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Baroness Susan Greenfield has launched an attack on the IT industry, claiming it – along with the games industry – are fuelling the obesity crisis. Speaking to a science seminar at the House of Lords, the peer said that use of computers and video games were ‘infantilising’, changing the way …
Read More »Jamie MacDonald to leave SCEE WWS
Sony’s Jamie MacDonald is to leave the company at the end of this month. SCEE this morning confirmed to Develop that the Sony World Wide Studios VP and London Studio boss will exit on May 29th – however both MacDonald and the format-holder have chosen not to comment further on …
Read More »PS3 sales up 10 per cent year-on-year
Sony’s PS3 has proven its naysayers wrong by increasing its annual sales by 10 per cent for the year ending March 31st, with sales for the year passing 10m units. However, the ever-popular PS2 is seemingly in a sharp state of decline, with sales of the console plummeting by 42 …
Read More »Sony hit by $1bn annual losses
PlayStation platform holder Sony has reported losses of $1.04bn for the year ending March 31st – a stark dip compared to the $3.7bn profit seen in the same period in 2008. It is the company’s first annual loss of 14 years, though it’s not as bad as the previously predicted …
Read More »Petz series sells 3m in EMEA
French publisher Ubisoft has told MCV’s sister site CasualGaming.biz that its successful Petz series on DS and Wii has now sold 3m units across EMEA regions. My Coach has enjoyed success especially in the recent success of My Fitness Coach has stormed the Wii charts since early this year,” group …
Read More »FRANCE: Online anti-piracy ruling passed
Having been on the brink of approval in November last year, the French government has now given final approval to new laws that could lead to the prosecution of anyone found to have downloaded copyrighted material on three separate occasions. The BBC reports that The Creation and Internet bill was …
Read More »Microsoft: Were happy with 360 in Japan
Xbox 360 may have fallen back to the bottom of the Japanese weekly hardware charts after spells of superiority throughout 2008, but Microsoft has stated that it is pleased with the progress enjoyed by the homeland in the traditionally hostile Japanese market. I really feel like we’re expanding now,” Microsoft …
Read More »Intel lands record $1.45bn antitrust fine
Leading component manufacturer Intel has been fined $1.45bn by the European Commission as punishment for ‘illegal rebates and practices’ used to prevent AMD from rivalling its position in the market. Intel paid PC manufacturers to postpone or cancel plans to launch AMD-equipped hardware. The fine is the biggest ever imposed …
Read More »Naughty Dog founders form Monkey Gods
Jason Rubin and Andrew Gavin – the co-founders of acclaimed Jak and Daxter and Uncharted developer Naughty Dogg – have joined forces with HBO media consultant Jason Kay to form a brand new dev studio called Monkey Gods. The outfit will focus on casual titles aimed at online social networks …
Read More »Canessa to head up Blizzards Battle.net
Former PopCap vice president Greg Canessa is to take charge of Blizzard’s Battle.net operations following his recently revealed move to the acclaimed MMO publisher. We can confirm that Greg Canessa has taken a position at Blizzard Entertainment as project director for Battle.net,” a statement given to WoWInsider explained. He will …
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