Entries in 'entertainment' (117)
GDC: Eidos turns PSP into virtual music studio
A new piece of software developed by Definitive Studios and published by Eidos will position Sony's PSP as a piece of professional music equipment.
Riccitiello’s shoes filled at VG Holding
Greg Richardson has taken the position of CEO at VG Holding, following John Riccitiello’s departure for EA.
Five more years of The Crazy Frog
Time to invest in some new earplugs – Myriad Interactive has signed a five-year contract with Eric Wernquist and Kaktus Film for their The Annoying Thing property, ensuring that it ...
Namco Bandai profits jump, revenues fall
According to Gamasutra.com, sales from the Japanese firm's video games business helped boost profit to Y19.89 billion (EURO 126.8 million) in the three months before December 31st – a rise ...Advertisement
2007 games sales at an all-time high
According to ChartTrack, the spell between December 31st and February 10th was the biggest ever in terms of both market value and units sold.
Movie downloads coming to PS3
Speaking to 1up.com, Harrison said: “The decision we made to put a hard drive in every PlayStation 3 was because we saw the long term benefit; the ten year plan ...
Solid Snake sneaks into Hollywood
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the studio plans to turn Konami’s series into a character-driven futuristic spy thriller.
Good day for next-gen mags in ABCs
ABC's figures show that the readership of Future Publishing’s Official Nintendo and Official Xbox 360 magazines have both jumped up significantly – as have that of Imagine Publishing’s X360 and ...Advertisement
IGN eclipses rivals in net ratings
According to traffic figures from Media Metrix/ComScore sent out by IGN today, the firm trounced rivals including CVG, GamesRadar and Eurogamer in the month.
Branson promises download revolution for PC games
The subsidiary Virgin Games and Game Domain International (GDI) this morning announced a new 3D ‘virtual world’ platform called A World of My Own (AWOMO).
Lowenstein aims parting shot at industry
Speaking at the DICE Summit, Lowenstein hit out at makers of controversial games who don’t defend themselves in the face of critics.
New ‘deluxe’ 360 arriving soon?
Official Xbox Magazine reports that sources at Australian retail chain Myers have leaked Microsoft’s plans to launch the suped-up console just in time for the launch of PS3 in an ...Advertisement
Sales rocket at Activision
Preliminary net income for the fiscal third quarter was up significantly to a $125 million, up from $68m for the same period last year. Net revenues were up by a ...
Retailers slam HMV over PS3 deal
An email from the firm last Friday guaranteed 5,000 consumers that they could be one of the ‘lucky few’ to pick up a PS3 on March 23rd – so long ...
NCsoft invests for the future
The Korean games firm announced consolidated sales of KRW 338.7 billion (USD 361m) in 2006, but pre-tax profit dropped 41 per cent to KRW 50.0bn (USD 53.3m).
Yahoo’s Brand Universe to launch on Wii
Yahoo is planning 100 websites, each around one ‘hot entertainment brand', which will be based around social networking and user-generated content, reports Information Week.Advertisement
