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Sony’s Resistance 3 leads the charge as strong force of new releases arrives on shelves from Nintendo, THQ, Deep Silver and more. The PS3 sci-fi FPS continues the series’ story of a 1950s alien invasion. The Chimera have established a firmer grip over the United States and its up to …
Read More »THQ: Digital future will revive dev fortunes
Wipe away physical costs and 'all the money goes to the developer or publisher'
Read More »Tax breaks ‘to cost Quebec $118m in 2011’
Govt investment continues to grow for Canada's leading game dev cluster
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Start-up about to hit the big-time with multiplat release
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Alien Apple offers visual design services
Read More »GAME categorically denies Steam ban agreements
Claims that GAME has reached an agreement with THQ and Bethesda regarding a Steam boycott of their titles is not true. The rumours have gained momentum this week following a forum postthat claimed the retailer had convinced both THQ and Bethesda to withhold their titles from Valve’s download service. Some …
Read More »MCV’s UFC Industry Fitness Challenge: The Results, Part Two
The results keep rolling in – we’re still recieving the last few final photos from contestants who competed in our UFC Industry Fitness Challenge. While we muster our judging panel to bring you a definitive verdict next week, why not spend your Wednesday morning gazing in awe and jealously at …
Read More »MCV Jobs Weekly: Warner’s sales vacancy, Aikins joins Sony
In MCV’s latest rundown of the industry’s hottest vacancies and latest personnel news, Warner is looking for a new sales manager, THQ’s John Aikins heads to Sony and GAME hires a Knight. NEW SALES JOB AT WARNERWarner Bros Interactive Entertainment is hiring a new manager of sales analysis for the …
Read More »THQ’s admiration for EA’s console strategy
Fewer, bigger, better. That seems to be an increasingly common trend amongst traditional console games publishers, and THQ’s executive VP of core games Danny Bilson is all for it. That’s all we can really do,” he told VG247. It’s not just Activision or us; look at what EA’s doing on …
Read More »200 jobs cut as THQ shuts more studios
Death of THQ Brisbane marks publisher's fourth studio closure this year alone
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