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June 2008

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4th June, 2008

Florida Bar recommends 10-year disbarment for Jack Thompson

Published at 10:29PM

Jack Thompson walks out of his disciplinary hearing as the Florida Bar recommends a 10-year disbarment

Xbox 360 doesn't violate Alcatel patent, says jury

Published at 10:04PM

A federal jury has ruled in Microsoft's favour in the third of five patent infringement cases against it by Alcatel-Lucent

EA agrees to delay Take-Two acquisition pending FTC review

Published at 06:53PM

Electronic Arts has agreed to certain conditions before consummating its acquisition of Take-Two

Resistance titles to feature trophy and Home support

Published at 05:48PM

Insomniac's Ted Price says that they are planning trophy and Home support for the Resistance games

IGA Worldwide to adopt TV-style ad business plan

Published at 03:29PM

The new deal with Sony will allow the in-game advertiser to sell space across a range of games at once

Oberon promotes Don Ryan to COO

Published at 03:17PM

The senior VP of publishing has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer at the casual games company

Turbine raises $40 million equity financing

Published at 02:53PM

Time Warner and GGV Capital lead the investment in the online entertainment company

Sony stops work on Eight Days and The Getaway

Published at 12:29PM

London Studio halts production of the titles following budget review

IGA secures PS3 ads deal with Electronic Arts

Published at 12:00PM

PlayStation 3 ads to appear in EA Sports franchises and racing titles Burnout and Need for Speed

Sony and IGA to partner for in-game PS3 ads

Published at 10:54AM

IGA Worldwide is rumoured to be the first firm to get an agreement from Sony

Call of Duty 4 sells 10 million units

Published at 08:52AM

Activision shooter continues sales success in 2008

Massive Inc audits ad impressions accuracy

Published at 08:49AM

Microsoft's in-game ad network is the first to attain third-party verification

Tecmo responds to Itagaki lawsuit

Published at 08:16AM

Tecmo strikes out against allegations made by its former creative officer, branding them the product of "distortions"

Resident Evil 5 not redesigned after racism claim

Published at 07:51AM

Complaints over racist imagery did not provoke any design changes, according to the game's producer Jun Takeuchi

New IP is the key to European survival, says IO Interactive

Published at 07:00AM

In the face of generous tax breaks and cheap labour, Euro devs can remain relevant by creating new characters and technology

EA acquires ThreeSF

Published at 02:21AM

EA acquires social networking service created by Napster founder Shawn Fanning

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