News Archive: Publishers
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30th September, 2008
EA: Japanese consumers are an unpredictable market
Electronic Arts president points to console growth opportunities in strong Asian markets such as Singapore and Hong Kong
29th September, 2008
Criminals steal £600,000 of games from UK police
Truck containing thousands of copies of GTAIV and Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway stolen from police compound
EA signs 300 director for three game deal
Watchmen director, Zack Snyder, to develop three titles and retain production rights for movie adaptations
26th September, 2008
Phil Spencer: Lionhead's future is safe
MGS chief also hints at the security of Rare as well, thanks to high productivity
25th September, 2008
Law firm: Take action against file-sharers or risk encouraging them
Davenport Lyons, the company behind the anti-piracy lawsuits, says it is "confident" it will win any cases that make it to trial
24th September, 2008
Trion: $70m will bring plans "to fruition"
Latest investment enough to "launch Trion as an online publishing organisation"
EA threatens Spore ban for DRM talk
Publisher makes threats to lock players out of game for complaints over SecuROM...then back-tracks
23rd September, 2008
Key to China is to "work within the system" - EA
Asia-Pacific president explains the publisher's approach to the huge, but fragmented, market
22nd September, 2008
Activision suing Call of Duty pirates
Six cases brought to bear on possible CoD3 file-sharers since 2007
Eidos opens Shanghai Office
New office to be comprised of a small team set to handle outsourcing for Western studios
CD Projekt: Publishers "scared" to go DRM-Free
CEO Michal Kicinski says publishers need to offer better value to combat piracy
19th September, 2008
Nexon: Coke promotion led to one third of Korea playing our game
Joonmo Kwon reveals how successful partnerships stimulated KartRider online title
18th September, 2008
Guitar Hero outselling Rock Band 6-to-1
Access to Universal Music Group gives publisher the advantage, says Kotick
New publisher PlayV to launch with 11 titles
Batch of PC, DS, Wii and PlayStation titles due October 3
16th September, 2008
Mythic: EA "know nothing about launching MMOs in Europe"
"...Unless it's spending lots of money to close them down," says creative director Paul Barnett on week of WAR release
Microsoft: We'll always take on Sony's first-party titles
Spencer happy to compare product with bitter rival as company swings into key retail season
15th September, 2008
Expect bidding war for Housers in February - Pachter
Whether Rockstar brothers stay or move on, Take-Two will face negative impact says industry expert
SCi suffers £99 million loss in "difficult" year
Kane and Lynch sells 1.4m units, Tomb Raider Anniversary 1 million
Microsoft fires whistleblowing employee
Games tester sacked for speaking publicly about 360 failure rates
Inability to retain Rockstar talent may have halted Take-Two acquisition
Analyst also points to clash of egos, scepticism of future releases as reasons for about-turn
EA responds to Spore DRM complaints
Publisher defends its policy to limit installations as necessary against piracy
Take-Two "actively engaged in discussions" with other parties - Zelnick
Company believes GTA publisher has gone from strength to strength since attempted EA acquisition
EA picks up Tomb Raider mobile rights
Publisher secures exclusive licensing rights, along with three other Eidos properties
12th September, 2008
Wii "inhospitable platform for third-party publishers"
Poor Madden sales on Nintendo console evidence of difficulties for publishers, says analyst
Capcom sets 80 per cent Western sales target
More sports titles, less platform exclusives from Japanese publisher
Slow GTA IV sales to trouble EA/Take-Two talks?
Title's slower than expected unit sales could impact upon publisher's ongoing acquisition negotiations
11th September, 2008
Funcom and Solid State to launch new digital delivery solution
Two companies to work together to develop new ways of transferring large files via the internet
10th September, 2008
Ubisoft to include subtitles in all in-house titles
Publisher to make titles accessible to hearing impaired consumers
9th September, 2008
Midway concerned at Xbox 360 Euro "lagging"
Publisher sees Microsoft's performance in some countries as a "problem"
8th September, 2008
Tecmo settles Team Ninja unpaid overtime case
Company announces "judicial settlement" for JPY 8.3 million lawsuit
"Dangerous" free petrol stunt backfires on EA
MP demands apology for "completely irresponsible" £20,000 giveaway
Alex St John: The PC business model is "f*cked"
Piracy is caused by inappropriate business plans - and the industry shouldn't blame the consumer, says WildTangent CEO
4th September, 2008
EA looks to partner with Japanese developers
Publisher says its deal with Grasshopper will serve as a "springboard" to working with companies in the region
Sony: LittleBigPlanet can be a global success
Shuhei Yoshida believes the Media Molecule title "defies cultural differences"
3rd September, 2008
Gamecock signs deal with THQ
Agreement reached over distribution of titles in Australia and New Zealand
Shanda sales to jump 9%
Chinese online games publisher ups sales expectations due to success of its free-to-play games
Disney: We're in the market for new acquisitions
Europe's head of DIS reveals development spending to double to $350 million
2nd September, 2008
Court sides with THQ against WWE
Publisher also announces a new studio in China to expand its operations in the region
Frank Pearce: WoW's success has been "exhausting"
Blizzard co-founder on the company's growth as "a great problem to have"
1st September, 2008
EA beset by Warhammer pre-order problems?
Reports suggest pre-orders of sold out Collector's Edition face cancellation if a change of address is required - UPDATED
