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Watch out Asda, Tesco and Sainsbury’s: Woolworths has promised to outspend its supermarket rivals in a bid to be crowned entertainment king this Christmas. And the general retailer has promised an ‘aggressive’ focus on games in its marketing – which recently became a bigger moneyspinner for the firm than either …

Representatives from Crytek, Blitz and Ninja Theory to present talks

Established High Street and online games retailers risk losing significant share to broadband suppliers, and possibly even utility companies, if they do not embrace digital distribution. That is the robust view of Pierre Gaudet, CEO of Europe’s leading games digital distribution outfit Metaboli, which has begun a renewed effort in …

The games industry is complex and must keep its house in order, but it is also much admired and increasingly understood by the current Government. That was the message put across forcibly by Minister of State for Culture, Media and Sport Margaret Hodge this week, as she made an encouraging …

101 applications for funding sought in 2007 alone

The DS continues to dominate the Japanese software charts, but it’s the notable efforts of PS2 and 360 that capture the eye in Media Create’s latest Japanese Top 30, Kotaku reports. Seaman 2, Sega’s PS2 sequel to it’s voice controlled 1999 Dreamcast curiosity, has bettered the opposition by capturing the …

What have been the primary goals for the Empire team since the Silverstar deal? From a company and corporate perspective, it’s really about delivering good results after the acquisition. It’s great that the market has responded favourably – our share price literally doubled on the day the announcement went out, …

Euro production VP also reaffirms plan to treble games spending and says deals with local studios are already signed

US publisher Atari has entered into a $10 million credit agreement with Infogrames shareholder Bluebay Asset Management, but has added that the loan alone will not be enough to meet its demand throughout the busy Q4 period. "This revised credit facility is a major step in addressing Atari’s liquidity needs …

Following the spate of staff changes that were announced after Nintendo’s confirmation that it is moving its NoA headquarters from Seattle to San Francisco Bay, two new faces have joined the American arm of the company. Cammie Dunaway, the former chief marketing officer for web giant Yahoo!, joins the firm …