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Sony: We're no longer playing catch up with Xbox Live
SCEA director says it's doing a lot Microsoft isn't and dismisses App Store style PSP downloads that would lower quality
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Namco Bandai Partners to distribute Cities XL in UK
Company announces its first distribution deal trading under its new business name
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ZeniMax raised $105 million for id acquisition
Bethesda parents adds more financing to secure Doom creators
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Namco completes takeover of Atari distribution business
Global network covers 50 countries in Europe and Asia Pacific
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ICO Partners expands management team
Former NCsoft Europe marketing manager Jen Bolton joins community consultancy
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Sony to support game development in Taiwan
A number of initiatives planned to encourage development of games for Chinese market
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Recession-hit consumers gaming more than ever - Nielson
But survey shows increased financial awareness is impacting on new game sales as more money goes to the used and rental markets
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New Ubisoft Toronto studio expected to create 800 jobs
Studio will work with local film industry to create triple-A Ubisoft titles
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LucasArts lines up 10 releases for Steam
Indiana Jones, Star Wars and Thrillville titles due for digital delivery
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Japanese game sales drop 24% from last year
Hardware and software sales are on the decline – lack of triple-A releases predicted to be the cause
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Namco Bandai secures Dragon Ball rights for 5 years
Deal begins in 2010, but publisher will also release three titles this year
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Thomas walks away with $5m from Midway sale
Original $100,000 purchase pays off for private investor as all other legal disputes settled
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Midway sale approved, 10 days until completion
Warner acquisition approved by court, San Diego studio given 60-day lifeline
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Reports of China's 'gold farming ban' misinterpreted
Law bans buying real goods and services with virtual currency, not vice versa
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Microsoft sued over Xbox Live
Company could be forced to settle out of court on a case Sony has already conceded to
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THQ files lawsuit on Jakks Pacific for extending WWE contract
Publisher disputes Jakks was authorised to make a decision to renew on behalf of both companies
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Consoles could soon become niche products - Playfish
Hardware may adopt online services, but will still be held back by price and audience reach, says CEO
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Playfish celebrates 100 million game installs in 18 months
Downloads hit big numbers following success on Facebook and iPhone
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Eidos' Ian Livingstone
The GameHorizon host looks back on a successful event, and pinpoints some key learnings from the conference
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New Pirate Bay will pay users for hosting
"Everybody can be the owner of The Pirate Bay," says notorious site
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Numbers of female gamers are on the rise
But study shows online gaming and 'extreme gamers' are on the decrease
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The Pirate Bay acquired for $7.8 million
Website will go legit and pay copyright owners for content downloaded via site
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Chinese government bans gold farming
$146 million-a-year could be lost from trade of in-game currency and virtual items
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"Full game downloads are not imminent" - Pachter
Downloads could account for 50 per cent of games sales by 2019, says new report