Entries in 'canada' (24)
Report - Tecmo Koei Canada to close later this month
Toronto-based studio Tecmo Koei Canada will reportedly be shut down at the end of March.
Wii Mini has sold 35,700 units in Canada
Nintendo has revealed how well its Wii Mini has sold in the Canadian market.
International Factfile: Canada
Canada is one of the world’s biggest video games markets and it continues to grow.
So what is the Wii Mini?
$99.99. It’s the magic price that all hardware eventually aspires to. And it’s exactly the price the Wii Mini will launch at.
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$99 Wii Mini is confirmed; Does not include internet connectivity; Is Canadian exclusive
Nintendo has officially unveiled the Wii Mini.
INTERNATIONAL FACTFILE: Canada
In terms of employee numbers, Canada is home to the third biggest video game industry in the world. 16,000 people are employed by games firms across 348 companies, according to ...
FIFA dev EA Canada tops Develop 100
Yesterday our sister site Develop launched the latest edition of its widely-read Develop 100, a ranking of the best studios in the world.
Vita 3G delayed in Canada, retail claims
Retailer EB Games has contacted many of its Canadian customers saying that the 3G-ready version of the PlayStation Vita has been delayed in the country.
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EB Games to scrap distinction between new and used games
Canadian retailer EB Games has reportedly done away with the distinction between new and pre-owned games.
Silicon Knights axes 75% of workforce
Canadian games studio Silicon Knights has laid off three quarters of its staff, according to sources close to the company.
Now Canadian Sony site is hacked
Having just confessed to a fresh data theft from the Sony Greece BMG website, the PlayStation platform has now revealed a further breach of its online security.
Ubisoft granted THQ injunction
THQ has been issued an injunction preventing it from illicitly pulling talent away from a Ubisoft studio in Canada.
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Beenox given Spider-Man duties
Developer Beenox is now responsible for Activision’s future Spider-Man games following the release of last year's Shattered Dimensions.
UK dev workforce falls 9%
A stabbing wake-up call was dealt to the UK games industry today with new independent data revealing that the sector’s workforce has contracted by nearly nine per cent since 2008.
Gamescom 2010 draws record numbers
This year’s Gamescom has pulled in a record amount of exhibitors with 505 companies attending at the Koelnmesse in Germany.
17 new countries getting iPhone 4
Apple has confirmed that the iPhone 4 will be launched in 17 new countries this Friday, July 30th.
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Warner Bros plans Montreal studio
Warner Bros. Interactive is planning to open a new development studio in Montreal.
Canada becomes official Gamescom partner
In a demonstration of its increasingly global reach, this year’s Gamescom has struck a deal with global development hub Canada that will see the territory enjoy a leading presence at ...
THQ to open Montreal studio
Another big publisher has made the move to open a dev base in subsidy-supported Quebec, Canada – with THQ the latest to establish a Montreal studio.
CANADA: Q1 sales fall by 8.5 per cent
Stats from sales analyst NPD have shown that the Canadian video games market suffered a like-for-like fall in sales in Q1 – the first time the territory has shown an ...
Further job cuts rumoured at EA
The EA rumour mill has continued to grind this morning with talk of further lay offs in both Canada and Australia.
CANADA: Annual games market soars
Following last week’s news that the North American video games market grew by 19 per cent to hit $21.33bn last year, NPD figures have also shown that the Canadian industry ...
UK calls on WTO to investigate Canada tax breaks
The UK’s Ministry of Culture, Media and Sport has formally started an investigation into the legality of Canada’s tax incentives for games studios.
Canada gets 360 price cut
After cutting the price of the Xbox 360 in the US, Microsoft has done the same on various models in Canada as well.The Premium and Core consoles have been ...
