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There have been a lot of reports in the press about DSGi struggling – how do you respond to these claims? We are an international business. Since the late ‘90s the company has become less UK-centric, and is focused right across the international scene. We’ve got strategies to open stores …

Ten million. It’s not a figure to be sniffed at. Indeed, it’s near-impossible to think of many things that, if you owned ten million of them, you wouldn’t consider ‘enough’. Naked pictures of Lindsey Lohan, perhaps. But that’s about it. Xbox Live’s ten million subscribers still haven’t sated Microsoft’s desire …

SG Lab title to be promoted on Tokyo Municipal home page

New indie studio working with Japanese publisher

Showtime TV drama to get game treatment

MCV has it on very good authority that Microsoft is planning an Xbox 360 price cut later this month, which will allow its lower-spec Arcade model to compete with Nintendo’s Wii on price. In what is being seen as a significant move to attract the family market, that would mean …

New report shows 85 per cent would rather view ads than pay

Dungeons and Dragons creator mourned by industry

IGN has appointed Brad Ramsey as senior vice president of marketing for its new marketing group. Ramsey joins the company from Yahoo, having worked as vice president of marketing. Ramsey has also worked at eBay. I’m delighted to announce that on March 17th, Brad Ramsey will fill that role and …

THQ has won a legal dispute with Jakks Pacific over royalty payments. The case regarded delays in reaching an agreement over the royalty rate that the US publisher would pay Jakks for use of the WWE licence. Under the terms of the original partnership, a royalty rate would have begun …