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Disney has revealed an online ad safety campaign focused around its popular Club Penguin virtual world game. The move followsclaimsby Channel 4 that Sulake’s social network Habbo Hotel was a "paedophile haven", which led to the withdrawl of the company’s larget shareholder. According toThe Guardian, Club Penguin co-founder and Disney …
Read More »GAME Australia stores to close for good on Sunday
PriceWaterhouseCoopers has today confirmed to MCV that on Sunday the remaining GAME stores will close their doors for the last time. On 19th June, PwC had announced that the remaining stores wereslated to close, however until now no date had been set. The following day, on 20th June, PwC confirmed …
Read More »Nights into dreams HD announced
SEGA has confirmed that fan favourite Nights into dreams is getting the HD treatment. The HD remake will launch on Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network and PC this autumn. The title was first teased via Facebook earlier this week. Vice president Chris Olson said: The Sega Saturn offered many unique …
Read More »FIFA dev EA Canada tops Develop 100
Yesterdayour sister site Develop launched the latest edition of its widely-read Develop 100, a ranking of the best studios in the world. Over the coming weeks Develop will be publishing extracts and highlight data from the book, which uses GfK Chart-Track research on retail sales to formulate a ranking based …
Read More »Google and Twitter confirm LGC keynotes
Two of the biggest forces in media will deliver keynotes at the November 21st London Games Conference. Google and Twitter will take to the stage at the only event which brings together executives from the games industry, across the disciplines of marketing, sales and media. The title of the 2012 …
Read More »Rufus Hound promotes Mario Kart 7 tournament
Comedian Rufus Hound is joining Nintendo to promote the upcoming Mario Kart 7 tournament. Due to take place this summer, the Britian’s Fastest Family Tournament offers keen Mario Kart 7 players a chance to win a Honda Jazz and other Nintendo goodies as well as the coveted Mario Kart 7 …
Read More »ANALYSIS: Digital pressure on retail
Laurie Krohn, consumer retail analyst at Kantar Worldpanel, outlines pressures on the boxed games industry and looks at what the future might hold.. It’s fair to say that things are pretty tough in the world of boxed games – the value of the market has declined by 12.1 per cent …
Read More »ANALYSIS: Xbox Smartglass
In hindsight, SmartGlass was Microsoft’s most significant announcement at E3 this year. Buried between key core games and gut-rumbling gunfire demos, and itself presented with too-cheesy catchphrases, SmartGlass at the time felt like the now typical ‘non-games moment’ during the Xbox presentation. Yet in the wake of further announcements the …
Read More »One week to go until the Develop Awards
There is just one week left to go till the Develop Awards returns to honour the industry’s greatest and recognise their outstanding achievements and contributions to the games sector over the last year. With more than 500 developers expected to attend, representing all aspects of the industry from indie, to …
Read More »Hitman: Absolution Special Edition announced
IO Interactive and Square Enix have revealed a strictly limited” Deluxe Professional Edition of their upcoming stealth action title Hitman: Absolution. The special edition will include a large headed 10 inch vinyl statue of the barcode clad Agent 47, as well as a hardcover art book, an in-depth making of …
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