News Archive
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16th May, 2008
LucasArts leaves ESA
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
SCEA has officially announced its lineup of PlayStation platform titles for the remainder of the year
Levine to keynote PAX 2008
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
The state offers at least a 20 per cent tax credit for entertainment productions, including videogames
Nintendo dominates Japanese software charts
This weeks sales figures reveal the company takes nine of the ten top spots
PSP tops Japanese hardware charts
Sony's handheld continues to sell strongly as the Wii closes the gap
Konami to take on Rock Band and Guitar Hero
Publisher reveals Rock Revolution as it targets growing music genre
Konami reveals $2.8bn in revenues for '08
Japanese company shows growth in revenue and operating income
Tretton: April software was a "one-two punch" for Sony
Software sales leap 410 per cent from last year, GTA IV and GT5 lead 2 million games surge
GamesAid charity launched
A new fund-raising body has been set up - and the whole industry is invited to take part
Casual classification is tenuous, says Harrison
EA Mobile's European marketing director thinks that the term "casual games" is more complex
Yoshida named president of SCE worldwide studios
Shuhei Yoshida, senior VP of SCE US studios, has been appointed president of SCE worldwide studios
Wii US sales reach 9.5 million
Nintendo sold more than 714,000 Wii consoles in the US in April, rapidly closing in on the Xbox 360's installed base


