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May 2008

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16th May, 2008

LucasArts leaves ESA

Published at 10:24PM

LucasArts is the latest company to announce it will not renew its ESA membership, although it will participate in E3

SCEA announces remaining 2008 lineup

Published at 07:33PM

SCEA has officially announced its lineup of PlayStation platform titles for the remainder of the year

Levine to keynote PAX 2008

Published at 06:44PM

The organisers of the 2008 Penny Arcade Expo have announced that 2K Boston's Ken Levine will keynote the event

Georgia's Governor passes videogame tax credits

Published at 03:20PM

The state offers at least a 20 per cent tax credit for entertainment productions, including videogames

Nintendo dominates Japanese software charts

Published at 12:27PM

This weeks sales figures reveal the company takes nine of the ten top spots

PSP tops Japanese hardware charts

Published at 11:26AM

Sony's handheld continues to sell strongly as the Wii closes the gap

Konami to take on Rock Band and Guitar Hero

Published at 09:57AM

Publisher reveals Rock Revolution as it targets growing music genre

Konami reveals $2.8bn in revenues for '08

Published at 09:23AM

Japanese company shows growth in revenue and operating income

Tretton: April software was a "one-two punch" for Sony

Published at 09:20AM

Software sales leap 410 per cent from last year, GTA IV and GT5 lead 2 million games surge

GamesAid charity launched

Published at 09:00AM

A new fund-raising body has been set up - and the whole industry is invited to take part

Casual classification is tenuous, says Harrison

Published at 08:00AM

EA Mobile's European marketing director thinks that the term "casual games" is more complex

Yoshida named president of SCE worldwide studios

Published at 05:47AM

Shuhei Yoshida, senior VP of SCE US studios, has been appointed president of SCE worldwide studios

Wii US sales reach 9.5 million

Published at 12:03AM

Nintendo sold more than 714,000 Wii consoles in the US in April, rapidly closing in on the Xbox 360's installed base

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