GC 2008
EA: Packaged goods won't go away in the next 20 years
Senior VP Jens Uwe Intat believes games are too big for pure digital distribution
EA: Second-hand sales are a "critical situation"
Publisher hopes online content and services can stop consumers trading in games to the second-hand market
Sony: "We like to provide as many services as possible for free"
Shuhei Yoshida on partnerships with other companies, and new revenue models
GC Asia unveils 12 participating countries
Organiser confirms new product premieres at the event in Singapore
Will Wright: E3 is "the walking dead"
"Real" LA event "died a couple of years ago," claims Sims creator
No new model PS2 for UK
Super-slim unit won't be released in the UK, but is available in some Euro regions
Guitar Hero to feature branded equipment and famous stages
New title will see in-game sponsorships from famous equipment manufacturers and digitally re-created stages
Home to go live in Asia this autumn
Closed beta begins middle of September, users invited to sign up next week
New J-League Winning Eleven title tops Japanese sales chart
DS titles occupy most places in the top ten with three new titles
Blockbuster, 7-Eleven to stock PSN Cards this September
Major US retailers begin selling credit card alternative next month
Gearbox in talks to do new Halo game?
But no deal in place yet, says Variety, citing unnamed sources
Uncharted tops first UK PS3 budget chart
Introduction of Platinum range prompts new data from GfK Chart-Track
EA and Activision Blizzard dominate Q3 releases
Screen Digest analyst also identifies long list of new IP for Wii - but questions quality
PSP surpasses 10m sales in Japan
Top five selling games also named, revealing dominance of Monster Hunter titles
New development team for Sin City game
Title taken off Transmission Games and given to unannounced studio
Microsoft recoups $20m on Sony rumble payments
Litigation roundabout sees Microsoft bag rumble tech for little more than USD 5 million
Brain Training spends record-breaking 80 weeks in UK top ten
Top five sellers in region remain the same as last week
Interview GC 2008
Jens Uwe Intat - Part One
The EA Europe senior VP on piracy, digital distribution, second-hand game sales and how the music industry's business model is changing.
Interview GC 2008
Yoshida's Island - Part One
The Sony Worldwide Studios boss on moving to Japan, providing services for free, and the excitement around LittleBigPlanet
Interview GC 2008
All About Yves
Ubisoft's CEO on the development of Europe, cultural sensitivity and promoting game quality above financial schedules
Interview GC 2008
SCEE's David Reeves
The company's president on new announcements, price cuts, the importance of software, and winning in Europe
Interview Online
Ben Cousins
The Battlefield Heroes boss on lessons learned from the beta, and designing for mass market PCs and new business models
Editorial Publishers
Grubby Hands
This week's legal threats to consumers are a nasty, underhanded piece of work.
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