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Robin Kaminsky, the executive vice president of Activision, has told MCV that newly acquired UK developer Bizarre Creations will work on an existing Activision franchise as well as create a new racing game. We believe in brands and franchises not individual titles,” Kaminsky told MCV. So we’ll be working with …

Robin Kaminsky, the executive vice president of Activision, has told MCV that newly acquired UK developer Bizarre Creations will work on an existing Activision franchise as well as create a new racing game. We believe in brands and franchises not individual titles,” Kaminsky told MCV. So we’ll be working with …

What does the Bizarre acquisition give Activision? Bizarre Creations consists of two incredibly talented development teams, and is one of the biggest innovators in racing games. We’ve brought a great developer into the Activision family, and acquired racing expertise. Activision now has the opportunity to enter a $1.4 billion genre …

What does the Bizarre acquisition give Activision? Bizarre Creations consists of two incredibly talented development teams, and is one of the biggest innovators in racing games. We’ve brought a great developer into the Activision family, and acquired racing expertise. Activision now has the opportunity to enter a $1.4 billion genre …

MCV sister site Develop reports that Gamecock plans to open a small UK office to help provide a PAL element to its publishing deals, according to Next-Gen . Founded earlier this year by former Gathering of Developers team Harry Miller and Mike Wilson, publisher Gamecock’s activity – which puts the …

MCV sister site Develop reports that Gamecock plans to open a small UK office to help provide a PAL element to its publishing deals, according to Next-Gen . Founded earlier this year by former Gathering of Developers team Harry Miller and Mike Wilson, publisher Gamecock’s activity – which puts the …

Nintendo of America’s marketing executive Perrin Kaplan has said that consumers were getting bored of what the video games market was offering them until the arrival of the Wii, according to Next-Gen . Kaplan told Advertising Age that: A major insight that Nintendo had early on was that they saw …

Nintendo of America’s marketing executive Perrin Kaplan has said that consumers were getting bored of what the video games market was offering them until the arrival of the Wii, according to Next-Gen . Kaplan told Advertising Age that: A major insight that Nintendo had early on was that they saw …

With the combined retail power of both the redesigned Slim & Lite hardware and Square Enix’s Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core, Sony’s PSP has bossed the Japanese hardware for three weeks – but Nintendo’s DS has staged a come-back. According to data from Japanese market analysts Media Create, the DS …