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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 …

A year after acquisition, how is Black Rock Studio changing under the guidance of Disney and how does that play into House of Mouseâ??s plans for games? We spoke to Tony Beckwith, studio chief, and Disneyâ??s VP of European production Ed Bainbridge to find outâ?¦

Free-to-play Exteel and Dungeon Runners boosted by ads

Global development studios to use Audiokineticâ??s middleware

Though there’s been no indication that Manhunt 2 publisher Rockstar is considering such action, it has been revealed that an 23 year old legal ruling means that it would be perfectly legal for the publisher to offer its controversial title for download. The Register reports that downloadable games are not …

Sony has confirmed that operating losses for its games division have more than doubled for the quarter ending September 30th, hitting YEN 96.7 billion compared to YEN 53.2 billion in the same period last year. However, across the whole business Sony posted a quarterly operating profit of YEN 90.5 billion, …