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Two former Sony development stalwarts, Leo Cubbin and Phil Gaskell, have joined forces to create a new digital publisher that offers indie teams an alternative route to market. RebelPlay has already signed up two products – although no firm details have yet been announced. These projects are being aimed at …

John Riccitiello has opened up on the pressures, pain, failure, embarrassments, loss and hope of his four years so far as Electronic Arts CEO. Speaking at a graduation speech last week at his old university, Riccitiello stated: In the churn of all this industry change, EA found itself on the …

Nintendo has confirmed that it will assume distribution, sales and marketing duties for Capcom’s upcoming 3DS fighting title Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition in Europe and Australia. Capcom remains the game’s publisher and will also retain distribution duties in the Middle East. The deal is very much the norm …

Ubisoft is Kinect’s most successful third-party publisher in EMEA, the company has told MCV. The publisher’s trio of Kinect games – Your Shape: Fitness Evolved, Motion Sports and Fighters Uncaged – has given the firm a 20 per cent market share on Microsoft’s motion controller. The news follows NPD’s US …

505 Games has attributed its past successes to turning profit quickly rather than concentrating on high sales figures. The publisher revealed in an interview with MCV that it has never been unafraid of projects that other firms have walked away from, and sees these more as opportunities. Commercial director Ralph …

EA will assume publishing duties for Portal 2, much as it did with Valve’s celebrated collection The Orange Box in late 2007. Furthermore, the game has been given a concrete release date of April 21st on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. Previously a release "in the week of April 18th" …

The boxed release of upcoming MMO Rift: Planes of Telara will be distributed in Europe by Ubisoft, it has been revealed. The multi-year deal with developer Trion Worlds grants Ubisoft publishing rights in France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and both the Benelux and Nordic regions. The game is due out next …

Any game can sell well on Wii, as long as it’s supported well by publishers, Nintendo has told MCV. The statement comes as games firms prepare to launch a core-focused Wii title every week in the run-up to Christmas. The console has struggled to shed the stigma of being a …

Publisher EA has announced that it has updated the terms of its global publishing agreement with LucasArts that will see it assume extra responsibilities toward the title. The company will now handle additional publishing, marketing and distribution responsibilities that LucasArts was previously handling. It claims the move has been made …

Mark Cale of System 3 reveals why publishers aren't to be feared