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Sony has confirmed that operating losses for its games division have more than doubled for the quarter ending September 30th, hitting YEN 96.7 billion compared to YEN 53.2 billion in the same period last year. However, across the whole business Sony posted a quarterly operating profit of YEN 90.5 billion, …
Read More »Codemasters gets Steamed up
As the importance of digital distribution continues to grow, UK publisher Codemasters has become the latest big name label to sign up to Valve’s popular online distribution service Steam. The first Codies content to appear on the network in Europe will be Clive Barker’s Jericho, which will be released online …
Read More »Xbox Live hits India
To celebrate its first year in the Indian market, Microsoft has announced that its globally successful Xbox Live gaming and download service will be launched in the country on November 5th. The network will launch with a host of exclusive local content, such as downloadable Bollywood films and trailers. As …
Read More »GameStop opens 5,000th store
Leading global games retailer GameStop is celebrating the opening of its 5,000th store in Jackson, California. The milestone keeps the chain on-track for its target of opening between 500 and 700 new stores in 2007. "With more customers being attracted to the video game category, they will increasingly find a …
Read More »INTERVIEW: Popcorn Arcade
How successful would you say your initial releases on Wii have been? We have surprised ourselves at how popular they are. On the Monday after a recent release I called Koch for some copies for reviewers and was surprised and delighted to be told that we were out of stock. …
Read More »Violence in Games SPECIAL: Interview with the BBFC
BBFC senior examiner Gianni Zamo has told MCV that rating a game can be harder than rating an equally violent film, and that the process it follows is to be re-examined over the next year. As part of its recent Violence in Games Special, MCV spoke to Zamo about the …
Read More »VIOLENCE IN GAMES: The BBFC
What problems do more realistic graphics pose for the BBFC when it comes to rating violent games? I am assuming that when you talk about ‘realism’ you mean the degree to which a game is capable of showing the visceral aftermath of a violent attack? Clearly this ‘process’ does and …
Read More »Animal Crossing heads down the MMO route
The latest issue of Future’s Edge magazine has the scoop on the confirmation that the upcoming Wii iteration of popular franchise Animal Crossing is to be a fully-blown massively multiplayer online experience, CVG reports. The mag reads: "A Japanese source has confirmed to Edge that the upcoming Wii iteration of …
Read More »December release for SingStar PS3
Semi-official Sony blog ThreeSpeech has announced the latest batch of PS3 release dates, and it’s the news that the delayed SingStar PS3 will be arriving some time pre-Christmas that has caught the eye. Though no specific date has been given, the likelihood of the game arriving after December 25th is …
Read More »Toshiba denies Xbox 360 HD-DVD rumours
In response claims last week that Toshiba is currently working with Microsoft on a revised Xbox 360 console that integrates an HD-DVD drive, a spokesperson for the company has told gadget site Stuff that it knows nothing about it. "It’s got nothing to do with us," the Toshiba spokesperson stated. …
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