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President of Sega of America Simon Jeffery has told GameDaily that Sega is deliberately cautious when it comes to choosing and developing movie IP – in contrast to some publishers who don’t give licensed games enough attention”. He added that Sega does not have a rich history of dealing with …

How did the ABCs go for you? We know that 360 Gamer has seen good growth, up to 13,928 from around 12,500 last time. The 360 Gamer team works bloody hard to turn around a great quality magazine every three weeks, which helps it stand out. Does the three-week lifecycle …

How were the ABC results for you? We have the number one title in the unofficial Xbox market, which is good. I think we were slightly jipped last year by some export copies – we’re about 200 sales behind last year, so we’ve got that back. Between X360 and 360 …

Have the rise in copy sales outstripped your forecasts at all? The results haven’t really been a surprise to us – we’ve always been confident about our portfolio and obviously now we’ve claimed all the official licences for PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo. There have also been a lot of improvements …

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Electronic Arts took home the grand prize at the MCV and Xbox 360 Industry Pub Quiz last night – in its first stab at the competition. EA beat former champs such as Konami and EUK on the night, which once again took place at London’s AKA Bar in Holborn. However …

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Chief executive of Activision Bobby Kotick believes that even if a publishing rival was to invest $1 billion on a new MMO franchise, they would still struggle to take on Blizzard’s World Of Warcraft. Speaking at the Goldman Sachs Technology Investment Symposium 2008 conference, Kotick said: "[Blizzard] has probably half …

Activision will bring the game adaptation of Paramount’s Kung-Fu Panda to console this summer. The publisher’s chief executive Bobby Kotick confirmed the signing in a presentation at the Goldman Sachs Technology Investment Symposium 2008 conference. Kotick commented: We’re going to kick off the year with Kung Fu Panda, which looks …

MCV has learnt that SCEE is to launch a PS3 bundle complete with Gran Turismo 5 Prologue and one Sixaxis controller in Europe on March 28th for €399 (around 300). French retailers will also be stocking a PS3 ‘Movie pack’ on March 28th which includes Casino Royale, Spider-Man 3 and …