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The publisher of the X Factor game unveiled by MCV last week has been named – it’s Koch Media. After a no-doubt grueling round of auditions and pitches, Koch’s Deep Silver publishing label has met the approval of brand owner FremantleMedia, Simon Cowell’s production firm SyCo and, we assume, fellow …
Read More »Telltale scores Jurassic Park licence
Telltale Games, the developer that delivered episodic chunks of Sam & Max, has according to reports snapped up the Jurassic Park licence. The Californian studio said it will develop a new series of episodic Jurassic Park games, having sealed an agreement with licence holder NBC Universal. According to a GameInformer …
Read More »New X Factor game in the works?
A multiformat X Factor game is on the cards from TV production firm talkbackThames Digital. The company, which owns the rights to The X Factor and other brands including The Apprentice and Britain’s Got Talent, has told MCV it is working on games and iPhone apps” for the shows. MCV understands …
Read More »Next Harry Potter detailed
Publishers EA and Warner Interactive have announced that, much like the upcoming film based on JK Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, its licensed video game tie-in will come in two separate, full-length parts. Furthermore, the publishers have pledged a darker, more action-orientated take on the series that it …
Read More »The most expensive game ever made?
A pleasingly positive report on Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption in The Daily Mail has pegged the development budget of the game at up to $100m”. If true, the figure places the title in contention to be the most expensive game ever produced. A report earlier this year named Grand Theft …
Read More »New PEGI guidelines released
PEGI has released fresh guidelines on where to label its age-ratings. The guidelines detail where its age-rating labels and descriptor icons should appear on video game packaging and in promotional materials, including print, TV, radio and online. More information can be found on the PEGI website, here. The PEGI age …
Read More »Shocking Eidos ad banned
The Advertising Standards Authority has outlawed an Eidos advertising campaign for Kane & Lynch. The body has ordered Eidos not to print or broadcast the ads again, after upholding 26 complaints and calling the promotion ‘graphic’ and ‘shocking’. One press ad shows a gagged woman, crying and having her head …
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