Tag Archives: distribution

RSG and Namco strike Harvest Moon deal

Publisher Rising Star Games has announced a fresh deal with Namco Bandai that will see that firm handle distribution duties for both Harvest Moon: Animal Parade on Wii and Harvest Moon: Sunshine Islands on DS next month. The deal applies to EMEA regions. The Harvest Moon series has a very …

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New digital distributor emerges

Atomblock is the latest player to join the increasingly competitive world of digital games distribution. The firm says it will open digital game shops for retailers and media, and its platform has already been picked up by MSN Benelux. The distributor has 450 titles ready to download from clients including …

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Minis, Steam or App Store: which to choose?

Distribution is the third pillar of self-publishing. In this week's column, Lovell looks at how the role of distribution has changed from the days of warehouse, vans and men with barrows.

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Major expansion for Gem

Gem has announced a tactical restructure, opening a new warehouse facility, shuffling senior management and further expanding its presence in mainland Europe. The Group’s primary distribution division, Gem Logistics, has just opened the doors of a new warehouse site in Raunds, near Northampton. This new site is complementary to Gem’s …

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Funbox Media signs with Gem

Gem has signed an exclusive distribution deal with software publisher Funbox Media that will see the distie stocking new titles such as North American Hunting Extravaganza. The partnership means Gem will be providing the publisher’s PC, Wii and Nintendo DS titles via both primary and secondary distribution. Barry Hatch, MD …

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Koch secures European Codies deal

Koch Media has announced it has finalised an exclusive sales, marketing and PR agreement with Codemasters. The distributor will now handle the release of Codies’ titles in several European territories, including Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux, France and Italy. This new arrangement begins in September with the highly anticipated racer F1 …

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Codies strikes F1 Middle East deal

UK publisher Codemasters has struck a deal with AXO Entertainment and Modern Electronics that will see the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC release of F1 2010 released across the Middle East this September. Both gamers and motor sports enthusiasts alike have been looking forward to F1 2010 since we announced …

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Codies strikes F1 Middle East deal

UK publisher Codemasters has struck a deal with AXO Entertainment and Modern Electronics that will see the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC release of F1 2010 released across the Middle East this September. Both gamers and motor sports enthusiasts alike have been looking forward to F1 2010 since we announced …

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Gem partners with Mindscape

Distributor Gem has announced an exclusive partnership with French publisher Mindscape that will see its upcoming games distributed across the UK. The first game to be included in the deal will be Wii karaoke title U-Sing Girls Night which hits retail on June 18th. We are thrilled to be working …

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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 the industry must not repeat the mistakes seen in the mobile rush earlier this decade. We are obviously looking at …

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