News Archive: Publishers
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30th May, 2008
Valve announces Steam Cloud
New feature allows for remote storage of game data such as save files and screenshots at no charge to players
Digital overtaking retail for Valve
Valve's president says the company will soon be making more money from downloads than from retail sales
Valve not concerned about piracy in PC market
Steam platform and service provided to its customers protects Valve from piracy, says Gabe Newell
NCsoft appoints North American VP of sales
Lisa Bell-Cabrera, the company's national sales manager, is promoted to VP of sales
29th May, 2008
THQ delays Saints Row 2
Analyst adjusts estimates to reflect back-half weighted year after THQ moves title from Q2 to Q3
28th May, 2008
PS3's profitability curve mildly catastrophic, says Stringer
Sony's Chairman and CEO says that the PS3 is now in good shape, despite being on "life support" for a while
Guillemot confirms 3D games development at Ubisoft
3D Avatar collaboration with James Cameron due next summer, says CEO
Tom Clancy series tops 55 million units sold
Assassin's Creed shifts six million, Rayman titles hit 22 million units
Ubisoft relies on old favourites at Ubidays event in Paris
Handful of new titles revealed, but top-selling franchises take centre stage
27th May, 2008
In-game ads not very effective, says St John
Despite pioneering in-game ads, Wild Tangent has found them ineffective and switched to a different model
Square Enix FY07 profits down 20%
Square Enix has reported a 20 per cent year-to-year decline in profits and decreasing sales in North America
23rd May, 2008
Growth will come from bite-sized pieces, says Vrabeck
EA Casual Entertainment's president sees the future of gaming in bite-sized pieces supported by ads and microtransactions
Nintendo opts out of Leipzig GC 2008
Nintendo has decided not to attend Leipzig, preferring to focus on smaller events and national tours
22nd May, 2008
Games industry becoming a broadcast model, says St John
Wild Tangent CEO Alex St John sees the games industry evolving into a more mass market broadcast model
THQ has time to contemplate hypothetical loss of Pixar license
Should THQ lose the rights to produce games based upon Pixar films, the impact would not be felt until FY 2014
PSP is "gateway drug" to consoles, says SCEA
SCEA's John Koller says that PSP owners are transitioning to the PS3 as they move along the adoption curve
Wii beat PS2 software record, says Nintendo
Nintendo claims that its Wii console has broken the PS2's record by selling 50 million games during its first 18 months
21st May, 2008
Madden NFL PSP entertainment pack coming in August
SCEA has announced a limited-edition metallic blue PSP bundled with Madden NFL 09 for North America
GRID demo downloaded more than 1 million times
The demo for Codemasters' upcoming racing title has already been downloaded more than a million times
Pipeline lets Microsoft take its time, says Kim
A full pipeline relieves the pressure of Microsoft having to rush titles such as Halo Wars and Alan Wake
Playlogic welcomes new IR and corporate PR officer
Robert A Van Duivenbode has joined Playlogic as the company's investor relations and corporate PR officer
Kim denies motion-sensing 360 controller, but reiterates commitment to new hardware
Microsoft VP promises to "continue to push innovation in a whole bunch of different places"
3D Xbox 360 games up and running at Ubisoft
Movie director James Cameron reveals adaptation of 3D movie working on home consoles
Management delayed Killzone 2, not dev problems - SCEA
Publisher conscious of crowding retail during Christmas period
20th May, 2008
Nintendo fights $232 million EU penalty
The publisher contends that the fine - for colluding to raise prices in the 1990s - was unjustified
Ubisoft "immune to slowdown" as it seeks 900 new employees
Economic problems won't affect industry says Splinter Cell publisher as it begins massive global recruitment drive
Sony to take action over 'Uncharted' replica gun sales
Air gun sold using Drake's Fortune branding not officially sanctioned or licensed, says SCE
19th May, 2008
Moore: Leaving Microsoft "broke my heart"
EA Sports president Peter Moore has spoken of his pain at quitting his former role as Xbox boss, revealing: "It broke my heart leaving Microsoft."
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
14th May, 2008
Xbox 360 reaches 10 million mark in US
Microsoft has announced that the Xbox 360 has sold 19 million units worldwide - with more than half sold in the US
2008 will be a landmark year, says Kim
Microsoft's Shane Kim thinks that 2008 will be an even better year for the Xbox 360 in a tight horse race
13th May, 2008
Sony platforms dominated EA fiscal Q4 2008 sales
Publisher numbers reveal that the PS2 and PS3 accounted for 61 per cent of all console revenue generated
EA reports 15 double platinum titles in 2008
Company also confirms that it was the number one publisher across all platforms
12th May, 2008
Japanese developers tend not to take risks, says Miyamoto
Shigeru Miyamoto said that Japanese publishers tend to make conservative games over taking risks
9th May, 2008
EA receives $1 billion loan commitment
Electronic Arts has secured a commitment for a $1 billion loan towards its proposed acquisition of Take-Two
BioWare alters proposed PC copy protection
BioWare has responded to an outcry over proposed PC copy protection methods requiring online validation
10tacle and TGC reverse acquisition
10tacle, which announced the acquisition of TGC last year, has decided to reverse the transaction
Reeves admits PSP needs more new games
But SCEE president promises "absolutely phenomenal" Japanese titles will be released in Europe
8th May, 2008
Activision reports $2.9 billion net revenues for FY 2008
CEO Kotick notes that 2008 was the best year in the company's history, with Q4 the most profitable non-holiday quarter
MMO Week: TV production akin to game development
FireSky's VP sees a similarity between TV series production and development of incremental MMO content
7th May, 2008
EA: Take-Two deal now "50/50 at best"
An EA VP says that Take-Two is not a strategic priority, claiming that the publisher is not desperate
6th May, 2008
EA Sports introduces Freestyle sub-brand
Electronic Arts has announced a new EA Sports sub-brand for the more casual gaming audience
PS3 PlayTV European launch in September
SCEE president David Reeves has announced that PlayTV will be available in September for a price of EUR 99
Empire Interactive adds to North American team
Empire Interactive has hired product marketing and management directors for its new US office
Gameforge opens US office
German developer and publisher Gameforge has announced the opening of a US branch with an office in San Francisco
PS3 sales surpass Xbox 360 in Europe, says Sony
Sony has sold more than 5 million PS3 consoles in Europe to date - surpassing sales of the Xbox 360
5th May, 2008
SVG/Crave names new senior VP
David Burchi has been named senior VP of content and strategic development for SVG Distribution/Crave Entertainment
THQ: $1 billion in sales of Nickelodeon titles
While announcing its upcoming Nickelodeon titles, THQ revealed that it has sold more than 50 million units
2nd May, 2008
Activision, Vivendi discontinue ESA membership
The US game publishers organisation confirms that that Activision and Vivendi have discontinued their membership
Capcom promotes Beaumont to COO
Capcom has promoted executive VP Mark Beaumont to COO for North America and Europe
1st May, 2008
Empire CEO steps down
Ian Higgins is leaving the company, now owned by Silverstar Holdings, after a 21-year career
