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Take-Two Shares Profits with Rockstar Games


December 18, 2008 by Ryan Ball No Comments divider image

Under new management, Take-Two Interactive Software has established an incentive compensation program for the Rockstar Games label that is primarily based on a profit-sharing arrangement. The publisher has also entered into new, long-term employment agreements with members of the creative team of its wholly-owned Rockstar Games publishing label, and has [...]

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Wii, DS Set Sales Records


December 11, 2008 by Ryan Ball No Comments divider image

Nintendo announced that its Wii console and handheld DS system sold more than 3.6 million units combined in the U.S. in November, setting new hardware sales records. According NPD Group, an independent entity that tracks video game sales in the U.S., consumers snatched up more than two million Wiis last [...]

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SURGE is working for NAMCO BANDAI


December 4, 2008 by Ryan Ball No Comments divider image

Video-game publisher and developer NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. today announced the formation of SURGE, a new studio and publishing label dedicated to cutting-edge games for western gamers. The first title to be released under the SURGE banner will be an interactive adaptation of the Spike TV animated series Afro [...]

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Atari Telling Tale of Despereaux


December 3, 2008 by Ryan Ball No Comments divider image

With the folding of Brash Ent., Atari has picked up North American publishing rights to the video game based on Universal’s CG-animated family film The Tale of Despreaux. The game will be released in conjunction with the movie’s Dec. 19 North American theatrical bow. Since there was no time to [...]

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Glu to Publish Watchmen Mobile Game


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Glu Mobile Inc. will publish a mobile video game based on Warner Bros. Pictures’ upcoming superhero flick Watchmen. The title will launch worldwide in conjunction with the March 6 domestic opening of the film, an eagerly awaited adaptation of DC Comics’ 1985 Hugo Award-winning graphic novel by Alan Moore and [...]

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Street Date for Resident Evil: Degeneration


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The war against the zombies is on again, and this time it’s animated. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment announced that it will release the direct-to-video toon feature Resident Evil: Degeneration on DVD, Blu-ray and PSP on Dec. 27. The CG sequel takes place seven years after the Raccoon City incident and [...]

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NetDragon Developing Disney Fantasy Online


December 2, 2008 by Ryan Ball No Comments divider image

Online game developer NetDragon Websoft Inc. in China has teamed with the Walt Disney Co.’s Interactive Media Group for the first time to create Disney Fantasy Online, a massively multiplayer online role playing game set to launch this spring. The title will immerse gamers in a Disney-themed world hosted by [...]

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Space Invaders Get Even on WiiWare


December 1, 2008 by Ryan Ball No Comments divider image

TAITO Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Square Enix Holdings Co. Ltd., today announced that Space Invaders Get Even is now available via WiiWare, Nintendo’s downloadable games service. The title puts a twist on the classic Atari game by allowing players to command a legion of Space Invaders and take over [...]

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Warcraft Expansion Sees Record Sales


November 21, 2008 by Ryan Ball No Comments divider image

Blizzard Ent. has announced that World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, the second expansion pack for the hugely successful game franchise, sold more than 2.8 million copies in its first day of availability, making it the fastest-selling PC game of all time. The record was previously held by [...]

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Terminator Salvation Game Details


November 20, 2008 by Ryan Ball No Comments divider image

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Equity Games Production and Halcyon Games released details on Terminator Salvation’The Videogame. The third-person shooter will be released in conjunction with the highly anticipated prequel from Warner Bros. Pictures and Sony Pictures, which opens nationwide on May 22, 2009. ‘Building on the incredibly strong franchise, Terminator [...]

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