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Despite a prolonged period of silence, we could be hearing a lot more about Sony Online Entertainment’s The Agency in the very near future. You are going to see The Agency,” SOE president John Smedley told GameTrailers. You’re going to get something about The Agency very soon. And I mean …
Read More »MW2 is 2009s entertainment champ
Having shattered most the game industry’s records upon its release last year, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has also emerged as the overall UK entertainment champ of 2009. The ERA estimates that the game sold 2,926,637 units in the few weeks in enjoyed on the market before the close …
Read More »ELSPA to rebrand this summer
Trade organisation The Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association, otherwise known as ELSPA, has confirmed that it is to change its name to the UK Interactive Entertainment Association. The proposal was made and approved at today’s extraordinary general meeting. The organisation will continue under the name ELSPA for the time …
Read More »Will games subsume everything?
Nick Gibson predicts a future where games dominate the entertainment media landscape
Read More »Sony clarifies SCE restructure
Following the confusion yesterday surrounding the future of the Sony Computer Entertainment brand, the electronics giant has looked to clarify the implications of its upcoming restructure. In a complicated set of manoeuvres, the current SCE will indeed change its trading name to SNE Platform (Sony Networked Entertainment), or SNEP. However, …
Read More »US: Games claim 5% of entertainment spend
Video gaming now claims a higher proportion of US homes’ entertainment spend than print media, premium TV, DVD, Blu-ray, movie rentals or music. That’s according to a new report from Nielsen which states that 4.9 per cent of the total amount of money spent by US households now goes on …
Read More »SCE unaffected by Sony restructure
Despite reports to the contrary this morning, the famous Sony Computer Entertainment brand is not going to die. Kotaku reported this morning that as from April 1st the SCE brand would be no more, with Sony preparing to scrap the moniker in favour of a new arm of the company …
Read More »Annual Xbox sales fall 13%
Microsoft sold 5.2m Xbox 360 consoles in the quarter ending December 31st – 13 per cent down on the 6m units it sold in the same period in 2008. The number brings the console’s worldwide sales total to 39m units. 7.3m consoles were shipped in the period, down on the …
Read More »BBC games boss named
BBC Worldwide has named former EA and Yahoo exec Robert Nashak as EVP of digital entertainment as part of its games strategy reboot. The news comes after yesterday’s revelation that the broadcaster is courting both publishers and developers to turn Doctor Who, Top Gear, In The Night Garden and many, …
Read More »LONDON SPECIAL: Waterfront
We profile the Covent Garden interactive TV studio
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