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School pupils will be able to learn the history of games in qualifications equivalent to a GCSE or A-Level as part of new Government plans. 14-year-old students will soon have the chance to choose a media course at school; part of which will ask them to examine ‘the historical development …
Read More »Xbox 360 price cut coming in August?
The Hollywood Reporter has predicted that Microsoft will drop the SRP of Xbox 360 by $50 in the US on August 8th this year – and credited the information to an unnamed retail source. The publication notes that a price drop at this time would arrive shortly before the release …
Read More »Tesco turns supplier
In games, we’ve had it relatively easy so far. We have already seen supermarkets’ super-low price promotions and unbeatable buying power make them tough competition for the more established games retailers – in particular the indie community. MCV has revealed in the past that supermarkets are taking up over a …
Read More »View from the top
Kikizo: So first of all, how does it feel to now be the global president of Sony Computer Entertainment? Kaz Hirai: It’s something that really excites me, and I thrive on challenges. I will be making sure that the relationship between the headquarter office in Japan, and the regional headquarters …
Read More »Nintendo to ramp up hardware shipments
Nintendo to ramp up hardware shipments More Wii and DS consoles on the way, global installed base figures confirmed Nintendo’s latest first quarter financial results reveal that the firm has revised its Wii and DS shipments upwards for the fiscal year ending March 31st 2008. Nintendo now plans to ship …
Read More »Nintendo reveals stunning sales surge
Nintendo’s net sales rose to 340,439m Yen between April and June this year, compared with last year’s figure of 130,919m Yen – a huge leap of 160 per cent. Operating income rose to 90,631m Yen, up 214.7 per cent. Recurring profits were up 302.3 per cent, while net income was …
Read More »MMO market lacks innnovation, says Garriott
NCsoft’s Richard Garriott has opened the main two-day Develop conference with a speech dissecting the MMO genre he helped build, saying games developers have failed to add anything new to online game design since the release of his first game Ultima Online in 1997. He said: "Game design has not …
Read More »Ubisoft Q1 sales rocket 90 per cent
Ubisoft’s sales for the first quarter ended June 30 2007 came to a whopping €134 million, up 90.5 per cent. This year’s figure dwarfs the €70 million recorded for the same period last year. For the first quarter 2007-08 79 per cent of the Group’s sales came from games for …
Read More »SCEE reveals PSP academic development programme
In a session at the Games:Edu day of the Develop 2007 conference, Sarah Lamari, manager of DevNet at Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, has announced a deal to allow universities to have access to development-standard PSP tools for teaching purposes. Rounding off a talk dedicated to how SCEE can help universities, …
Read More »David Gardner to leave EA
EA’s executive vice president of studios David Gardner, who only last month was awarded an OBE on the Queen’s honours list, is to leave the company according to reports. Gardner helped establish EA Europe in 1987 and has been with the company since 1983. A statement given to Gamesindustry.biz says: …
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