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WiiWare Week: Nine games available when digital distribution channel arrives at the end of the month
Read More »WiiWare Week: Ready to Ware?
Continuing our series of features looking at the imminent arrival of Nintendo's WiiWare platform, another studio working on a launch title for the new service argues that the format-holder is helping change development significantlyâ?¦
Read More »UK CHARTS: Army of Two makes it to one
Three new entries in the All Formats Top Ten this week, as EA’s Army of Two blasts into top position. It marks the first original IP from EA to take the top spot since Black two years ago. Nintendo’s Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training falls one place, following its appearance in …
Read More »Q&A: GAME boss Lisa Morgan
Following the news that Gamestation’s York HQ would not be closing as part of the Gamestation integration and the appointment of two new MDs for each chain , GAME CEO Lisa Morgan spoke exclusively to MCV to give us the full story of what’s happening at the leading specialist. Take …
Read More »QUICKFIRE Q&A: GAME
What factors do you think have contributed to GAME Group outstripping its previous sales targets? We are very confident with the Group outlook for the year to 31 January 2009. The business is performing very well, both Internationally and in the UK, and the Gamestation integration is going very well. …
Read More »Is this the largest team in games development?
Acclaim says 60,000 have signed up to work on David Perry's Top Secret as Skaggs joins as advisor
Read More »Now its game on for Weinsteins
Hollywood’s march into the games industry continues unabated: the American production company Genius Products, the majority shareholders of which are Miramax founders the Weinstein brothers, is moving into the games market. Take a look at the full story over on Develop.
Read More »Weinsteins’ Genius guns for games
Miramax founders' firm ramps up distribution focus with Line Rider deal
Read More »Verbinski wants ‘zero narrative’ approach in new game project
Pirates of the Caribbean director developing new title, says the 'broken' games industry model 'has to change'
Read More »Games vs Music – the stats
With any luck, MCV’s recent story stating that games now make more money at retail that music will have raised some very senior-ranking eyebrows at retail last week. It is a shift in the balance of power that should make every supermarket and entertainment store in the UK re-assess where …
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