the North American release of Peggle Dual Shot on the Nintendo DS. Following the DS version, Peggle will be released on both Microsoft’s Xbox Live Arcade …

Blockbuster has denied that it is using law firm Kirkland & Ellis to help it file for bankruptcy. National newspapers reported this morning that the retailer had recruited Kirkland to advise it on ‘bankruptcy or restructuring’. However, Blockbuster spokeswoman Karen Raskopf has told Bloomberg: We’ve hired them for refinancing and …