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Japanese games giant Namco Bandai wants to be one of Europe’s top five publishers within five years by releasing a string of new Western-specific IP. The firm’s ambitious plans follow the acquisition of Atari’s European distribution business in July, and a series of new game announcements at last week’s Gamescom …
Read More »Sony spending £82m on Euro marketing
In its biggest statement of intention to date, platform holder Sony is to spend a massive 82m on its European marketing push for its RRP reduced and redesigned PS3 Slim. The UK spend in isolation will total 6m. The campaign will be fronted by a brand new TV ad, created …
Read More »Wii Sports Resort shifts 1m units in Europe
Nintendo’s Wii Sports Resort has sold one million units across Europe. The game has also exceeded one million sales in Japan and the US, bringing worldwide sales to over three million units. Wii Sports Resort is the sequel to Wii Sports, and comes bundled with Nintendo’s new MotionPlus accessories. Excluding …
Read More »Gamestation marches into Europe
The GAME Group has opened its first Gamestation store outside of the UK, MCV can reveal. The firm has unveiled a mall-based store in Alcala de Henares in Central Spain, 20 miles East of Madrid. GAME currently owns 1,342 stores across the UK, France, Spain, Scandinavia and Australia. In the …
Read More »Sony: Were head-to-head with MS
PlayStation platform holder Sony is in bullish mood ahead of the upcoming launches of both PS3 Slim and PSPgo, believing that its two new machines have given it the footing it needs to square up to the challenge posed by Microsoft’s Xbox 360. We’ve competing very seriously, head-to-head, with Microsoft …
Read More »Blur arrives on November 6th
Activision Blizzard’s Blur, the publisher’s first high-profile entry into the crowded racing genre, will be released in Europe on November 6th, it has been confirmed. The game will be released a few days earlier in North America on November 3rd. Blur is being developed by Bizarre Creations, the team behind …
Read More »Publisher consortium targets Europe
Another Japanese firm is looking to Europe in a bid to grow its sales. Zen United, a new consortium representing developers from Asia have signed a co-publishing deal with UK logistics firm PQube to bring a number of Japanese games to the European market. The initial line-up covers anime-styled titles, …
Read More »360 passes 9m sales in Europe
The Xbox 360 has now sold over nine million consoles across Europe, Microsoft has revealed to MCV. In an exclusive interview, EMEA VP Chris Lewis claimed that 360 was the only format to see positive sales growth during 2009 – as both Sony’s PS3 and Nintendo’s market-leader Wii saw hardware …
Read More »Europeans spent 8.5bn on games in ’08
Market data firm GameVision provided some key insight into the games market in Europe at a talk at the Edinburgh Interactive conference this morning, revealing that €8.5bn was spent on software last year. However the firm said that the widely reported rise of casual and massmarket gamers hasn’t accounted for …
Read More »Wii Sports Resort nears 2m sales
Nintendo has confirmed that its high-profile Wii MotionPlus debutant Wii Sports Resort has sold over 600,000 copies in Europe since its High Street debut on July 24th. The game is currently enjoying its second week at the top of the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40, having improved upon its …
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