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The world’s first ever official PlayStation phone, the Xperia Play, is still on track to launch in the UK tomorrow, Sony Ericsson has told MCV. This is despite both Vodafone and O2 telling customers that they won’t be able to offer the handset as planned – the first for supply …
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Pokémon dev: ‘Browser games not safe’
Pokemon’s creators say the browser games market is not safe enough for younger players. Game Freak director Junichi Masuda – who produced Nintendo’s new chart-topping DS titles Pokmon Black and White – told MCV that the traditional boxed retail model presents a safer and more secure platform than online games. …
Read More »THQ sketches out uDraw future
New uDraw games will arrive every 60 to 90 days, complete with marketing support, says THQ. The next campaign takes place around Easter for the launch of SpongeBob SquigglePants. uDraw made a dramatic entrance into the Chart-Track Top Ten last week, having missed out on the Top 40 the week …
Read More »Financial expert predicts bleak future for GAME
Financial firm Goldman Sachs has issued a damning report on the future of GAME Group. The company’s Rachel Carson has downgraded GAME from Neutral to Sell. She says the firm’s decision to move further online and into digital is ‘late in the evolution of the industry’ and will therefore be …
Read More »Dixons warns of profit slump
Dixons Retail has issued a profit warning for the financial year, reducing its forecast to 85 million from predictions of 100 to 110 million made in mid January. Citing reduced customer confidence across a range of markets, the retailer has laid out a four step plan to ensure it remains …
Read More »SPOTLIGHT: Future Publishing
The team at Future spent ages trying to come up with a good slogan that could summarise our mission, products and audience in the games market. Something better than ‘Please buy more ads’. The existing company slogan – ‘Media with passion’ – was a good starting point. It summarised both …
Read More »Green Man secures more funding
Digital retailer Green Man Gaming has secured fresh funding from London-based venture capital firm, Eden. The investment company specialises in working with new technology companies and its portfolio includes Blinkbox, We7 and Reevoo. Ben Tompkins, partner at Eden, commented: The management team of Green Man Gaming has taken the company …
Read More »Tesco laughs off GAME’s 3DS stock plot
Leading UK supermarket chain Tesco has responded to news of GAME’s 3DS stock purchase plan with a short, dismissive statement. An internal memo was leaked onto the internet yesterday showing that GAME instructed employees about an optional plan to buy low price 3DS consoles from Tesco and then sell them …
Read More »Marvel vs Capcom 3 ships 2m units
Xbox 360 and PS3 brawler Marvel vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds has shipped over 2m copies worldwide. The Capcom game was released in February following an 11-year hiatus for the series. Demand for a sequel was at an all-time high, and expectations were soaring,” read a statement on …
Read More »3DS breaks US Nintendo records
Nintendo has stated that its new 3DS handheld has broken all previous US hardware sales numbers for the company. However, it has stopped short of actual revealing any data, saying it won’t do so until April 14th when it will have had chance to check its data with NPD. "US …
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