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Ahead of what it hopes will be its defining year in the games industry, US media giant Warner has named gaming as the one bright spark in its otherwise dreadful financial report. Warner yesterday reported an operating loss of $16bn in 2008, massively down from the $8.9bn operating profit it …

TT Games and Warner Bros are set to release a trio of new strategy-based Lego DS games, entitled Lego Battles. The new titles are due for release in the summer, and are based on the themes Lego Pirates, Lego Space and Lego Pirates. Lego Battles offers players the action-packed and …

It has emerged that Warner Bros is planning a brand new movie in the Tomb Raider franchise – leading some to wonder if this is the first move in the long rumoured takeover of Eidos . Despite Eidos’ recent admission that sales of its most recent Lara Croft title, Tomb …

TT Games acquisition deemed 'wildly successful'

As the struggling Britsoft companyâ??s future hangs in the balance, publishing giants move in on development assets

With Harry Potter due to cast a spell on cinemas next year following the delay to the release of recent Hollywood outing The Half-Blood Prince, claims have emerged that J. K. Rowling’s literary smash hit will be the next brand to receive the Traveller’s Tales LEGO treatment. For the full …

President of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Martin Tremblay believes that LEGO Batman will kickstart the media giant’s assualt on the market – and that more studio acquisitions will help the new publisher compete with the trade’s existing big guns. Following its acquisition of TT Games for an estimated 100m last …

The president and CEO of Warner Bros. parent Time Warner has boasted that the company can tempt the talent it needs” away from rival games companies – adding that the sector is to become an increasingly important part of the entertainment giant’s business. Speaking to investors in an Earnings call, …

The Daily Mail reports that Eidos parent SCi is involved in dual discussions with existing ten per cent shareholder Time Warner and a new suitor – NBC Universal. Vivendi Universal’s games division is currently involved in the merger of Activison, while the umbrella company already owns 20 per cent of …

Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment has brought in two well-known sales executives as it continues to expand in 2008: Spencer Crossley and Dean Purse. Spencer Crossley (left) joins the publisher as its UK head of sales. Crossley brings over 16 years industry experience. Previous roles ranged from Mindscape to Sony Computer …