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Basingstoke-based Koch Media has announced a deal with ZeniMax Europe that will see it distribute both Bethesda’s Wii and PS2 title Star Trek: Conquest and Mud Duck’s Wii game AMF Bowling: Pinbusters. The deal includes rights to the UK, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Ireland and the Netherlands. We are absolutely …
Read More »Sony to open up in-game ads?
Advertising Age is claiming that Sony has opened up its in-game advertising platform on PS3, representing what is one of the biggest new opportunities in the sector. Sony is reportedly in the process of beginning to sell its own in-game ads via a PlayStation Network-dedicated sales team, whilst third party …
Read More »That Peter Moore story
Last Friday (February 22nd), MCV published a Peter Moore exclusive under the headline ‘No Moore Mr Nice Guy’. Frankly, we were pretty excited to be one of the first to get an in-depth Peter Moore interview in his role as president of EA Sports. We conducted a full interview with …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Sega cements 08 chart supremacy
In a year that has so far served up a number of different number ones, Sega’s Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games has started to take control of the ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 by capturing the top spot for a third time. Whereas it was the title’s DS …
Read More »Nintendo to introduce online subscription charges
Nintendo has revealed at GDC that its online service Nintendo WiFi Connection will soon grow with a subscription and payment-based ‘Pay & Play’ extension. Nintendo’s Takashi Aoyama explained that players will use Wii points to pay for content and services online. To read the full story, head over to sister …
Read More »Win five new Rising Star Games
Rising Star Games is about to release a fistful of Hudson Soft games based around the Bomberman and Dungeon Explorer franchises. And to mark the occasion they are offering you the chance to win every single one of them. Up for grabs are copies of Bomberman Land Wii, Bomberman Land …
Read More »The Return of Atari
Brand Atari has taken quite a beating in the last few years – but it still holds a special place in the industry’s collective mindset. Even if you have no personal experience of working with the likes of Bruno Bonnell, there’s still fond gaming memories to fall back on – …
Read More »EA launches Take 2 acquisition website
As part of its freshly announced intentions to snap up Rockstar (and thus Grand Theft Auto) owner Take 2, EA has launched a new website dedicated exclusively to the news. The main text of the open letter from EA CEO John Riccitillo can be found here. Elsewhere on the site, …
Read More »Xbox 360 HD-DVD player discontinued
Following Toshiba’s decision to cease development and production of HD-DVD equipment, Microsoft has now confirmed that manufacturing of its HD-DVD add-on for Xbox 360 is also to end. A statement from the firm read: ”As a result of recent decisions made by Toshiba, Hollywood studios, and retailers, Microsoft plans to …
Read More »Phil Harrison quits Sony
President of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios Phil Harrison will resign as of February 29, 2008. Kazuo Hirai, President and Group CEO of SCEI, will immediately assume responsibilities as president of SCE WWS, in addition to his current duties. As one of the founding members of SCE, Phil played a …
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