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Rockstar owning publisher Take 2 has announced the financial results for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2007 year, brining mixed results for the firm following what has been an eventful 12 months. For the year ending October 31st net revenues were $981.8 million, down from $1.038 billion the year before. …
Read More »MTV Games and Jerry Bruckheimer found game studio
TV and film producer teams with music entertainment giant for multiple game projects
Read More »Second China GDC set for Beijing
Event returns for year two, runs from September 24th to 26th 2008
Read More »Rockstar disappointed with BBFC appeal
Strauss Zelnick, the chairman of Take 2, has expressed his ‘disappointment’ at the BBFC’s recent decision to challenge the opinion of the Video Appeals Committee, who recently backed Rockstar in its quest to have the BBFC’s banning of its controversial Manhunt 2 overturned in the UK. A statement from Zelnick …
Read More »E3 set for July 08
UK publishers should get ready to pack their bags for a summer excursion: E3 is returning to the Los Angeles Convention Centre from Tuesday, July 15-17th next year. That’s according to organiser the Entertainment Software Association, which has confirmed the date and location of the US expo. The body also …
Read More »Manhunt 2: The story so far
Yesterday’s news that the BBFC is to challenge the Video Appeals Committee’s backing of Rockstar’s quest to overturn the ban of Manhunt 2 in the UK is just the latest instalment in what has been one of the longest running and most eventful news stories this year. For those of …
Read More »The Manhunt 2 saga just keeps on going…
First the BBFC bans the game. Then it gets a release in the US. Then the Video Appeals Committee upholds Rockstar’s appeal and we’re all left wondering what happens now. Well, what happens now is: nothing. We’ll have another few months of fannying around and then maybe – just maybe …
Read More »Pandemic licences Havok Behavior
Studio to use character animation tool in upcoming titles
Read More »PSN cards heading to North America next year
Following their successful launch in Japan, Sony has confirmed that it will be rolling out PlayStation Network cards early next year in North America. In the same way that Wii or Xbox 360 owners are able to top up their online credit either through their console’s dashboard or via a …
Read More »Tretton: PS3 has become leading development platform
The boss of Sony America, Jack Tretton, has claimed in an interview with IGN that developers are increasingly adopting PS3 as their lead platform and then ‘porting down’ the titles from Sony’s machine to rival platforms. "We are now starting to see developers creating games on PS3 and then porting …
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