Publishing

Does PS2’s long tail need a snip?

Ozzy Osbourne. Steve Martin. Eddie Murphy. They began their careers by flicking two scarily unfamiliar fingers in the face of civilised acceptance. But as the years rolled on, their worn out frames stumbled into the safer bracket of ‘family entertainer’. And so it is with PS2. Once, it tore up …

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Publishers: Know your rights

However when you examine the facts, there were no rights and no infringement. Whilst the story is old news, the issues are not – and these recent events provide a timely reminder to those making games that we need to be careful about what we do and don’t include in …

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Publishers: Know your rights

However when you examine the facts, there were no rights and no infringement. Whilst the story is old news, the issues are not – and these recent events provide a timely reminder to those making games that we need to be careful about what we do and don’t include in …

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Blade boosted by new funding

MCv sister site Develop reports that Blade Interactive has secured a multi-million pound financing deal to secure its previously announced publishing ambitions. The money comes from investment group Total Asset Management. Let no one in the video games market underestimate what Blade is doing at the moment," commented Deborah Jones …

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Blade boosted by new funding

MCv sister site Develop reports that Blade Interactive has secured a multi-million pound financing deal to secure its previously announced publishing ambitions. The money comes from investment group Total Asset Management. Let no one in the video games market underestimate what Blade is doing at the moment," commented Deborah Jones …

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Ads in game: the facts

the in-game advertising sector is one of the industry’s recent success stories – you only have to look at how the likes of IGA, Double Fusion and Massive have grown to become such a presence in a relatively short period of time. Research carried out by IGA suggests that – …

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Ads in game: the facts

the in-game advertising sector is one of the industry’s recent success stories – you only have to look at how the likes of IGA, Double Fusion and Massive have grown to become such a presence in a relatively short period of time. Research carried out by IGA suggests that – …

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FIFA scores across the Continent

Despite a gallant effort from Microsoft’s Halo 3, EA’s FIFA 08 has taken control of both the Spanish and German software charts, according to information from European sales analysts Media Control Gfk . FIFA 08 claimed the first, third, eighth and tenth positions in the Spanish Top Ten and also …

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FIFA scores across the Continent

Despite a gallant effort from Microsoft’s Halo 3, EA’s FIFA 08 has taken control of both the Spanish and German software charts, according to information from European sales analysts Media Control Gfk . FIFA 08 claimed the first, third, eighth and tenth positions in the Spanish Top Ten and also …

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