Earlier today Take-Two reported that its results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2009 will be below its forecast “due to several factors,” the largest being the performance of its Major League Baseball series. But the firm has also released news of a delay to Max Payne 3.
GTA publisher Take-Two anticipates that its results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2009 will be below its forecast “due to several factors” with the largest being the performance of its Major League Baseball titles.
Electronic Arts has issued a short and to the point statement regarding its lucrative sponsorship deal and recent tabloid events surrounding the world’s most famous golfer, Tiger Woods.
Electronic Arts has launched an EA Sports branded prepaid debit card that enables users to receive a per cent back from every purchase at high-street and online retailers in the form of redeemable points.
Games for Windows – Live will now include a portal for accessing and downloading Live-enabled titles via the firm’s Games on Demand service.
The service, similar to the function that’s available on Xbox 360, will allow PC gamers to purchase and download titles from the Games for Windows – Live library.
Every week, the Edge Games Index, produced in association with Brandwatch, rates games according to the volume of positive and negative buzz they're inspiring on the web.
EA CEO John Riccitiello has spoken of his desire to see the publisher regain the leadership position in the first person shooter market.
Sony’s original PlayStation celebrates its 15th birthday today, having gone on sale in Japan on December 3, 1994.
The PSone went on to launch in the US and Europe in September of 1995.
Sony said at last year’s E3 that sales of the console had reached 102 million units.
Former Kuju business development manager Joel Benton has launched a new digital download-only publisher called Easy Tiger.
Likening the company to a record label for musicians, Benton said that Easy Tiger will reverse the traditional publisher/developer business model by offering studios a way to keep their own IP.
Format: WiiWare
Developer: Monster Games
Publisher: Nintendo
Release: Out now (US), TBC (UK)
Sony’s SingStar karaoke series has reached 20 million copies sold worldwide.
Developed by SCEE London Studios and first launched in 2004, SingStar is the platform holder’s most successful social franchise.
The series is most popular in Europe, with PAL sales topping 16 million units.
Australian developer Fuzzyeyes has cut the majority of its workforce and suspended internal development in a bid to reduce operating costs as it restructures.
Confirming earlier reports, CEO Wei-Yao Lu said in a statement that affected staff members were let go on September 30 after the company ran into a number of challenges, including the “economic downturn and some legal complications”.
Nintendo has sold over six million Wii units in the UK since the console launched almost three years ago, according to newly released data from sales tracker GfK Chart-Track.
That makes Wii “the fastest selling videogame console in UK history and the quickest ever to reach six million units sold”, Nintendo said.
THQ has appointed Germaine Gioia as senior vice president, licensing and merchandising. Gioia rejoins THQ after serving three years as senior vice president, licensing for Capcom in both the US and Europe.
“We are pleased to welcome Germaine back to THQ. She will play an integral role in both securing new intellectual properties for THQ as well as expanding the merchandising opportunities for our own brands,” said Brian Farrell, president and CEO, THQ.
GOA has said that the European servers of Warrior Epic will close as of December 21. In a statement released to the community the publisher blames lack of players as the main reason behind the move. However, European players can continue playing the title via the US server.
A statement released on the European Warrior Epic website reads:
Stock in GameStop fell 7.7 per cent to $22.01 in New York Stock Exchange composite trading, Bloomberg reports.
The drop is being attributed to the fact that Wal-Mart has slashed prices on the top 25 titles by as much as 20 per cent through to December 24.
EA and DICE have restructured the pricing system behind its popular free-to-play, casual PC shooter Battlefield: Heroes, much to the dismay of the game’s following.
THQ and DreamWorks have signed a multi-year, multi-property licensing deal that gives the videogame publisher and developer exclusive worldwide rights to create titles based on DreamWorks Animation’s animated feature films.
The deal immediately covers the upcoming DreamWorks pictures Kung Fu Panda: The Kaboom of Doom, Puss In Boots and CG animated TV show, The Penguins of Madagascar.
EA has officially announced that it is rebooting its Medal Of Honor first person shooter franchise.
For the first time in its ten year history the series will leave the theatre of WWII in favour of a modern, war-torn Afghanistan setting.
Set for release on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC in 2010, Medal of Honor is in development at EALA, while EA DICE is working on the title’s multiplayer component.
Australian developer Fuzzyeyes Studio is said to be on the verge of closing its doors.
The Brisbane-headquartered developer has “effectively shut down”, according to Kotaku sources.
A former Fuzzyeyes developer also claimed that production of the studio’s Xbox 360, PS3 and PC action adventure title Edge Of Twilight ceased months ago.
As well as its Brisbane base, Fuzzyeyes has offices in Beijing and Singapore.
Smith & Tinker, the toy and online games firm set up by FASA Studios founder Jordan Weisman, has reportedly laid off around 30 per cent of its workforce.
VentureBeat reports that around 15 of Smith & Tinker’s 50 employees were let go.
Nintendo has slowed Wii production on the back of reduced demand, dealing a blow to the console’s Japanese component manufacturers.
Mitsumi and Hosiden could suffer 50 per cent revenue declines this fiscal year as the platform holder scales back Wii production, according to Nikkei (via Spong).
Format: DSi
Release: Out now
Publisher: WayForward Technologies
Developer: In-house
Third party peripheral firm Logitech is said to be working on a PSPgo add-on that enables users to play UMD games on the portable, reports CVG.
The site’s source didn’t offer a price or release date, only noting that the peripheral will “make the PSP a little bulky”.
Logitech's UK office said: "We're not aware of it, so it may be something the US office is working on."
