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Read More »D3P to publish Despicable Me
Universal Pictures’ upcoming 3D animated movie Despicable Me is also heading to games consoles following news that D3P has snapped up the publishing rights. Despicable Me is the first film from new studio Illumination Entertainment. The worldwide agreement will see both console and handheld gaming tie-ins hit the North American …
Read More »Ubisoft to cut licensing spend
Despite Avatar’s record-breaking performance at the box office, Ubisoft’s game of the film has failed to impress either critic or consumers – and now the French publisher is saying that it plans to rethink its licensing strategy. The goal is to reduce the investment in licenses, and put more emphasis …
Read More »Ubisoft to cut licensing spend
Despite Avatar’s record-breaking performance at the box office, Ubisoft’s game of the film has failed to impress either critic or consumers – and now the French publisher is saying that it plans to rethink its licensing strategy. The goal is to reduce the investment in licenses, and put more emphasis …
Read More »Percy Jackson coming to DS
With Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightening Thief, the first film based on Rick Riordan’s successful book series, due out later this year it has been confirmed that Activision has captured the rights to publish the associated video game. On the way for Nintendo’s DS, the title is described …
Read More »The revival of the movie tie-in
A look at how the games that accompany Hollywood's cinematic releases must evolve
Read More »Gaming surpasses film in 2009
Despite the British cinema industry enjoying its best 12 months in almost 30 years, the UK public spent around half a billion pounds more on gaming than it did movies in the year ending September 2009, according to The Daily Telegraph. The newspaper pens the total amount spent at 1.73bn …
Read More »UK Film Council remains tight-lipped
The UK Film Council is staying silent on the possibility of incorporating video games into its remit. The notion of games being integrated into the Council’s responsibilities was suggested last month by Shadow Culture Secretary Ed Vaizey. In his address at this year’s London Games Conference, he described the Film …
Read More »Games and film â??in danger of being indistinguishableâ??
â??I sometimes feel like I'm seeing the same trailer over and over,â? says POP dev and screenwriter
Read More »Fourth Resident Evil film confirmed
Love them or hate them, the Resident Evil movie series has been a very profitable venture for both distributor Screen Gems and IP holder Capcom – so news of a fourth film in the series will clearly be good news for some. Resident Evil: Afterlife will see the return of …
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