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With the global demand for Nintendo’s Wii currently far outweighing the available supply of hardware, despite the 1.8 million units being manufactured by the firm each month, Nintendo’s American president has admitted that the shortage is a missed opportunity for the platform holder. Retail giant Amazon recently admitted that it …

Event's director names Heroes exec producer and Radical devs as latest to host sessions

The Video Recordings Act 1984 makes it an offence to supply a recording containing a video work without BBFC classification. Video games which are not video works, or which are not supplied as a video recording, will not require classification from the BBFC. The question in each case is therefore …

You recently signed a major deal with NBC – can you tell us a little about it? Justin Townsend: This new agreement effectively means that their digital sales force in North America will be able to sell a portion of our inventory alongside the various premium TV properties NBC owns …

MMO firm to target Bangalore via team up with local firm for Q1 2008 opening of new office

UK-based developer Kuju is to launch a new studio named Double Six that will focus on the production of digital download titles for emerging networks such as Xbox Live Arcade, Wii Ware, PlayStation Network and casual PC games portals, Gamesindustry reports. We believe that there are some great opportunities out …

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Godalming team renamed and moved into Guildford base - set to focus on downloadable titles

Future Publishing has posted a pre-tax profit of 9.2 million in its full-year financials, up dramatically from the 36.7m loss of the previous year. While revenues were down from 188.1m in 2006 to 165.7m for the financial year ended September 30th 2007, the company is confident that it has turned …

One of the most vocal critics of video games in North America, Senator Leland Yee, has issued a stark warning to parents concerning the purchasing of adult-themed games in the run-up to Christmas, Next-Gen reports. A statement from Yee’s office read: Unfortunately, some parents don’t realise that in many top …