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RETAIL BIZ: Killzone 2’s reign at the top of the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 has been cut short after just one week with the news that Sega’s PC RTS Empire: Total War has entered the listings at number one. Sony’s PS3 exclusive FPS slips to second this week, …
Read More »Empire strikes distribution deal with Advantage
Advantage will become Empire Interactive’s exclusive UK distributor from September 1st, MCV can reveal. The agreement means that all future Empire titles – including the likes of Hello Kitty, Pipe Mania, Unsolved Crimes, Jackass DS and the Xplosiv range – will sold through Advantage. This is the first time that …
Read More »Empire to cut headcount by 30%
Silverstar-owned Empire Intreractive is to undergo a huge re-organisation in order to maximize efficiencies within the company, eliminate certain unprofitable operations, and better position the company for growth,” according to a statement released this morning. The company expects to reduce Empire’s active headcount by approximately 30 per cent, largely through …
Read More »FlatOut coming to PSP
Empire Interactive is to release a version of popular racer FlatOut on PSP on March 14th. FlatOut: Head On will feature eight cars per race and Empire has promised up to 4,000 destructible objects per track. The publisher claims the title will run at a ‘smooth’ 30fps. A company statement …
Read More »Top five prediction for Jackass
Empire releases Jackass into the busy Christmas market next Friday – but is confident that the mass-appeal title will hit a top five spot in the chart despite some tough competition. A new DS version of the game has been added to the publisher’s release roster for Q1 2008, showing …
Read More »International Cricket Captain heads to consoles
International Cricket Captain III, Empire’s latest title in its popular PC sports series, is to make the jump to games consoles for the first time with the news that it will be released on PS2 and PSP on November 16th. To mark the franchise’s arrival on console, each version will …
Read More »Publisher buyout next for expanding Empire?
UK publisher Empire has its eye on developer and even publisher acquisitions as it looks to close the gap on the industry’s big boys. Empire CEO Ian Higgins told MCV: We are delivering good results after the acquisition – our share price doubled after our financial results. For the future …
Read More »Publisher buyout next for expanding Empire?
UK publisher Empire has its eye on developer and even publisher acquisitions as it looks to close the gap on the industry’s big boys. Empire CEO Ian Higgins told MCV: We are delivering good results after the acquisition – our share price doubled after our financial results. For the future …
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