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Sega has confirmed it will shut down a number of its European offices as its business switches to new digital content and just select IP for retail. The company will close offices in France, Germany, Spain, Australia and Benelux as it turns its attentions to digital product. Koch Media will …
Read More »Australia welcomes new distributor
Brian Quigley, formerly GM of Sales at Nintendo and former lead of distribution for THQ, has started his own company,Turn Left Distribution. Turn Left will offer high-level service to top-tier publishers across Australia and New Zealand, and has announced its first partner in Disney Interactive Games, and its first title …
Read More »New LEGO MMO on the way – focused on Minifigures
Last year’s best selling toy line, LEGO Minifigures, are to be turned into an MMO developed by Norwegian studio Funcom. The studio has scored the licence to the range of collectible figures released in quarterly waves and sold for pocket money prices, inspired by LEGO’s iconic characters. In 2011, the …
Read More »Nintendo ready for digital switch
David Yarnton says it won’t be long until Nintendo rolls out its digital games strategy to retailers. Last month, we reported on global plans by Nintendo Japan to start selling more downloadable content via all its retail partners to aid the marketing of digital content and reduce inventory costs. Nintendo …
Read More »Nintendo: We won’t repeat 3DS pricing errors with Wii U
Nintendo will not make the same mistakes with the Wii U as it did with the 3DS, the console giant’s CEO has claimed. As reported byAndriasang, Satoru Iwata said it had learned from its latest handheld release and admitted consumers thought the price for the 3DS was relatively high”. An …
Read More »Kinect’s next big challenge – natural speech
The next big challenge for Kinect developers is natural speech, says Rare engineer David Quinn. Quinn has been working on Kinect "almost since the beginning," and since that time has been instrumental in the Kinect Sports titles. "We pushed speech pretty hard in Sports 2," he toldGamasutra. "There was speech …
Read More »Places selling fast for Develop Awards
If you’re considering attending the Develop Industry Excellence Awards, here’s a gentle reminder to book you place. Tables and seats are selling fast, as the industry readies itself for a decent on Brighton to recognise – or be recognised as –the finest talent from across the dev sector. It’s looking …
Read More »One week to go until Games Britannia
There’s just a week to go until the Games Britannia education and careers festival, which brings together the industry with youngsters and educators with a view to enthuse the next generation of games sector talent. The UK event kicks off with a special keynote and opening event lead by Eidos …
Read More »GAME Australia enters liquidation
After along period of uncertainty, GAME isentering liquidation, and its administrator PriceWaterhouseCoopers has issued a final statement. The statement states that all remaining stores are closing down, and confirms the final numbers of staff being let go (after theinitial round of layoffstook place after thefirst creditors’ meetingon 23rd May) as …
Read More »THQ VP Teri Manby quits
THQ’s vice president Teri Manby has resigned from the beleaguered publisher, it has been revealed. Manby, who also acts as corporate controller and chief accounting officer, is to leave the company on July 6th. The THQ VP had officially resigned from her role on June 14th. Senior director of financial …
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