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Rising UK games outfit Creative Distribution has secured the services of former EUK sales manager Kevin Young, as it announces a move to brand new premises ten times the size of its current base. Young joins the Croydon-based distributor as new business manager, and will be tasked with expanding Creative’s …
Read More »Disney reveals G-Force game tie-in
Disney has revealed that it will unsurprisingly be publishing a game based on its upcoming 3D Jerry Bruckheimer film G-Force on Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, DS, PSP, PS2, PC and iPhone/iPod Touch this July. The G-Force video game gives players the opportunity to take on new enemies, weapons and missions …
Read More »Konami grabs Gormiti games licence
Japanese games publisher Konami has won the exclusive international video games rights to Italian trading card franchise Gormiti, with the first titles based on the series heading for Wii and DS. The Gormiti licence is one that is ideally suited to video games,” Konami president Kunio Neo stated. For more …
Read More »Study claims gaming improves adult eyesight
In a rare bit of positive health press for the games industry, a new study in the US has claimed that playing games can help to improve an adult’s ‘contrast sensitivity’ – as aspect of vision that was previously believed to be unalterable. Contrast sensitivity concerns a person’s ability to …
Read More »Deering: We need to educate parents
Industry legend Chris Deering believes that the market needs to eradicate the ‘stigma’ surrounding games amongst parents and educators – echoing the recent words of Sony UK boss Ray Maguire on MCV. Speaking at the recent Games Based Learning conference, Deering said that many stakeholders in UK education still believed …
Read More »Grainger Games targets four new stores
Indie chain Grainger Games has expanded its presence in the North East by opening the first of four new stores.The indie opened the doors to its new branch in Thornaby, North Yorkshire on Friday March 20th. Three additional branches will be opened over the next two months across the North …
Read More »Marvel distances itself from publishing rumours
With the likes of Disney, Warner and Paramount making increasingly bold strides into the games space, many had pegged Marvel as the next entertainment giant to follow suit – but the famed comic publisher has now distanced itself from the talk. There are different types of games we could do, …
Read More »Marvel reveals upcoming film slate
Sony Pictures’ and Marvel Studios’ eagerly anticipated Spider-man 4 has been dated for May 6th 2011, with Marvel confirming a number of films that will see three year’s worth of summer blockbusters. Alongside the web-crawler, also on the way is Iron Man 2 (2010), Thor (2011), The First Avenger: Captain …
Read More »Lord of the Rings now with Warner
Emerging games publisher Warner has seen its gaming line-up receive a sizable boost in the arm with the expiration of EA’s licensing deal for the Lord of the Ring s franchise – with the rights now back with Warner-owned New Line Cinema. Variety reports that EA’s deal with New Line …
Read More »Is this the real reason why gamers "risk death"?
It’s been on the lips of every publisher boss this week: How could that Change4Life ad have been avoided?” MCV may finally have the answer today, in the shape of Business4Life; a group of corporate entities which have pledged a 200 million in-kind contribution to support Change4Life through marketing, branding …
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