Publishing

Senior VP of Global Brand Management at Activision Will Kassoy has admitted that sales through digital distribution have not taken off as the publisher expected. In an interview with Gamedaily.biz, Kassoy said that despite the fast-extrapolating success of downloadable content for games, boxed titles are still swamping digital sales. I …

Christian Allen to take new post as design lead

Gamer TV has produced a series of online videos from the Edinburgh Interactive Entertainment Festival 07. The videos, which can be found at www.esport.tv, will include walkthroughs of Clive Barker’s Jericho and Race Driver: Create and Race, alongside new footage of Kane and Lynch, Haze and Age of Conan. What’s …

AOL owned gaming website GameDaily has been revamped, with new community features, search and browse functionality, downloads, high resolution video, and easier to access cheat codes. The website is also pushing its new advertiser options, which includes rich media executions, category sponsorships and targeting. This relaunch underscores our ongoing efforts …

Following a deal with Twentieth Century Fox, Sierra Entertainment will publish a game for the PSP based on the forthcoming Aliens/Predator due out at Christmas in the UK. Rebellion, who created the Alien vs Predator PC game, will develop the new title, reports Gamesindustry . "Sierra Entertainment will create a …

Following some heavy criticism of the PS3 incarnation of EA’s Madden 08 in US newspaper The USA Today, a developer working for the publisher has sought to justify the difference between the various next-gen versions, CVG reports . It was our intention to put out the best possible with Madden …

Development heavyweights supporting 'Interactive Testing' track during October SQS event

You’ve built Oxygen to a position where it releases top-line titles associated with recognisable franchises on all popular formats. How have you ensured this increasing level of success? Primarily thanks to consumers who desire the kind of content we create and retail partners that are prepared to put our games …

In an interview in the latest issue of Famitsu, Shigeru Miyamoto has spoken about how he intends to balance difficulty and accessibility in Super Mario Galaxy. At last June’s E3 conference, Miyamoto said that Nintendo intended to break down the wall separating hardcore and casual games. When asked by Famitsu …

Founder and current boss of Rockstar Leeds Gordon Hall has warned other video games firms that they should rally behind the developer against the BBFC’s decision to ban Manhunt 2 – or face similar prohibition in the future. Hall told MCV sister magazine Develop that the outlawing of the title …