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Independent developer Bungie is closing in on a publishing deal for its unannounced project; a game that marks the studio’s first major step away from the Halo universe. Bungie’s multiplayer designer Lars Bakken told Eurogamer that the group will know sometime soon” which company has secured a publishing deal with …

Publishing giant EA insists it will not follow Activision’s lead in raising the SRP of its biggest titles this Q4. A company spokesperson told MCV: There has been no change in our trade pricing policy and there will be no change in RRP.” Meanwhile, one UK boss of a top …

Tomy has published its first video game in the UK – the initial step in its quest to steal significant sales share in the DS and Wii market. Lovely Lisa, a DS mini-game collection based on the popular Japanese doll Licca-Chan, has been released through Mastertronic, with a price point …

UK publisher Mastertronic has become the latest outfit to put its weight behind the casual games sector with the announcement of a brand new arm to its publishing business – Great Indie Games. The new label is designed specifically to bring independently developed titles to a wider retail audience. The …

Future Publishing has revealed a year-on-year drop of 70 per cent in pre-tax Group profits for the first six months of its fiscal year. However, the UK office enjoyed a three per cent profit rise in the period, as the firm faced tough market conditions in the US. The Group …

Console edition of The Witcher on hold as WideScreen Games and CD Projekt dispute the matter in public

Maryland-based group Bethesda Softworks has been cited as the new publisher of A2M’s forgotten acrobatic shooter, Wet. Wet – still in development at A2M’s offices in Canada – was one of numerous titles thought to have fallen victim to the Vivendi-Activision merger. Having lost its publisher for nearly a year, …

Ambitious supermarket Morrisons has told MCV that it is keen to sign more deals with publishers to sell their games exclusively through the chain. Bejeweled Twist reached No.8 in the PC budget chart last week, despite only being sold through Morrisons stores. And after that exclusive contract with Focus Multimedia, …

With the likes of Disney, Warner and Paramount making increasingly bold strides into the games space, many had pegged Marvel as the next entertainment giant to follow suit – but the famed comic publisher has now distanced itself from the talk. There are different types of games we could do, …

Rising Star Games has tied a strategic alliance with new Euro publisher Gamebridge, taking titles to retail from spring. Gamebridge is a joint venture between Interchannel, a Tokyo based developer and publisher of video games, and the official Nordic region Nintendo distributor Bergsala. As a new European video games publisher, …