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Read More »US: Wii outstrips rivals
Sales of video game consoles and software are up by an impressive 57 per cent in the US, despite the economic troubles faced by the country, according to research firm NPD. During March American consumers spent $1.7 billion on games with the Wii comfortably outselling Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. …
Read More »New VP for Geomerics
Rob Precious has been appointed vice president of sales at Cambridge-based graphics middleware developer, Geomerics. Precious’ main task will be to drive and develop global sales for Geomerics’ debut real-time lighting technology Enlighten, which gained much attention at the recent GDC. We are delighted to welcome Rob as our vice …
Read More »Geomerics appoints new VP of sales
Rob Precious joins middleware firm to power Enlighten push
Read More »Montreal Games Summit returns this November
Quebec conference also adds events for the general public
Read More »Keeping up with Jones â?? Part 2
After Scottish games developer Realtime Worlds confirmed it had received a $50m investment to help support its plans for future growth we spoke to CEO Dave Jones to find out more about the studioâ??s online strategyâ?¦
Read More »Take Two Board rejects EA approach again
Take Two executive chairman Strauss Zelnick has labelled EA’s ‘hostile’ $26-per-share tender bid forhis company as still being wrong place, wrong time”– and once again urged the firm’s shareholders to turn down the offer. Despite Zelnick’s protestations, however, there’s still time for EA’s bid to be successful: the offer expires …
Read More »Take Two bans new shareholders from annual meeting
Take Two has barred newer investors from attending its imminent annual shareholders meeting – in which the publisher is set to give an indication of the outcome of its ongoing acquisition saga with EA . Some who no longer own shares will have a role to play in the conference, …
Read More »Microsoft: Were not interested in buying Take Two
Microsoft Game Studios’corporate VP Shane Kim has said that the firm is not likely to challenge EA’s $2 billion acquisition bid for Take Two because MS ‘doesn’t have any past relationship’ with the firm and is put off by the price it would have to pay. Answering GameDaily readers’ questions, …
Read More »Japan: 100m DS software units sold
The success of Nintendo’s DS knows no bounds in Japan, with the console’s software sales hitting a stonking 100 million units in the territory since launch. As IGN points out, Nintendo software is now as popular in Japan as ‘The Sims is in the entire world’. The top ten best-selling …
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