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Leading global games retail force GameStop has posted record financial results for the quarter ending November 3rd, with net earnings reaching $52 million – up a massive 283 per cent compared to the same period last year. Sales increased by 59.3 per cent to hit $1.6 billion, up from $1.0 …
Read More »Quantic Dream buys Vicon tech
New mocap tech to boost internal production and service offering
Read More »Plans build for Worlds in Motion Summit
Virtual world event as part of GDC gains key speakers
Read More »Sex in games
Then there is literature with every sort of kink and perversion that you can possibly imagine. All done without any age ratings. It seems to be that sex is what people want to read about. What works with books is also pretty true of the film industry. Except for the …
Read More »A look at the battle between retail and downloads
RETAIL Overview: Retail is (and will remain for the foreseeable future) the dominant sales and distribution channel for games. The mechanisms behind retail – manufacturing, infrastructure, POS, inventory, sale or return agreements – are the foundations of the industry’s most common commercial models, whose rigidity is reflected in common commercial …
Read More »Rotchell jumps ship to Ubisoft
Ubisoft has taken on former Konami man and 13-year industry veteran Michael Rotchell as trade sector manager of the grocery and non-specialist retail business, effective November 19th. Rotchell (pictured) began his career at the GAME store in Leeds before opening and running a new store in York for over a …
Read More »Expanding Guillemot looks to UK
Following a rocketing year in 2006 in which it achieved 70 per cent growth, peripheral and hardware outfit Guillemot has its sights set on further expansion in the UK. Guillemot is building successful product ranges and the UK market has become a top priority in order to achieve our objective …
Read More »LoveFilm enters the games market
Online DVD rental service LoveFilm is further expanding its offering to the games trade, backing the release of Assassin’s Creed with a major postal promotional campaign. Half a million games and DVDs will be posted in envelopes branded with Ubisoft’s epic title. Our audience base is tech and media savvy …
Read More »Pay for play gaming a reality
UK gamers could soon be playing big-name titles through a television, without the need to buy the game itself – or even own a console or PC. t5 Labs is currently in negations with top publishers and global TV service providers to bring its Virtual Games Console to the US …
Read More »Warner Bros vet joins Sparkplay
New MMO studio hires business and legal affairs exec from movie firm
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