Publishing

Given what we saw at E3, is third–party support becoming the key battleground for next-gen formats? Development and support for a format is very important yes, and the story is very different these days to how it was with older formats. In the past you could pay a million dollars …

Ubisoft will develop and publish a game based on the sci-fi drama series Heroes, which began airing on UK terrestrial television earlier this week. The move follows the completion of a licensing deal with Universal Pictures Digital Platforms Group, giving the publisher the rights to produce the game. The US …

EA has opened a new office in Moscow as part of wider plans to cement its presence in the region, reported Next Generation . The new office will directly serve Russian consumers and retailers and will concentrate on localizing products such as Need for Speed and FIFA on PS3 and …

Empire Interactive * Senior External Producer, Senior International Producer * Competitive salary, bonus, benefits If you want the opportunity to develop your career and personal capabilities as an integral part of a company where you can make a significant contribution Empire would like to hear from you. The successful candidate …

Sony’s games division has reported operating losses of 120 million (29.2 billion Yen) for its first quarter of 2007 after a difficult period for the console, reports The Times – more than double the loss for the same period in 2006. Sony said that it shipped 710,000 PS3 game consoles …

Xbox is set to drop the price of the 360 HD-DVD add-on from $199 to $179 on August 1st in the US, reports Next Generation . The firm will also offer five free HD-DVD movies with the hardware from a selection of 15 titles, which is an extension of Toshiba’s …

Vivendi has issued its financial report for the first half of the year – and the sales growth of the company’s games division is outstripping that of the overall company. In total, Vivendi enjoyed revenue growth of little more than 6 per cent for the six month period up to …

Labour announced last night that it has spent over 15,000 on consoles for young offenders in the past two years, according to a story in national free-sheet Metro. The newspaper reports that the money had been spent on installing 120 PlayStations in young offender institutions across the country. We need …

After the promising start made by London Games Festival last year, chairman of LGF Keith Ramsdale has told MCV that publisher announcements made at 2007’s event will have ramifications throughout the international industry. And the EA boss has spoken of his confidence that with ‘nearly all’ major publishers and platform …

Virgin Play has moved into Portugal with the opening of a new Lisbon office designed to provide a more specialised service to the region. The publishing and distribution outfit says the move is part of its overall strategy for international expansion, coming alongside its recent announcement that it will be …