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Sony Computer Entertainment’s Kunimasa Suzuki, who has been with the company since 1984, has now assumed a new role as the company’s deputy president. As reported by Gamasutra, Suzuki will also maintain his current responsibilities as SCE networked products and services executive. Suzuki is to focus his efforts on Sony’s …

Microsoft has signed a new deal with TV network Canal+ to bring services to Xbox 360 in France. The Canal+ Group is most notable for movies and football programmes. The partnership will initially focus on the on-demand services from Canal+, video-on-demand service Canalplay and specialist football channel Foot+. Ultimately, it …

Gamebridge, the joint venture between Tokyo-based developer Interchannel and Nordic Nintendo distributor Bergsala, released its first game Happy Bakery last week. Christopher Dring speaks to Gamebridge CEO Shigeki Takeuchi about the new publisher’s ambitions… How did Gamebridge come to be?Gamebridge comes from our desire at Interchannel to expand our business …

EA has reclaimed the top spot in the UK Charts with new release Fight Night Round 4 – the first time a boxing game has reached the coveted ELSPA/GfK-ChartTrack All Formats No. 1 position. Activision Blizzard’s Prototype move down to No. 2 as EA’s The Sims 3 follows suit, moving …

Sega has publicly waved goodbye to ‘King Of Pop’ Michael Jackson. The publisher worked with the superstar on title including Moonwalker and Space Channel 5 – whilst Jackson was also rumoured to have penned the score for Sonic The Hedgehog 3. Jackson died last week at his LA home from …

The merger of Japanese games publishers Tecmo and Koei has resulted in a new label to take shape in Europe: Tecmo Koei Europe. At a special press event in London this morning attended by Koei boss Kenji Matsubara the new publisher was officially named. In an official announcement, the new …

No screaming headlines, no fights, just the Government making a correct decision. Happy days. As the dust continues to settle on a consultation process that took many months to reach its definitive conclusions about video game classification in the UK, all parties should be proud of themselves. The Government listened …

SCEE president Andrew House has told MCV that Sony will only cut the price of the PlayStation 3 when the time is right. In an exclusive interview, he said that the company is focused on returning its PlayStation business to profitability, and House is confident that European gamers look at …

At E3, Sony impressed attendees with its new PSPgo and Motion Sensor hardware, plus a raft of new software. And now new SCEE boss Andrew House tells Michael French that he plans to back that all up with a renewed focus on network games…How’s the first month at SCEE been? …

ELSPA has quashed any suggestion that the PEGI classification model will be ‘weaker’ than the BBFC regime – warning publishers they risk bankruptcy if they try to cheat the system. Under the new model, publishers will fill in a questionnaire on the content of their game and submit it to …