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French firm Infogrames Entertainment, the parent company of US publisher Atari, has announced its financial results for the half year ending September 2007 – the highlight of which is a drop in the firm’s operating loss, which stood at €29.3 million, down from the €36.9 loss in the same period …
Read More »Taking on the big boys
ON FIRST impressions, starting up a games publisher in the current industry climate appears to be like taking on Tyson armed only with Ken Dodd’s tickling stick. True giants of the entertainment world – let alone the games industry – stand in the way of anyone with ambitious ideas of …
Read More »Japan: PS3 cements November success
Following a period of sustained success in Japan , Sony is celebrating a home console sales victory with the news total sales for the month of November saw PS3 outsell Nintendo’s rival Wii – the first time Sony’s machine has prevailed over a four week period since it launched last …
Read More »Video on demand nears for PS3
Yesterday MCV reported that Microsoft looks set to unleash the European version of Xbox 360 video on demand service by the end of the year – and today news arrives that Sony’s PS3 equivalent could be with us just weeks later. Though there’s still no mention of a possible date …
Read More »Riccitiello: Consolidation is not the future
John Riccitiello, the CEO of leading global games publisher Electronic Arts, has stated that he believes there will be less consolidation in the games industry in the future, and that new business models such as microtransactions and in-game advertising will be the driving factors in the years to come. "Is …
Read More »Metal Gear Solid 4 producer admits to sales pressure
It’s been in development for a long time, and the expectations of it are phenomenal – and now Konami has admitted that its PS3-exclusive Metal Gear Solid 4 must sell a million copies just to recoup the cost of its development. Reuters claims that producer Ryan Payton said the new …
Read More »The Game Company gets Nintendo certification
German developer and publisher now planning first DS and Wii titles
Read More »AcroGames licences Unreal Engine 3
New Korean game studio to use Epic's popular next-gen engine
Read More »Microsoft: 360 outsold PS3 by two to one
Xbox 360 platform holder Microsoft has boldly claimed that its next-gen console outperformed rival PS3 over the Thanksgiving week in North America – but Sony America has fought back, climbing Microsoft’s figures are ‘way off’. Microsoft says that estimated retail figures suggest that it sold 310,00 units for the week …
Read More »The French Revolution?
Paris Mayor backs ambitious plan by five Parisian studios to build global middleware platform called 'Play All'
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