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EA’s Casual Entertainment Label will publish the video game version of Warner Bros movie Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince later this year. The title will be released this autumn for Wii, PS3, Xbox 360, PS2, PSP, DS, PC, Mac and mobile. We believe that the Harry Potter and …
Read More »SCi rejects mystery buyout bid
Eidos parent SCi Entertainment has turned down an acquisitive bid from an unknown would-be suitor. In a statement on SCi’s website, the company said: The pursuit of an uncertain takeover proposal with consequent delay and risks to the Company’s proposed issuance of new equity to fund the execution of its …
Read More »Warner and Ubi back in for SCi?
SCi’s share price has jumped by over 20 per cent off the back of heavy speculation that it has reopened takeover talks with potential suitors. The rise of 10.5p per share – to 60.5p – has set the tongues of investment market experts wagging, with Ubisoft, Time Warner and Infogrames …
Read More »Why Big Media’s arrival in games is good for independent studios
ANALYSIS: We look at what the attentions of Disney, Viacom and Warner means for the industry
Read More »UK publishers anxious to satisfy mass market in 2008
The UK industry’s biggest publishers have revealed the challenges that await them next year: and it appears the major worry is that ‘you can’t please all of the people, all of the time’. According to the likes of EA, Ubisoft and Activision, the trial of keeping the increasingly lucrative casual …
Read More »Warner lines up movie hit for 2008
Warner Bros has spoken of its confidence in its upcoming multi-million dollar film adaptation, despite the fact that the firm is still to release a single unit onto the market. Looney Tunes duo ACME Arsenal and Duck Amuck will be the publisher’s European debut releases come November 30th. But that …
Read More »Report claims Warner paid £100m for Traveller’s Tales
Develop reports that EA may have stolen the title of ‘most cash happy acquirer’ last month when it spent big ( $860m big ) to buy BioWare/Pandemic, but it seems Warner Bros wasn’t being tightfisted either when it came to buying Traveller’s Tales. A report on the Manchester Evening News …
Read More »Warner Bros buys Travellers’ Tales
Entertainment giant swoops for Lego Star Wars developer
Read More »Warner Bros to acquire Travellers Tales
Warner Bros, the new force in the games publishing sector, is to acquire leading developer Travellers’ Tales. The studio will keep its name, and will continue to work with current partners such as Lego, LucasArts and Guinness World Records. "TT Games is very successful and respected in the game development …
Read More »Warner Looney over debut titles
Warner Bros believes that its first assault on the UK software market since being reborn as a European publisher will have a memorable impact on the pre-Christmas chart. The firm unleashes a duo of Looney Tunes titles for the Wii and Nintendo DS formats next month, in the shape of …
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