Archive (Page 4458)

Former Nintendo chairman Hiroshi Yamauchi has given an interview with Nihon Keizai Shimbun, with the legendary industry veteran giving his views on a wide range of topics with his trademark bluntness.

Following the promotion of Hisao Oguchi to president of Sega earlier this week, the company has named his replacement at the HitMaker studio - Virtua Tennis producer Mie Kumagai, who becomes Sega's first female studio president.

The full line-up of games due to the shown at Sony's PlayStation Experience 2003 event in London at the end of August has been unveiled, with visitors to the show set to be treated to first looks at over 70 games from 11 publishers.

French publisher Titus Interactive has rebranded its distribution subsidiary as Avalon Interactive, putting the long-standing Virgin Interactive name, once one of the industry's biggest publishers, to rest at last after years of difficulties.

Publisher Activision has filed a lawsuit against media giant Viacom for failing to make enough Star Trek, in a lawsuit filed in the Superior Court of the State of California yesterday.

So just how much do the industry's top execs bring home, then?

All of the Asia-Pacific territories where Microsoft sells the Xbox, with the sole exception of Japan, have seen the price of the console and its software slashed this week in an attempt to compete more strongly with the PS2.

It's not just games that miss their release dates in this industry

Four key staff at Blizzard Entertainment, including vice president Bill Roper and the three co-founders of the unit that created popular RPG series Diablo, have left the company in order to pursue new opportunities.

Sony's PS2 Online launch title, SOCOM: US Navy SEALs, has taken the top spot in the UK sales charts for the first time in its third week on sale, knocking Atari's Enter The Matrix out of the number one position.

A team of researchers claim to have found a new way to make the Xbox boot the Linux operating system without using a mod chip, and is threatening to release details unless Microsoft approves an official system for running Xbox Linux.

A group of leading development studios in the North of England have united to form Game Republic, a body aimed at improving their leverage with financiers and government alike.

Atari's Enter the Matrix has entered the Japanese market, with a relatively respectable debut at number three for the title, while Nintendo's Mother RPG series takes the top spot thanks to a resurrection on the GBA.