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Experienced industry player Joel Benton launches digital-only publisher Easy Tiger
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Phil Harrison â?? A legend speaks
The former Sony stalwart talks to Develop about two decades at the heart of the games industry
Read More »Getting to know the Dutch games market
The first in a series of blog posts from Festival of Gamesâ?? Irina Voblaia
Read More »MCV hits new online high
Online readership of leading UK games trade site MCV: The Market for Computer & Video Games has hit a new record high – bursting past 300,000 unique readers. The targeted site, which focuses on retail and publishing, offers daily news and analysis, plus chart information, jobs and real-time release schedule …
Read More »Ubisoft to expand Assassin’s Creed franchise
Ubisoft has ditched the traditional ‘fire and forget’ model for its latest triple-A release – and reckons that a new Assassin’s Creed movie and book can help drive sales of the game sequel. Assassin’s Creed II was released last week, and shot straight to number two in the UK All …
Read More »Left 4 Dead 2 hits 2m sales
Valve’s multiplayer online zombie shooter Left 4 Dead 2 has officially passed the 2m global sales mark after just two weeks on the market, the developer has revealed. Sales of the game are already double to the total sales of its predecessor, Left 4 Dead. Additionally, Valve has confirmed that …
Read More »Activision targets families this Xmas
Activision Blizzard is currently touring Britain’s hottest retail locations to raise awareness of its family-orientated Christmas line-up. The publisher has been showcasing titles such as DJ Hero and Tony Hawk: Ride to a wider audience at major shopping centres every weekend since October 31st. The Activision Nationwide Shopping Tour aims …
Read More »hi5 taps industry veteran St. John
Social networking group hires the outspoken innovator
Read More »US: PS3 shifts 440k during Thanksgiving
While Nintendo had to contend with year-on-year decreases in Wii sales for the crucial Thanksgiving week at North American retail, Sony claims that the PS3 enjoyed its strongest ever sales performance in the period. In total, the recently resigned and slimmed down machine shifted 400k units in the week ending …
Read More »St John returns
Planning a strong push into the games sector, social network hi5 has hired outspoken industry veteran Alex St. John as president and chief technology officer. Until late last year, St. John was CEO of online gaming destination WildTangent. Previously, he was a Microsoft bigwig, whose credits include co-creating DirectX. His …
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