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THQ’s licensing partnership with Nickeolodeon has egenrated $1 billion in sales, the publisher has announced. Over 50 million Nickeoloedon games have been shifted under the THQ label, such as its Spongebob Squarepants games. "With the enormous popularity of Wii and DS coupled with our exceptionally diverse portfolio of Nickelodeon-based games, …
Read More »Are you the best in games development?
Then make sure you enter the Develop Awards - the lobbying deadline is next week
Read More »EA and AOL team up
Electronic Arts has agreed a partnership with AOL Sports, to market and promote its free online trivia game EA Sports GameShow. Under the terms of the agreement, AOL Sports will now feature EA Sports GameShow as part of its content – which is available to the 10.9 million unique visitors …
Read More »Midway revenues up, but losses increase
Midway has revealed its financial results for the three month period ended March 31st, as well as providing earnings guidance for the second quarter, Net revenues for the 2008 first quarter were $29.9 million, compared to the 2007 first quarter net revenues of $11.1 million and ahead of prior guidance …
Read More »WhiteMoon Dreams chooses ProFX
New studio picks procedural texturing tech for upcoming XBLA game
Read More »Infogrames recruits new CFO
Infogrames has appointed Fabrice Hamaide as its new chief financial officer. Hamaide’s responsibilies include company finance, investor relations, financial communications, and legal and information technology functions. He will report directly to CEO David Gardner. Hamaide started his career in 1988 as a consultant for Ernst and Young, before working as …
Read More »Zune XNA support coming this month
Microsoft aiming for first community tech preview in coming weeks
Read More »GAME Chairman sells £2.28m of stock
The non-executive chairman of specialist UK retailer GAME has sold 850,000 ordinary shares in the firm – making himself a total of 2.28 million. Lewis sold the stock at an average price of 269.23 pence per share. He continues to hold 66,666 ordinary shares in the company. Lewis’ decision comes …
Read More »Capcom makes Mark Beaumont COO
Mark Beaumont has been promoted to chief operating officer of Capcom in North America and Capcom Entertainment Europe, as well as maintaining his position on the Capcom Board of directors. Beaumont had been serving as Executive Vice President, Officer, and head of the consumer software publishing business in North and …
Read More »Vivendi and Activision quit ESA
Vivendi and Activision have both discontinued their membership with E3 organiser the Entertainment Software Association – the US equivalent of the UK’s ELSPA. The news comes after both firms – now one entity – confirmed that they would not be demonstrating their titles at this year’s E3. According to Joystiq, …
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