Game industry business news

Following the recent news that Warner Bros is to drop its support of Toshiba’s HD-DVD hi-def movie format, fellow movie studio Paramount has denied that it is to do the same. Bloomberg reports that US newspapers are claiming that Paramount has a clause in its HD-DVD exclusivity contract that allows …

Philips’ multimedia sensory amBX system has received another boost with the news that French publisher Ubisoft is to incorporate amBX functionality into two of its big upcoming titles. The PC versions of highly anticipated Far Cry 2 and FPS sequel Brothers in Arms Hell’s Highway will both be programmed to …

Microsoft has announced that eight new titles have been added to its Games for Windows range – Capcom’s Bionic Commando, Eidos’ Conflict: Denied Ops and Tomb Raider: Underworld, Sega’s Space Siege and Empire: Total War, Stardock’s Sins of a Solar Empire, LucasArts’ LEGO Indiana Jones and Microsoft’s own Train Simulator …

In what could come as a massive blow to its own UMD format, Sony has unveiled Blu-Ray movies that contain a standard-res version of the film embedded on the disc that can be transferred to PSP for viewing on the move. By attaching the PSP to a PS3 via a …

Following Activision’s victory in the Christmas battle and Ubisoft’s in the New Year chart, it’s business as usual this week with EA’s FIFA series claiming the top spot in ChartTrack’s first 2008 Top 40 – just as it did in 2007. Last week’s number one, Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed, drops to …

This week the featured job is Business Sector Manager at Sega, but there are many other vacancies that need to be filled, including Product Manager, Director of Product Marketing, Senior Marketing Manager, Senior Character Animator, Account Manager, Producer and Account Manager. Whatever sector of the international video games market you’re …

Microsoft’s games chief Don Mattrick has told staff via a memo, that was subsequently leaked by notorious Xbox insider Dean Takahashi, that the Xbox 360 can win the current console battle after enjoying the most profitable year ever seen in gaming. The memo read: According to US NPD data through …

Electronic Arts has confirmed the acquisition of BioWare and Pandemic holding company VG Holdings for $860m. The two studios have now officially joined the EA fold under the EA Games label and bring ten new franchises, based on six wholly-owned IP, to the publisher. These include Mercenaries and Saboteur. For …

SCE chief executive Kaz Hirai has stated that Sony’s PlayStation gaming business is hoping to post a profit in its next financial year following some strong Xmas sales of its three consoles in North America. SCEA today confirmed that the firm sold 3.9 million PS3, PS2 and PSP consoles in …

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