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SCi has issued a statement to the City to confirm it has been approached to discuss a possible offer for the business. The statement reads: Following the recent speculation in the press, the Board of SCi Entertainment Group plc confirms that it has received an approach and as a result …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Bioshock fights off Tiger
Tiger Woods PGA Tour ’08 racked up 42 per cent of sales on Xbox 360 and 32 per cent on Nintendo Wii in its first week on sale, and comes in at number two this week behind Bioshock, which claims its second week at the top. Other highlights include a …
Read More »PS3 closes gap on Wii in Japan
The latest hardware sales figures from Japan suggest that Sony’s PS3 is gaining ground on the hugely successful Nintendo Wii. According to Famitsu publisher Enterbrain, Nintendo sold 245,653 Wiis in the four weeks to August 26th, compared with 81,541 units for Sony’s PS3. Xbox 360 sold 11,288 units in the …
Read More »GERMAN CHARTS: Bioshock rules supreme
The PC version of 2K Games’ Bioshock has hit number one in the German all formats software chart in its first week – but the top ten is still dominated by titles on Nintendo formats. The Xbox 360 edition of Bioshock debuts in sixth, whilst Blizzard’s World Of Warcraft: The …
Read More »SPANISH CHARTS: PS3 and Xbox 360 fail to break top ten
Nintendo’s DS has nabbed five positions in the latest Spanish top ten chart – including the top four slots. First-party release Pokemon: Diamond sits pretty in first, followed by THQ’s Ratatouille in second and Dr. Kawashima’s More Brain Training in third. The other half of recently released Pokemon duo, Pearl, …
Read More »Report: One third of UKs games retailers are under threat
A new report from Research and Markets states that 33 per cent of the companies it analysed are ‘in financial danger’. It goes on to say that nine of the companies surveyed, including the likes of GAME, Gamestation, Woolworths and Blockbuster, ‘are blatantly selling at a loss to capture market …
Read More »Stranglehold goes gold
Midway has announced that upcoming release Stranglehold has gone gold for the Xbox 360. However, Eurogamer reports that the title’s release on the format has been held back a week to September 14th, with the PS3 and PC versions following in September. Stranglehold was created by acclaimed action filmmaker John …
Read More »Vivendi Games’ Q2 earnings rise 91.9%
French telecoms and media group Vivendi has posted a 48.6 per cent year-on-year drop in earnings for its second quarter – but its games division has reported a whopping 91.9 per cent jump in operating profit. The firm’s overall sales grew 7.4 per cent year-on-year to €5.2 billion, up from …
Read More »GC to expand further after biggest ever show
Munich, Cologne, Frankfurt and Hamburg are all in the running to take Games Convention a step further in 2009 after last week’s biggest ever event in Leipzig. While event organiser Leipziger Messe has confirmed that the show will be back in Leipzig next year, the race is on for other …
Read More »ELSPA to address Cameron comments with Tories
The Entertainment & Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA) is to meet with the Conservative Party – where it says it will address” comments made by David Cameron this week. ELSPA will meet with Shadow Secretary for Culture Jeremy Hunt in October – whom MCV interviewed on his plans for the …
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