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Europress is bringing a new Horrid Henry game to 3DS, MCV can reveal. The smash children’s franchise – which encompasses books, radio shows, a BAFTA-nominated CITV series and a film – will also mark a new push into games with a Blue Ocean Horrid Henry 3DS Accessory Pack. The 3DS …
Read More »Deep Silver Dead pleased with first No.1
Koch Media’s publishing label Deep Silver scored its first ever No.1 this week with Dead Island. Its victory marks the end of an aggressive campaign by Koch, which started with a cinematic teaser in February. We’ve handled titles that hit No.1 in the UK, but never where we acted as …
Read More »Catherine delayed to 2012
The UK release of Deep Silver’s Catherine has been pushed back to Q1 next year, MCV can reveal. The bizarre action puzzle adventure game for Xbox 360 and PS3 was previously scheduled to arrive in Europe later this year. It is already out in Japan and the US. In July, …
Read More »Koch to ship Now! video game
Tubby Games has signed a distribution deal with Koch Media for its first release, Now! That’s What I Call Music: The Game. The Wii exclusive is a hybrid dancing and singing game, produced with EMI. Now! has been ubiquitous for over 30 years,” said Koch MD Craig McNicol. We are …
Read More »Koch Media Italy announces key appointments
The former commercial and marketing director of Blockbuster Italia has been named as the country manager of Koch Media Italy as the company prepares for life from its new Milan office. Another new face, Antonio Marcella, will take charge of sales at the division. He joins from THQ where he …
Read More »Doctor Who 3DS case in-bound
A new Doctor Who 3DS case will reach retail next month. The Doctor Who and Daleks Accessory Pack is due on May 10th, 2011 with an RRP of 14.99. It arrives shortly after the first new episodes in the brand new Doctor Who series, which kicks off this weekend (Saturday, …
Read More »ITV games show The Cube coming to consoles
A video game based on hugely popular game show The Cube will be released on consoles later this year. The title will be published by Koch’s Europress division as part of a partnership with series producers Objective Productions, distributors All3Media International and Route 1. Currently in its third series on …
Read More »Koch extends European Codies deal
Koch Media has announced it will continue its distribution agreement with Codemasters. The firm will be exclusively responsible for bringing the UK publisher’s 2011 titles to Germany, Switzerland, Austria. Koch will also handle back catalogue titles in key European territories, including the aforementioned three nations, as well as France, Italy …
Read More »Koch celebrates five years of Nindie
Distributor Koch is kicking off the next five years of Nindie.com with ‘surprising’ deals on 3DS. Nindie.com – a Nintendo-specific distribution portal for indie retailers – has been hugely popular since it launched in 2006. The firm won the MCV Award for best distributor off the back of it in …
Read More »Koch chalks up Ronnie OSullivan marketing plan
Details have emerged from Koch about the campaign for its Ronnie O’Sullivan-backed snooker game. The distributor is pushing ads for World Snooker Championship Real 2011 into 126 Rileys national snooker halls. These have an annual footfall of 4m. 250,000 consumers will also be targeted through POS materials such as posters and …
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