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Sega has unveiled three new titles as part of a four game deal with Platinum Games, a Japanese studio made up of some of the personnel and talent behind hits like Devil May Cry, Resident Evil and Steel Battalion. The studio will produce Bayonetta on 360 and PS3, Mad World …
Read More »CBS buys Gamespot
US television giant CBS Corporation has entered into an agreement to acquire CNET Networks – the parent of specialist games media portal Gamespot – for $1.8 billion. The move was announced today by Leslie Moonves president and CEO of CBS Corporation. Under the terms of the agreement, CBS will make …
Read More »Fischer: There is no casual gaming
Laurent Fischer, managing director of marketing and PR at Nintendo of Europe, has joined the chorus of executives at core games firms which say they don’t like the name of ‘casual gaming’, yesterday telling MCV sister site CasualGaming.biz that the games audience consists of people who are either a gamer …
Read More »New UK games charity launches
New industry charity Games Aid launches tomorrow (May 16th), while existing official charity, the Entertainment Software Charity (ESC), seems destined to disappear. Games Aid arrives without specific fiscal targets or a rigid manifesto, but with an over-arching desire to include everyone from developers to retailers – and even consumers. It …
Read More »Masters of Coding
It’s been a busy year for Codemasters, but did it expect to win the MCV award for UK Development Team? We were hopeful but the competition was particularly tough this year. The MCV Awards are well known to all in our industry and the fact they’re voted for by our …
Read More »Ferrari Challenge website launches
The official website of the Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli video game has launched at www.system3.com. The new website contains artwork and models from the developer’s drawing boards, official tips from TV personality Tiff Needell, details on tracks, screenshots, videos, a developer’s journal, news, competitions, an extensive FAQ area and a …
Read More »77 Currys.digital stores to close in radical DSGi review
MCV sister publication PC Retail reports that Currys.digital parent company DSGi has revealed plans to transform the very DNA of the business over the next three years” – take a look at the full report here.
Read More »Profits and sales up at NCsoft
The MMO specialist has released its financial results for the quarter ended March 31st, in which both profits and sales were up. On a consolidated basis, sales came to $84.3 million, (88.1 billion Korean Won) operating income of US $18.9 million (KRW 19.7 billion), and net profit of US $7.7 …
Read More »Leipzig set for biggest ever year
The co-ordinators of Games Convention 2008 have revealed attendance is set to beat the levels set in 2007. The event, which the organisers have called Europe’s benchmark fair for the games industry” is set to take place in Leipzig on August 21st to 24th this summer. A game music concert …
Read More »360 hits 10m sales in US
Microsoft has announced that Xbox 360 has become the first next-gen home console to hit 10 million unit sales in the US. "History has shown us that the first company to reach 10 million in console sales wins the generation battle," said Microsoft senior VP Don Mattrick in a statement. …
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