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Amsterdam-based publisher Playlogic suffered a net loss of $6.7m for the nine months ending September 30th – a significant increase on the $2m loss suffered in the same period a year before. Net losses for the quarter ending September 30th reached $3.2m, only just above the $3m loss in the …
Read More »Gem signs digital Paramount deal
UK distributor Gem has found a unique way to help bricks and mortar retailers sell digital content. The firm has partnered with Paramount to sell two of this summer’s blockbusters – Star Trek and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – as digital movies on USB sticks. Specifically themed around the …
Read More »THQ titles to sponsor Stargate
THQ has signed a new partnership with Sky One to sponsor the first series of the popular Stargate Universe. The multi-million pound deal will run for eight months, ending in June 2010, and will see the publisher sponsoring episodes of the new show, as well as repeat episodes of Stargate …
Read More »UK Film Council remains tight-lipped
The UK Film Council is staying silent on the possibility of incorporating video games into its remit. The notion of games being integrated into the Council’s responsibilities was suggested last month by Shadow Culture Secretary Ed Vaizey. In his address at this year’s London Games Conference, he described the Film …
Read More »Wiimote’s staggering MMO opportunities
Nintendo’s Wii remote offers a ‘staggering’ number of possibilities for developing MMO games, according to a former NCsoft and Blizzard developer. Jeff Strain – who wants to develop zombie-based MMO titles exclusively for consoles – told Develop that the Wii remote that motion-control devices could help the classic MMO interface …
Read More »NSMB Wii gets 40/40 from Famitsu
Having debuted in a respectable third place in the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 yesterday, Nintendo’s New Super Mario Bros Wii has been given top marks by weekly Japanese games mag Famitsu. Mario’s latest becomes only the 13th game to ever receive the highly-coveted accolade, though it is the …
Read More »UK CHARTS: MW2 locks down No.1
Despite seeing an 86 per cent week-on-week decline in sales, Activision’s might Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has succeeded in fending off the advancing forces of both Nintendo and Ubisoft to maintain its spot at the top of the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 this week. The full …
Read More »GameStop buys into Jolt
Global High Street video games retailer GameStop has acquired a stake in Irish online games network Jolt.co.uk in a move that it hopes will better position it for the future and the rise of digitally distributed content. Jolt will allow us to test digital distribution,” Gamestop’s executive VP of merchandising …
Read More »EAs BioWare working on new IP?
Canadian studio BioWare may be working on an original IP project, a developer’s CV suggests. If true, BioWare’s undisclosed project would imply EA is still backing original IP – a philosophy the publisher has held since John Riccitiello took on the role as CEO back in 2007, though one which …
Read More »New marketing boss for Warner
Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment has hired a former Disney and Vue Entertainment hotshot as its new UK marketing manager. Tanya O’Connor joins with over a decade of UK and international entertainment marketing experience. She jumps ship from a senior marketing role at cinema chain Vue Entertainment to join Warner, where …
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