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Following yesterday’s news that EA is working on a fifth outing for the SimCity series, dubbed SimCity Societies, news has emerged that long-term developer Maxis will not be involved in the project, CVG reports. Instead, Caesar IV developer Tilted Mill is taking the helm as the series heads in what …
Read More »DS online service hits five million
The top five most popular titles played over wi-fi by the five million unique users were Animal Crossing: Wild World, Mario Kart DS, Metroid Prime Hunters and also Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl, which are set to launch in Europe on July 27th. With Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, Nintendo DS and …
Read More »UK trade show revealed
A new retail-focused show called GamePlan will take place in a central London hotel over June 5th and 6th 2008. Co-organised by Barrington Harvey and Tandem Events, it will provide a meeting place for publishers and retailers to do business away from the razzmatazz of a stand-based show. "Since E3 …
Read More »Hour of Victory targets June 22nd
As well as confirming that a demo of the game will appear on Xbox Live next Wednesday, Midway has apparently confirmed that its upcoming WWII FPS Hour of Victory will be released on June 22nd, according to Eurogamer . The demo, much like the game, will offer three playable characters …
Read More »Valves downloads build up Steam
Valve has revealed that some 13 million gamers have now signed up to use its Steam digital downloads service. The developer best know for its ultra-successful Half-Life franchise has also announced that more than 150 PC games can now be downloaded via the service. In Steam’s case, we have millions …
Read More »Japanese charts: Nintendo formats claim full top 20
The latest weekly figures from Famitsu show that sales in Japan have been once again dominated by Nintendo – with the full top 20-selling titles being released on Wii or DS. Square Enix’s Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings on DS takes the top spot for the second week running, whilst …
Read More »THQ snaps up Universomo
Universomo has been developing mobile games for publishers since 2002, and boasts what it callls an ‘automated porting solution’ which caters for all mobile handsets. Bringing cross-platform mobile development capabilities in-house is a key component in our growth strategy,” said THQ executive vice president of worldwide publishing Kelly Flock. The …
Read More »Record results for Activision
US publisher Activision has announced its preliminary financial results for the quarter and fiscal year ending March 31st, showing that the company enjoyed annual net revenues of $1.51 billion. This figure beats the previous year’s $1.47 billion, and is well ahead of the publisher’s original forecast of $1.40 billion. Activision’s …
Read More »Next Splinter Cell name revealed?
A translation from Finnish games mag Magaza Pelaaja courtesy of games blog Kotaku claims that Ubisoft’s next outing for stealthy gaming superstar Sam Fisher will be dubbed Splinter Cell: Conviction. After dabbling with the idea of turning his back on the government in the last outing, Double Agent, this new …
Read More »THQ and SimBin part company
THQ has confirmed that it will now not be publishing SimBin’s upcoming Xbox 360 title GTR Racing, consumer games portal CVG is reporting. GTR, a hardcore racing title, has already enjoyed much success on PC, and THQ was due to publish the Xbox 360 version this Spring. "THQ and SimBin …
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