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The ghost of unprofitable Christmas past will hit consumers this Q4 – as retailers keep software prices high and publishers shunt more triple-A titles than ever to next year. A swathe of massive games – including 2K’s Bioshock 2 and Ubisoft’s Splinter Cell: Conviction – have had their release dates …
Read More »Bethesda signs Archer Maclean Wii game
Bethesda Softworks Europe has signed up a new futuristic racer made for the Wii by Archer Maclean’s studio Awesome Play. Due out in autumn 2009 the game, called Wheelspin, is described as a ‘a high-energy racing, high-impact game spread across a wide range of inter-planetary tracks’. The game features solo, …
Read More »Archer Maclean signs with Bethesda
Famed UK developer's new Wii racer Wheelspin brought to market by Fallout publisher
Read More »Publishers ready for download chart
The UK publishing community has called for an official downloads sales chart, headed up by GfK-ChartTrack. An ELSPA forum took place earlier this week (Wednesday, July 29th) in which the leading publisher bosses discussed the possibility of setting up a download-only chart. Publishers feel that the true popularity of their …
Read More »Fallout 3 DLC delayed on PS3
Having already missed its initial June release window, publisher Bethesda has confirmed that its DLC for popular post-nuclear RPG Fallout 3 has been delayed until later in the year. Last month PS3 owners were supposed to get the Operation: Anchorage add-on pack, but now Bethesda says that it – as …
Read More »Bethesda parent buys id Software
Bethesda parent ZeniMax Media has this afternoon made a surprise move and bought id Software. The creator of franchises such as Doom, Quake and Wolfenstein will now come under the firm’s ownership along with its upcoming game Rage. Bethesda will publish all of id’s games going forward – except for …
Read More »ZeniMax buys id Software
Bethesda parent makes surprise swoop for creator of Doom, Quake and Wolfenstein
Read More »Waterfront Games wins The Develop Quiz
London-based interactive TV games team triumph at Bethesda-sponsored event
Read More »BioShock and Oblivion Bundle announced
Bethesda Softworks and Take-Two have joined forces to bring a new bundle to retailers, combining two of their most successful games. The new compilation contains Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and Take-Two’s BioShock, and will be available from July 10th for 19.99 on PC and 29.99 on Xbox 360. …
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