Entries in 'Digital' (649)
Ubisoft opens new digital division
Ubisoft is to open a new department focused on digital publishing, appointing former Microsoft casual gaming boss Chris Early.
Publishers wary of the digital goldrush
Games firms are concerned that the digital marketplace isn’t big enough to sustain the number of competitors eyeing the space.
Square unveils digital E3 line-up
Square Enix has announced that four new digital titles will be included in its E3 line-up this year.
Games industry facing ‘first big crisis’
In a chilling warning ahead of the global games industry gathering at E3’s LA Convention Center, Namco Bandai’s VP of sales, marketing and publishing Olivier Comte has outlined what he ...
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PS3 to get Games-On-Demand portal?
Having already demonstrated its digital ambitions by releasing PSPgo, the world’s first ever digital-only console, could Sony be about to embark on another digital first in the console market?
U-Sing goes digital
Mindscape takes its first steps into the digital games space next month with the release of U-Sing: Girls’ Night.
Warner appoints digital games chief
In another high-profile nod to the growing importance of digital retail in the video games industry, Warner Interactive has appointed Jeff Junge in the newly created role of senior VP ...
Success to be had in PSPgo market
The PSPgo market may be more profitable than first thought – Slitherine claims the Sony handheld is one of its most lucrative platforms.
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EA profits in Q4
EA has posted Q4 net revenues of $979 million, up $119 million from 2009's Q4 tally of $860 million. Profits came in at $30 million, compared with a net loss ...
Digital price comparison site launches
A new digital game downloads price comparison site fronted by an ex-director of Koch Media has gone live.
Sega urges digital caution
Though digital retail will inevitably grow to occupy a key chunk of the console games market, the VP of sales and marketing at Sega US Alan Pritchard has warned that ...
Green Man Gaming finally goes live
Gamers can now for the first time trade in their digitally downloaded titles with the official, albeit slightly delayed, launch of Green Man Gaming’s ecommerce portal.
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The contrasting strategies of GAME and GameStop
Video games retailers are currently facing up to the biggest ever challenge to their business models as supermarkets up their interest in the sector and the growth of digital distribution ...
OPINION: Sega's new saga
Recent news that Sega has cut back on staff numbers only told the horrible half of a fairly revealing transformation at the company.
THQ looks to digital market
The digital market is growing at an exponential rate, and THQ has become the latest publisher to announce an increased focus on the sector.
Sega changes ‘reflect changing face of market’
Publisher Sega has released an official statement confirming comments by Sega West boss Mike Hayes last night, which broke the news that a total of 73 jobs are to be ...
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Sega confirms job losses, restructuring
Publisher Sega is to massively overhaul its Western operations in a move that will result in both a loss of jobs and a massive realignment toward the growing digital distribution ...
GAME’s digital battle cry
Leading UK video games retailer GAME has outlined its ongoing strategy that it hopes will increase the amount of its revenue that stems from its digital business.
GAME: Digital impacting store count
It’s been a tough morning for GAME. Profits have been falling, execs have been departing, and now the interim management team has had to defend its decision to ...
Ubisoft ditches instruction manuals
In a move that will strike horror into the aged games collector but most likely mean very little to younger games fans, publisher Ubisoft has announced that it is to ...
Clegg: I’ll repeal DEB
Still jubilant after his success as last night’s first ever UK televised Election Debate, Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg has announced that he will repeal the Digital Economy Bill if ...
WoW pet making $2.5m an hour
The ‘Celestial Mount’ in-game item for Activision-Blizzard’s MMORPG-hit World of Warcraft caused such high demand on it’s first day of availability that the studio claim they had to scale down ...
Square Enix: DLC is ‘a must’
Digital content is now “a massive part of” Square Enix Europe’s remit, says the group’s CEO Phil Rogers.
‘Robust’ appeals process for DEB
UK communications industry regulator Ofcom has moved to assure the public that anyone accused of illegal filesharing under the recently passed Digital Economy Bill legislation will have access to “a ...
GAME adds DLC alert to pre-owned
Leading UK video games retailer GAME has introduced warning stickers on pre-owned copies of games that do not include the DLC those who bought the new version would have found ...
