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Publishers, platform holders, retailers and more have signed up to endorse this year’s MCV Industry Excellence Awards. Sega has sponsored the Pre-Event Drinks for 2011, while Codemasters will support the Awards as Gold Partner. Ubisoft dance title Michael Jackson: The Experience will end the evening on a high note as …

Capcom, Sega and Namco have each sunk the price of their iPhone games just days after EA and Gameloft announced similar sales ploys. The move will add further grief to indie iPhone developers who, hitherto, distinguished themselves favourably from the big publishers with low price points. But now the publishing …

Indies under greater pressure as scores of high-profile games get price cut

Europe is now Sega’s biggest and most important market for boxed products. The publisherhas sold 5.95 million video games in Europe during the nine months ending December 31st. That’s more than the 5.77m sold in the US and the 1.9m sold in Japan. Overall the company shifted 13.63m boxedgames worldwide, …

Sega Sammy has posted its financial results for the nine months ending December 31st, with a 117 per cent rise in profit year-on-year. Total sales increased 8.7 per cent during the period to 310bn (2.4bn), up from 285bn (2.2m) the year prior. Profit rose from 17bn (129m) to 37bn (281m). …

Australian studio uses Vicon tech for â??outdoorâ?? animations

Sega has revealed that it will release a brand new title in the iconic Sega Rally series in 2011. Called Sega Rally Online Arcade, the HD title will be released in digital form only on both Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network. It includes both single player Championship and …

Sega Europe will up the ante of its licensing program this year, securing new merchandising deals for its hottest properties, such as Sonic The Hedgehog. To drive this renewed effort, the publisher has hired Sissel Henno as head of licensing. She will head up the department, working with current partners …

Thor: God of Thunder will no longer be released on PSP when it hits shelves on other formats on April 29th. Sega confirmed the cancellation in its latest release schedule which stated that the game will instead be released on 3DS. The third person action adventure – also due for …

The next game to emerge from the ongoing partnership between developer Platinum Games and publisher Sega will be called Max Anarchy. Not much is known about the game, though a Famitsu translation courtesy of Andriasang says it will be "an online action combat game with support for large numbers of …