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Publisher to release key games for US and European gamers on digital distribution platform
Read More »Moledina pours scorn on in-game ads and digital distribution
Former GDC boss uses new-found freedom to air doubts over key industry trends
Read More »Bionic Commando’s week one sales ‘sends a message to developers’
Capcom and Grin's download remake has 'set a standard in digital gaming' with 130,000 units sold
Read More »Microsoft: No question downloads will overtake retail
Microsoft says there is ‘no question’ that the sale of downloaded games will overtake the sales of games at retail in the coming years. According to David Gosen, Xbox Europe’s VP of strategic marketing and Live, There’s no question digital will overtake physical. It happened in music and will happen …
Read More »Atari not prepared to give up on boxed product business
Atari’s UK managing director Jeremy Wigmore has told MCV that the company still has great faith in its boxed product business – despite all of the media speculation surrounding Phil Harrison ‘s new online project. Ever since their respective appointments at the firm, Harrison and new Infogrames CEO David Gardner …
Read More »EA to launch own PC download site
Electronic Arts is preparing to offer its PC consumers the chance to download games from its own digital store. The publisher has launched a viral marketing campaign to promote the new portal. The video opens by with a wooden EA-branded box and the promise that: ‘Something BIG is about to …
Read More »Volition developers split for Blazing Lizard
New studio to focus on downloadable console titles
Read More »Eidos counts the millions
Ahead of the publishing of its FY07 financial results in September, Eidos has heralded the success of a number of its titles and stated its belief in the PS3. Joining Tomb Raider Anniversary in the million-seller club is free-roaming jungle romp Just Cause. Next-gen sea-battler Battlestations: Midway was also highlighted …
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