MCV/DEVELOP News, events, research and jobs from the games industry
With Halo 3 currently claiming the title of the most played game on Microsoft’s Xbox Live network, there will be plenty of gamers celebrating the news that Bungie is to release two multiplayer map bundles for the world-beating FPS. Microsoft blog Gamerscore reports that the first bundle will arrive for …
Read More »Revenues down for Atari fiscal Q2 08
Atari’s financial filing for its second financial quarter of 2008 ending September 30th 2007 shows that net loss for the period reached $7.7 million, up from a loss of $68,000 in the same period the year before. Net revenue for the period was $13.3 million, down from $28.6 million last …
Read More »Former Barbie boss joins EA
As leading global publisher Electronic Arts continues to press ahead with its grand plans for casual gaming, the publisher has recruited former Mattel executive Russell Arons as its VP of marketing at EA Casual Entertainment. Arons has worked in global brand management for nearly 15 years, with her most notable …
Read More »Ubisoft celebrates Assassins Creed success
As well as clinching the top spot in the ChartTrack All Formats Top 40, Ubisoft’s Xbox 360 and PS3 title Assassin’s Creed marks the publisher’s first All Formats Number One since the release of Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 in March this year. In addition, the game becomes the second …
Read More »Chart Assassination for Call of Duty
Highly anticipated historical stealth adventure Assassin’s Creed has knocked reigning chart topper Call of Duty 4 from the top of the ChartTrack All Formats Top 40, with the Xbox 360 version leading the way claiming 67 per cent of the title’s total sales. Activision’s FPS drops to number two following …
Read More »The Darkness 2 lurking in the shadows?
CVG reports that an employee of comic publisher and The Darkness rights holder Top Cow Comics has let slip that a sequel to the title is already in the works. The rumours claim that Starbreeze Studios, the developer of the first title and also of celebrated Xbox outing The Chronicles …
Read More »Disney prepares to ramp up Prague mobile studio
European facility renamed to Disney Mobile Games Studio
Read More »Bach: Xbox Live has no competition
Robbie Bach, the president of Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices Division, has stated that his firm’s Xbox Live network puts the efforts of his gaming rivals to shame. "It’s fair to say that Xbox Live is clearly head and shoulders above anything anyone else has tried to do. We don’t have …
Read More »Call of Duty 4 guns down Euro chart opposition
After shooting its way to the top of the UK ChartTrack All Formats Top 40, Activision’s Call of Duty 4 is also setting the pace across Europe by topping the German charts and storming its way into the Spanish Top Five, Next-Gen reports. The PC, 360 and PS3 versions of …
Read More »Lost Planet confirmed for PS3
Japanese developer and publisher Capcom has confirmed that successful Xbox 360 shooter Lost Planet will arrive on PS3 in February next year, CVG reports. The Sony version will contain on the disc all of the extra downloadable features that have been made available to 360 gamers since the game’s release …
Read More »