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The NPD Group, GfK Chart-Track Limited and Enterbrain, Inc., today announced the release of the "Top Global Markets Report" which collates software sales data from each firm for the US, the UK and Japan. The results are not surprising.



EA's announced today that it will not extend its fifth (read that, fifth) deadline to buy Take-Two after the current deadline lapses tonight, stating it doesn’t believe that it could integrate the firm in time for the Christmas rush if it continues any longer. Take...



July's numbers are in, and Nintendo, to the surprise of nobody, is still the top dog in hardware sales. The DS and Wii continued to outsell all competitors, although sales of both did decline from June. But then, so did everyone else's. DS: 608K down 175K...



Highly placed sources have apparently told VG247 today that the real reason Phil Harrison’s departed from Sony after almost a decade with the company was because work had already started on the PS4, and a feeling of deja vu had begun to set in. "He could see he was...



Can't afford the $100 price-tag to go to BlizzCon in California this year? No worries then, because Blizzard have announced that BlizzCon 2008 will be televised in the States, thanks to a partnership with pay per view channel DIRECTV.



DC Comics have certainly been busy with grabbing some big name games to make comics out of such. These includes Mirror's Edge, Gears of War, etc....but that doesn't mean they've had their fill. Today DC announced they will also be working on comic adapations f...



Blizzard have sent out word letting everyone know that tickets for the upcoming BlizzCon will go sale on August 11. BlizzCon 2008 will be held at the Anaheim Convention Center, CA, between October 10th - 11th. Tickets will cost a... substantial $100. "We have an e...



SCEE president David Reeves has gone on record to say that Sony will be making some some blockbuster announcements at this year's Game Convention in Leipzig. 2There will be some global announcements," he said, speaking at E3. "The announcements we make will...



As many people know, the Playstation 3 hasnt been a financial success for Sony yet, every console sold has not led to profits for the company but the trend is about to change according to Sony Kaz Hirai. He beleives that overall PS3 operations will start to bring in profit b...



Rumoors about the developer Flagship shutting its doors and letting go of nearly everyone proved to be mostly correct. Mostly, because instead of "nearly everyone" as previously reported by an unnamed source, it has become the entire staff that's been released, with a 30 day pension.



Judge Dava Tunis has recommended both permanent disbarment and a fine of $43,675.35. The dollar amount has been reported to cover the legal costs of prosecution in this case. Considering how much of a nuisance and general liar Jack is, the more the better.



How Konami thinks they're going to win this is beyond me but for some reason the company has filed papers, suing Viacom and Harmonix in a federal court in Marshall, Texas. The complaint? A patent spanning back to 2002 and 2003 claiming that the companies' have used...



Colour me genuinely surprised, but the official trailer for the upcoming Max Payne movie has just been revealed, and it's looking surprisingly decent. Well, better than Hitman, anyway.



At a time when people seem to be lamenting the "death" of the PC gaming industry, the famously famous Gabe Newell, along with the Valve team (of Half Life, Portal, and Team Fortress fame) have come up front with Eurogamer to discuss their thoughts on the state of the PC market.



Eutechnyx's Darren Jobling has issued a warning to the industry about America's domination of publishers and developers over the rest of the gaming industry, saying that both the creative and business side of the European games industry is in dire straights thanks ...



A recent PricewaterhouseCoopers study has predicted that online gaming revenues will hit a monstrous $68.3 billion by 2012. A recent Gamespot piece claims these figure will exceed all other forms of online media business aside from online advertising.



Speaking at the Game Education Summit in Dallas last week, Junction Point CEO Warren Spector discussed some of his disgruntled views of the industry, and that he's "so tired of making games about guys in black leather carrying guns," He also admitted that he believes long games are on the way out.



...and yes, we're as sick of reporting it as much as you are sick of hearing it, and as sick as Take Two are of rejecting it, as their latest press release so clearly indicates.



I had a friend who once went over her online time, and she ended up with a $900 bill. But, that was way back before unlimited Internet access became the norm. But friends, that may soon change. It looks like the online habits of many may soon face a huge cutback.



A panel of analysts from the Nordic Game 2008 pulled no punches this year, and labelled Microsoft's attempts to break into the casual market as "disastrous", Eurogamer reports. David Cole from DFC Intelligence, and Nick Parker, who runs Parker Consulting, a...



With each day the gaming audience increases as sales records for both consoles and games continues to grow. With the growing audiences, Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo have been competing to get their target audiences attention. Sony would show off the prowess of their new P...



The sixth annual Develop Industry Excellence Awards ceremony will take place at the Hilton Metropole, Brighton on Wednesday July 30, aiming to commemorate the best efforts nd standout achievements of the industry over the past 12 months.



Now it looks like everyone's favourite loud-mouthed attorney (no, not Phoenix Wright!) could be facing up to 10 years disbarment, after the Florida court recommended yesterday that the anti-games crusader be banned from practising law for the next decade.



Speaking in an interview with GamesIndustry.biz, Ubisoft UK MD Rob Cooper admitted the publisher's PSP support is lacking, but believes there is a very valid reason for this; Sony lack of direction with the handheld. "Certainly, we still see it as a viable forma...



Tecmo issued a response today to yesterday's statement from Creative Officer Tomonobu Itagaki in which the Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive producer announced his resignation and litigation over, among other things, unpaid bonuses.



