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Following the news that leading Australian games distributor Red Ant has been placed into administration , publishers have confirmed to MCV that they have already begun evaluating their options in the territory. Red Ant had official distribution agreements in place with Capcom, Konami, Bethesda and Midway. Whilst the firm is …
Read More »More EA studios to suffer jobs cuts?
EA’s previously revealed cost-cutting measures continue to take effect, with Canadian studio Black Box and Florida-based team Tiburon apparently the latest to see job cuts. Click here to visit Developmag.com for the complete story .
Read More »Velvet Assassin drug references to remain
Upcoming WWII adventure title Velvet Assassin will not have its references to drug use removed, publisher SouthPeak has confirmed, despite the heat its likely to cause troubles with the world’s various regulatory bodies. The former Gamecock title allows players to use morphine to slow down time and pull off deadly …
Read More »AUSTRALIA: Red Ant goes into administration
It has been confirmed that Australian video games distributor Red Ant has been placed into administration, impacting the supply chain of a number of leading publishers in the territory. Companies using to Red Ant include Capcom, Konami, Bethesda and Midway – and with key releases such as Resident Evil 5 …
Read More »Riccitiello: Creativity and profit go hand in hand
John Riccitiello, the boss of US publishing giant EA, is back on the quality bandwagon after telling The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences that the quest for profitable games in no ways jeopardises the quality of titles being released. Some of my greatest beliefs regarding gaming are that our …
Read More »Pikmin and Mario Tennis dated for Wii
Nintendo has announced the UK release date of the first two GameCube titles scheduled to receive the Wii-control makeover treatment – Pikmin and Mario Power Tennis. To find out what they are, click here to visit CasualGaming.biz.
Read More »Wii to topple PS2 from console throne
Following some serious number-crunching of NPD’s latest sales figures for North America, Venture Beat has predicted that Nintendo’s Wii is on track to snatch the PS2’s title of the world’s most successful ever home console – though it also predicts that PS3 is destined to finish third in the current …
Read More »UK to get Killzone 2 PS3 bundle
SCEE has announced that it is to bundle it’s excitedly anticipated FPS Killzone 2 with the PS3 in the UK upon the game’s release at the end of February. Priced at 299.99, the package will include an 80GB PS3 console, one DualShock 3 controller and a copy of the gritty …
Read More »Mythic suffers job losses
It seems that the Mythic Entertainment, the developer of successful PC MMO Warhammer: Online, has become the latest EA-owned studio to face losses as a result of the cost-cutting measures currently being implemented by the North American games publisher. MCV’s sister website Developmag.com has the full story – click here …
Read More »AUSTRALIA: Market jumps by 47 per cent
Australia has become the latest nation to following the footsteps of the UK , USA and Canada (though sadly not Japan ) by reporting impressive rises in the value of its video game industry in 2008. The market reached AUD 1.96bn ($1.3bn) last year, up 47 per cent on 2007. …
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