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Codemasters will be a publicly quoted company by September 1st unless a major media company or acquisitive games publisher decides to pounce on the last big privately-owned target in the market. And in a climate of stagnating music and DVD sales and the fallout of the bar-raising Activision/Vivendi deal still …
Read More »Beautiful Katamari rolls out in Febraury
Whilst those crazy Americans have been lapping up the Xbox Live demo for months now, European Katamari fans have been putting up with a frustrating wait for the region-encoded game to arrive on this side of the Atlantic – but the wait is now over. Atari has confirmed that it …
Read More »Football Manager on 360 scores in March
Sega has confirmed that the Xbox 360 version of its massively popular Football Manager 2008 will arrive on March 28th. Having already gone down a storm on PC, where it continues to trouble the charts, and enjoyed a very successful stint on PSP, the Xbox 360 version is highly anticipated …
Read More »Codies to unveil new MMO
Growing publisher Codemasters has said that it is to life the wraps on a brand new MMO outing at its upcoming Connect 2008 event in March. We have no idea what the title is called of what it will be about, but the publisher has said that it will be …
Read More »EA to open new Korean development studio
Electronic Arts is to open a new studio in Seoul, Korea. According to a report in Korean newspaper Chosun , the new development offices will be opened within 2008 and will work on creating up to three online titles for the publisher. To read the story in full head over …
Read More »Japanese games industry to hit record high in 08
Speaking at a gathering for Japan’s Computer Entertainment Supplier body, Square Enix president Yoichi Wada has predicted that the Japanese games market will enjoy a third consecutive year of growth and reach an all new high in 2008. Bloomberg reports that revenue for the period should exceed YEN 700 billion, …
Read More »Resistance 2 revealed
US games mag Game Informer has got the scoop on the first concrete details about Insomniac’s PS3 FPS sequel Resistance 2, including the first real image of the game (see above). The first game’s multiplayer was widely hailed as a massive success, but this second outing vows to up the …
Read More »GAME invites Peoples Choice nominations
UK games retailer GAME has opened up the voting for its Peoples Choice Award 07 ahead of the announcement of the official winner this Friday. 43 titles have been nominated for the gong, including Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo), Mass Effect (Microsoft), Assassin’s Creed (Ubisoft), Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune (Sony), Call of …
Read More »Universal next to abandon HD-DVD?
Following Warner’s high-profile defection to Blu-Ray, and the news that Paramount has an escape clause in its HD-DVD contract, Variety reports that studio powerhouse Universal could be the next firm to pitch its flag in the Blu-Ray camp. The site claims that Universal’s HD-DVD commitment has officially been brought to …
Read More »Rare classics heading to Xbox Live Arcade?
Many gamers have been holding on to the hope that Nintendo’s Virtual Console service will one day play host to Rare’s rich catalogue of retro titles – but online rumours suggest that Xbox 360’s Live Arcade might pip it to the post. Xbox Evolved claims that a joint agreement between …
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