Itagaki's resignation was effective as of June 1. The developer said that a completion bonus had been promised well before the start of work on Dead or Alive 4, and that he was never paid.



To no surprise of anyone here, or in the internet, Capcom have released figures, showing that the game Resident Evil is its biggest franchise, selling 35.500.000 compared to the second, Megaman, which has sold 28,000,000. Whereas RE is the biggest selling franchise, it’...



Speaking in this month's issue of Playboy (yes, there is text in the magazine), Rockstar boss and Grand Theft Auto creator Dan Houser expressed the said that the film industry doesn't wholly gaming mainly because it believe that they are a threat to its audience.



At least not if you're Jake Gyllenhaal, as it has been confirmed by the Hollywood Reporter that the actor will take on the lead role of Dastan, in the upcoming Disney movie The Prince of Persia, inspired by the video game series of the same name.



In his disbarment trial, professional buffoon and all around thorn in the side of gamers everywhere Jack Thompson has been found GUILTY by Judge Dana Tunis of 27 out of 31 charges relating to gross professional misconduct. The charges in large stem from a lawsuit in whi...



EA's most recent extension of their offer to buy Take Two Interactive for $25.74 per share was to expire earlier this morning, only to have the mega-publisher extend their offer, yet again, to June 16. Considering that stock of T2I is currently valued at $27.10 per s...



Frank "Frankie" O'Connor announced today to us ever loving Bungie fans that he will be departing ways with Microsoft to work more closely on the Halo franchise with the company.



According to April’s NPD figures, the biggest selling game in America last month was the 360 version of GTA IV by a considerable margin, the SKU selling 1.85 million units.



It seems you can't keep a bad director down. "Grand Theft Auto would be super interesting for me, and I think I would actually be the right guy to do it," he said, adding, "because my movies are all bloody and violent and I don't have a problem wi...



Lazard Capital's Colin Sebastian has just issued a note on last night's Electronic Arts financials stating that solid news on EA's much talked about (and generally detested) proposed buyout of Take Two can be expected by next Monday.



Fumito Ueda, world-renowned creator of critically acclaimed PlayStation titles ICO and Shadow of the Colossus, joins the Disruptive Design session in this year’s Game Creation and Technology program to discuss creative innovation and new game niches.



Take Two has just announced that it has received no stake-holder proposals ahead of its AGM tomorrow. Bet EA is thrilled about that one. " Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., which publishes and distributes “Grand Theft Auto” and other popular video games, sai...



I'm not the only one disappointed by this news no doubt, but it seems that Take Two's major shareholders have finally buckled under the pressure of Electronic Art's constant hammering, and have finally accepted a complete company takeover by the industry giant.



After the recent siding of Take Two's shareholders with the company's board of directors, EA was denied purchase of the developer once again. Take Two utilized a "poison pill" type of manoeuvre, which basically allows for the shareholders a little more leeway to negotiate a higher purchase price.



EA's now infamous lust to acquire Grand Theft Auto developer Take Two Interactive has gone down in flames. Again. For the second time.



Despite being rejected twice before, EA is still apparently chomping at the bit to acquire Take Two. After the resounding "NO!" they received from Take Two's Executive Chairman Strauss Zelnick, EA has once again taken its case to the shareholders.



February's NPD results were released today, and things are looking good for the industry, with sales of all consoles up from January. The DS regained its top spot, followed by the impossible to find Wii, Sony's PS2, the PS3, the Xbox 360, and the PSP.



Though not specifically video game related, it would be impossible to say that the RPG industry would be anywhere near what it is today without Gary Gygax, the famed co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons and the modern Role Playing Game who died this morning in his home in La...



Infogrames, owner of the once industry juggernaut Atari, has named former Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide head honcho Phil Harrison as its Directeur Général Délégué, or president.



Take Two Interactive, the developer of the famous (or infamous if you're Jack Thompson) Grand Theft Auto series, was recently offered a buyout proposal from EA worth 2 billion dollars. Initially, Take Two chairman Strauss Zelnick declined the offer, but EA took the proposal public in a bid to force the developer's executive board to at least consider the offer.



Phil Harrison, President of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios (SCE WWS), will resign from Sony Computer Entertainment Group as of February 29, 2008. Kazuo Hirai, President and Group CEO of SCEI, will immediately assume responsibilities as president of SCE WWS, in addition to his current duties.



Now EA has its eyes set on Take-Two Interactive, the parent company of Rockstar North. Electronic Arts has started the bid at a price of 2 billion dollars total which comes down to $26 per share of the company.



The MMO Eve Online is as epic as games can get; a space fairing, massively multiplayer online game supported by a consistent in-game economy and financial models supported by the players within the universe. Now, the mastermind behind Eve Online, Reynir Hardarson, is looking to take things out of the stars and down to earth.



It looks like Valve has a winner on its hand. The rather lovely first-person puzzler Portal (which was part of the developer's Orange Box) took home the prize as Game of the Year at this year's Game Developers Choice Awards.



As of yesterday, we can officially declare Sony's high definition disc format, Blu Ray, the official winner of the high def war. Toshiba, manufacturer of the HD DVD fomat, declared that they realized how handily they were being beaten by their slightly more expens...



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