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30th June, 2008
Mad Catz reports $3.2 million net income
Despite a net loss of $0.8 million in Q4, the company sees a 14.9 per cent increase in FY gross profit
ESA collects $65,000 in legal fees from Minnesota
Gallagher notes a better use of public funds would be to support ratings system, not pursue unconstitutional legislation
Spore Creature Creator tops US PC game sales
Stand-alone $10 Spore product tops NPD's US game software chart and also takes sixth position on all categories list
Brawl beats Bad Company on UK charts
Super Smash Bros Brawl becomes the third largest UK Wii launch and Nintendo's fourth All Formats #1 this year
Kotick rules out UK expansion
Activision CEO Bobby Kotick says that the high cost of living in the UK, and lack of tax breaks, affects expansion plans
Industry revenue $57 billion in 2009, says DFC
Games business benefiting from recession, with PCs the top platform for games in 2007
Neil Young forms iPhone publisher
ng:moco will be commissioning the development of mobile games from small teams for Apple's phone
PS3 to receive new online functionality
2.40 firmware update will allow console owners access to their XrossMediaBar in-game and trophies
Eidos drops internal consumer PR team
Consumer duties to be handled by external agency, marketing execs to co-ordinate some PR duties
Blizzard: Activision was our choice
Warcraft developer reveals that it was instrumental in the selection of partners for the Vivendi merger
BBFC hits back at Microsoft and EA
The ratings group says the criticisms levelled at it and the Bryon report are unfounded and that the industry has "nothing to fear"
MGS4 tops European charts
Konami's espionage game takes the number one spot in both the German and Spanish charts
Rock Band 2 announced as warranty restrictions lifted
Improvements have been made to the sequel based off consumer reaction, says Harmonix CEO
Nintendo patent case appeal rejected
A court has upheld the earlier ruling that Nintendo should pay the $21m sum for patent violations
PC piracy is as high as 1:20, says Crytek
Yerli brands the PC games industry as the "most intensely pirated market" following lacklustre Crysis sales
Blizzard fans won't notice company merger - Morhaime
And the studio doesn't expect to lose Warcraft revenue to the recently announced Diablo III
PC platform is the best for casual games, says Ubisoft's lead designer
The PC will have to evolve faster than consoles and is best suited to casual games, according to Emeric Thoa
