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Hip-hop star Jay-Z is to expand his empire with the release of a Facebook game called… Empire. Mashable reports that the game sees players go from hustler, to entrepreneur, to business mogul”, as the iconic rapper himself did. Empirebegins by giving you a slew of ways to earn points and …
Read More »Activision: We’re not the evil empire
A faceless and compassion free corporation whose only interest is separating you from your cash. If that’s your perception of Activision, you’re one of the people that Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg wants to win over. "Who would be wished to be cast as the bad guy in your own …
Read More »Mainstream press suffers big drop in readers
Mainstream magazines that feature game content have suffered a severe decline in readership, according to ABC audits. Magazines including Zoo, FHM, Nuts and Loaded have seen as much as 50,000 fewer readers. Film publications including Empire and Total Film have seen year-on-year readership falls of 22,000 and 3,000 individuals respectively. …
Read More »360 Gamer circulation falls
Uncooked Media’s 360 Gamer magazine has seen a drop in circulation of 13.5 per cent year-on-year for the six months ending June 30th. Average readership for the three-weekly magazine fell to 14,288 from last year’s 16,527 according to latest ABC figures. However between July and December 2009 circulation rose briefly …
Read More »Administrator sells off Empire stock
Empire administrator KPMG is to sell off 212,000 boxed PC and console games from the defunct publisher next month to the highest bidder. Parties that have some interest in buying the stock are being invited to view the haul in Birmingham on Monday, June 8th between 9am and 1pm, by …
Read More »Empire staff offered ‘wake’ by Mastertronic
Mastertronic has offered to throw former Empire staff a ‘wake’ – in response to a request from an ex-employee in today’s MCV magazine. A venue is yet to be decided, but the non-formal event will take place next week on Thursday, May 21st. One of the 49 employees made redundant …
Read More »Empire ‘has no funds’ to settle debts
The former employees of Empire are to get absolutely nothing for the two months of unpaid loyalty they worked for the firm prior to its collapse. Administrator KPMG told MCV this afternoon that ‘unfortunately, the Company is not in a position to make any payments for arrears of wages to …
Read More »Empire breaks its silence and confirms crisis
Empire owner Silverstar Holdings has finally broken its silence on the company’s collapse, with an email circulated to staff in the past few hours confirming that administrators will be appointed soon. The internal memo, acquired by MCV, attempts to downplay the story we broke on Friday that the company was …
Read More »Empire staffs anger grows over dreadful circumstances
Employees of Empire Interactive are experiencing ‘dreadful circumstances’ as the company drags its feet over confirming their fate. MCV broke the news on Friday that the firm had fallen into administration, and that all staff are expected to be made redundant this week. One employee told us: On Friday, MCV …
Read More »RETAIL BIZ: Empire Total War smashes series records
The triumph of Sega’s Empire: Total War at the top of the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 yesterday marks the most successful debut in the history of the Total War series. Week one sales of the title were nearly double those of both Rome: Total War and Medieval II: …
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