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Entertainment retail chain Zavvi has teamed up with Nintendo to create a dedicated in-store area designed to promote the publisher’s consoles plus first and third party titles. The format holder’s devoted section has been set up in Zavvi’s flagship store in Oxford Street, London. The set-up is part of the …
Read More »UAE government buys into Sony
Dubai International Capital, an investor acting on behalf of the United Arab Emirates, has purchased an estimated $500 million worth of Sony shares, or around one per cent of the company, Bloomberg reports. "The combination of Sony’s truly global brand, its leadership position in product design and its global footprint …
Read More »NCsoft looks to expand non-games business
Next-Gen reports that leading global MMO firm NCsoft is looking to expand the internet technology side of its business on the back of a recent dip in the firm’s share price. NCsoft owns some of the most popular names in the MMO business, and has backed the recent expansion of …
Read More »Pro Evo creator wanted to delay PES 2008
Despite already proving a solid commercial success, the critical reception to Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 has been mixed – and now lead developer Shingo ‘Seabass’ Takatsuka has admitted that he has gone back to the drawing board for the development of PES 2009. Speaking to Future’s PSM3 magazine, the …
Read More »Wii shortage hits UK High Street
After struggling to meet the high demand for its machine shortly after it launched last year, Nintendo has once again found itself in the middle of a global hardware shortage as demand for its machine reaches a new high in the UK in the build up to Christmas. CVG reports …
Read More »Pivotal looks to shoot down FPS conventions
MCV sister site Develop reports 2008 sees the release of Pivotal’s first next-gen Conflict game, which sees the brand move into the FPS genre – but the team is taking aim at the staples of the shooter category to devise something new. Conflict: Denied Ops is being built for PS3, …
Read More »Sega ready to hire as sales drive steps up
SEGA * Business Sector Manager* National Account ManagerLeading publisher Sega is currently recruiting for two experienced, passionate, dedicated and driven professionals for the UK sales team. These highly sought after positions will give you the opportunity to work on fresh and exciting next-generation products alongside Sega’s enviable back-catalogue. * For …
Read More »Australia: Wii breaks hardware records
With its dominance currently being felt the world over (though maybe not perhaps quite as strongly as it once was in Japan ) Nintendo’s powerhouse console the Wii is celebrating another record success – this time in Australia. The machine has just become the fastest console to reach the 200,000 …
Read More »Tomb Raider Anniversary arrives on Xbox Live
One of the first titles to make the move from boxed-retail to digital-download, Eidos’ Tomb Raider: Anniversary, has today arrived on Xbox Live. Those who already own Tomb Raider: Legend are able to download the two different packs that comprise the game – each at a cost of 1200 Microsoft …
Read More »INTERVIEW: Ian Curran
THQ’s Ian Curran is confident that the firm can match its UK full-year performance last year – and pledged to catch Electronic Arts in the publisher tables. On November 1st, the firm posted a $7 million net loss for its second quarter, down from the previous year’s net income of …
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