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PSN overhaul’ coming this year

SCEA’s VP of product marketing Scott Steinberg has revealed that Sony may go further in its changes to PSN that it has previously announced – stating that the service will be "overhauled" later this year. Steinberg even goes so far as hinting that that movie and TV services may arrive …

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Eidos has become ruthless, says CEO

CEO of Eidos parent SCi Phil Rogers has given his first press interview since the company’s recent restructuring to MCV – and talked of a more ruthless”, upbeat attitude at the troubled publisher. Rogers spoke to MCV before speculation surrounding takeover talks pushed the company’s share price up by over …

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THQ dev boss: Weve got $400m to spend

THQ vice president of worldwide studios Jack Sorensen has said that the publisher has over $400m to spend in the market – and that it is targeting the casual and mobile sectors for expansion. Speaking to Gamespot, Sorensen said he wanted THQ to become the ‘ubiquity’ of gaming, adding that …

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Sam & Max coming to Wii

Point-and-click adventure Same and Max is coming to Nintendo Wii in North America and across Europe this Autumn. Telltale Games has announced that brining the first episode of six of the popular franchise to the console will ‘extend episodic gaming to new audiences and platforms’. The title will be released …

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EA cuts PC sports games

EA has limited the number of sports games it will release on PC this year – with boss of EA Sports Peter Moore calling the platform a serious business challenge”. On his blog, Moore admits that the firm has been forced to cut its sports output on PC, because the …

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Stephen King defends violent games

Stephen King, author of horror classics such as The Shining and Carrie, has come out in strong defence of violent video games. In an editorial opinion for Entertainment Weekly, in which King admits that he’s not a gamer, the novelist forthrightly attacks HB 1423 – a bill pending approval in …

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Saints Row II dated

Gamespot reports that THQ has confirmed the release of Saint’s Row II – and given it an official release date of Tuesday, August 26th for North America. Another THQ title, de Blob has also been dated for September. The news comes from last week’s THQ Gamers’ day in San Francisco, …

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Rockstar snaps up new studio

Rockstar Games has made a significant acquisition ahead of the release of GTA IV on April 29th – Massachusetts-based Mad Doc Software. The deal comes amid EA’s hostile bid for Rockstar parent Take Two – a saga which isset to be concluded later this month. Massachusetts-based Mad Doc recently worked …

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Warner and Ubi back in for SCi?

SCi’s share price has jumped by over 20 per cent off the back of heavy speculation that it has reopened takeover talks with potential suitors. The rise of 10.5p per share – to 60.5p – has set the tongues of investment market experts wagging, with Ubisoft, Time Warner and Infogrames …

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THQ: We can be more aggressive than bigger firms

Speaking to Reuters, THQ’s Brian Farrell has outlined the publisher’s M&A strategy – to grow organically. "We are seeing some opportunities in the marketplace given the two transactions going on," Farrell said. "It’s going to create some opportunities because we are actively looking at every developer, every license out there …

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