Archive for December, 2008

Dec 15 2008

Far Cry 2: ComDev: Producer Q & A

Published by Chris Comeau under Movie

From gametrailers.com:
Check out your own questions, answered by the producer and developers behind the game.

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Dec 15 2008

Gameloft cuts 2008 goals, hopes for 2009 rebound

Published by Chris Comeau under News

From guardian.co.uk:
Gameloft, a French company that makes video games for mobile phones, cut its 2008 financial targets on Thursday but said it was hoping for a rebound in 2009.
Gameloft said it is targeting 2008 sales growth of more than 15 percent, down from a previous target for sales growth between 25 and 30 percent.
It also [...]

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Dec 15 2008

Woolworths collapse to cost Ubisoft EUR 1.5m

Published by Chris Comeau under News

From gamesindustry.biz (via joystiq.com):
French publisher Ubisoft could lose up to EUR 1.5 million due to the collapse of Woolworth and its distribution business EUK.
Chief financial officer Alain Martinez told the UBS Annual Global Media Conference that payment problems with Woolworths follows partners defaulting in other European regions.
“Before the Woolworths incident we had [...]

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Dec 15 2008

EA Shares Drop on Outlook; Game Price Cuts Next?

Published by Chris Comeau under News

From gamedaily.com:
Following the news that publisher Electronic Arts cut its outlook and is looking at laying off more staff in the near future, shares in the company fell more than 15 percent in early trading on Wednesday after opening at $16.84. As of press time, ERTS is at $16.35.
A number of analysts have [...]

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Dec 09 2008

Ludia and WildTangent Partner to Put Advertisers in Top Casual Games

Published by Chris Comeau under News

From marketwatch.com:
Interactive entertainment company Ludia and online game property WildTangent today announced a broad advertising sales agreement. WildTangent will be the exclusive in-game advertising and sponsorship representative for Ludia’s 2009 game titles including properties licensed from FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME), the brand extension arm of FremantleMedia, such as American Idol(R) — Online Challenge, Price Is [...]

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Dec 09 2008

The Alarming Aspects Of ‘Prince of Persia’ And ‘Far Cry 2′

Published by Chris Comeau under Editorial

From multiplayerblog.mtv.com:
I had a Ubisoft Montreal weekend, investing several hours in that studio’s “Prince of Persia” and “Far Cry 2” games.
I approached “Prince of Persia” apprehensively. At E3 in July, I had been impressed with the game’s graphics and acrobatic gameplay, but I had heard little of the game since. I suspected that [...]

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Dec 09 2008

8 Minutes of WET Gameplay

Published by Chris Comeau under Movie, News

From nextgenplayer.com:
While the publishing fate of WET (360/PS3) remains in limbo, developer A2M from Montreal is still proceeding with their hot gun-totting action game WET.
The game tells the story of Rubi, an acrobatic, sword-wielding gun-for-hire who agrees to help a wealthy man find and bring back his wayward son. Soon enough all hell breaks [...]

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Dec 03 2008

SCi Entertainment rebrands to Eidos

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From tombraiderchronicles.com:
SCi Entertainment Group have announced it will change its name to Eidos plc with effect from 3 December 2008. The Company’s trading (ticker) symbol will also change from SEG to EID on the same date. SCi Entertainment Group is the holding company of Eidos Interactive, creator of some of the world’s leading video-game [...]

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