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Japanese publisher Sega has confirmed that it is to remain the International Olympic Committee’s exclusive video game publishing partner for the upcoming Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics – though it has stopped short of announcing its believed-to-be-in-development Mario and Sonic at the Winter Olympics. A press release from the firm stated …

Three new colour variations of Sony’s recently redesigned PSP are to hit UK retail over this month and next, SCEE has announced. Later this month the PSP-3000 will be made available in both Mystic Silver and Pearl White, whilst an additional Radiant Red model will be launched some time in …

Publisher Mindscape is to release a Coronation Street title on Nintendo’s DS which it describes as an adventure and task based concept set within the theme of the famous fictional street”. CasualGaming.biz has the full story – click here for details.

Net income for the nine months ending December 31st 2008 reached YEN 17,826, a 17 per cent increase on the same period the year before. Operating income for the period hit YEN 34,703m, up from the YEN 27,610m seen in the same period the year before. Net revenue climbed from …

Ahead of what it hopes will be its defining year in the games industry, US media giant Warner has named gaming as the one bright spark in its otherwise dreadful financial report. Warner yesterday reported an operating loss of $16bn in 2008, massively down from the $8.9bn operating profit it …

In an interview with The Guardian , SCEE boss David Reeves has claimed that PlayStation has to suffer a little” in the battle with its next-gen competitors, conceding that the machine’s high price has caused problems but insisting that the priority remains staying profitable – a goal the European PlayStation …

Following THQ’s latest financial filing , Brian Farrell, the chairman, president and CEO of THQ, has stated that his firm is to both aggressively cut costs and place a stronger focus on product quality going forwards as his company enters what he describes as a challenging time” for the publisher. …

"The video game sector as a whole grew in 2008 and clearly we did not participate fully in that growth. Unquestionably this is challenging time for THQ. Saints Row 2 achieved a Metacritic rating of 82 and we marketed the game aggressively. The conclusion, when we focus make a great …

Japanese publisher and developer Capcom has revealed that net income for the nine months ending December 31st 2008 fell a massive 95 per cent to YEN 179m, down from the YEN 3.97bn in the same period the year before. Sales decreased by 8.6 per cent, reaching YEN 47,223m. Operating income …

Special effects hardware firm amBX this week took a step closer to wider acceptance after signing up as a tools provider for the PlayStation 3. The agreement with Sony Computer Entertainment means that amBX – which recently spun out of Philips via VC funding – can develop its light, sound …