- Report: Atari Picks Up Brash's Despereaux
[12.03.08]
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Atari will publish defunct Brash Entertainment's Tale of Despereaux film game on PC, PlayStation 2, DS, and Wii, while the Xbox 360 version of the kid-friendly property is reportedly shelved, according to media reports. Atari declined, however, to pursue Brash's Six Flags Fun Park.
- Massive Announces Blizzard, Activision Deals, New Boss
[12.03.08]
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Microsoft-owned in-game ad firm Massive Inc. announced a multi-year partnership with Activision covering 18 titles, and deal with Blizzard to provide advertising for the studio's official sites and Battle.net gaming service. The agency also revealed that Microsoft's Advertising GM JJ Richards will now head the company.
- Microsoft: Hispanics More Interested In Home Entertainment Holiday Gifts
[12.03.08]
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Microsoft collaborated with research group Ipsos to survey holiday shopping attitudes specifically in the Hispanic family demographic, and concluded that Hispanic people are "more concerned than the general population" about home entertainment, and more likely to buy one large family-focused gift, like a video game console.
- Monster Hunter Portable, MGS 4 Take Home PlayStation Awards
[12.03.08]
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Sony held a PlayStation Awards event to recognize 2008's top-selling games for the platform in Japan, and gave out cash prizes and awards to popular games like Capcom's Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G and Konami's Metal Gear Solid 4, according to media reports.
- Feature: 'The Megatrends of Game Design, Part 3'
[12.03.08]
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Veteran designer Pascal Luban (Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory) continues his series on the "megatrends" of the gaming industry, this time tackling multiplayer -- from co-op and griefing to addiction.
- SCi Finalizes Name Change To Eidos As Buyout Rumors Mount
[12.03.08]
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As speculation surrounding an acquisition by EA or Ubisoft continues to circulate, Eidos Interactive (Tomb Raider) parent SCi Entertainment Group is re-branding itself as Eidos PLC, effective immediately to help further brand the "widely recognized" Eidos name.
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