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A key lecture offering insight into the success of Chinese game companies is set to take place at this year’s GDC Europe event. Tencent Games vice president of business development, Bo Wang, will bring to the conference advice on how western developers and business can collaborate with Asian firms. The …
Read More »Crysis 2 locked in for autumn
Crysis 2 will definitely launch by the end of the year – and will be in stores by the autumn. That’s according to an EA trade press ad featured in this week’s MCV that proudly proclaims the Autumn 2010 release of Crytek’s ambitious console and PC shooter. The game was …
Read More »Screen Digest agrees to acqusition
Mergers, acquisition and consolidation leave no part of the games industry untouched: today respected market research agency Screen Digest has agreed to an acquisition by US-based data firm iSuppli. iSuppli’s specialism is ‘the electronics value chain’ – it’s best known for offering price guides to components used in hardware like …
Read More »Violence impact minimal
Violent video games are almost completely harmless to young people with any negative effects likely to only impact those with pre-existing mental instability. That was one of the findings from a new research report, published in the Review of General Psychology from the American Psychological Association. "Violent video games are …
Read More »Max Payne 3 slips
Rockstar Games may be celebrating the success of Red Dead Redemption but its next sequel, Max Payne 3, will not be released before October 31st, parent Take-Two has confirmed tonight. The third game in Rockstar’s series will now debut as part of the publisher’s 2011 financial year – it was …
Read More »Max Payne 3 slips
Rockstar Games may be celebrating the success of Red Dead Redemption but its next sequel, Max Payne 3, will not be released before October 31st, parent Take-Two has confirmed tonight. The third game in Rockstar’s series will now debut as part of the publisher’s 2011 financial year – it was …
Read More »Better than expected sales for Take-Two
Key game releases have helped Take-Two revenues jump 54 per cent year on year for its second quarter – a better than expected result for the publisher. The firm said today that net revenue for the second fiscal quarter ending April 30th was $268.0 million, an increase of over the …
Read More »Better than expected sales for Take-Two
Key game releases have helped Take-Two revenues jump 54 per cent year on year for its second quarter – a better than expected result for the publisher. The firm said today that net revenue for the second fiscal quarter ending April 30th was $268.0 million, an increase of over the …
Read More »Red Dead Redemption sells in 5m worldwide
Stock shortages? Take-Two this evening said it has sold 5m units of Red Dead Redemption into retail less than a month after the game’s launch. The massive ship number was revealed as part of its second quarter results. Sales of the game were not included in the second quarter results …
Read More »Red Dead Redemption sells in 5m worldwide
Stock shortages? Take-Two this evening said it has sold 5m units of Red Dead Redemption into retail less than a month after the game’s launch. The massive ship number was revealed as part of its second quarter results. Sales of the game were not included in the second quarter results …
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