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Games Industry Wire

February 3rd, 2007

Dan Aykroyd Backing New Ghostbusters Game

Dan Aykroyd, one of the actors from the original series of Shosbusters movies has publicly said that he will be lending his voice to a new Ghostbusters game. According to the Edmonton Sun he will not be doing the voice and motion capture until next year which means a late 2008 release for the game […]

By Kris -- 0 comments

November 28th, 2006

eBay Says Average Cost of PS3 is $1K+

People are working hard (or hardly working) to get their hands on the PS3. Folks are paying, on average, more than $1K to take home the shiny black console.
The Wii and XBox 360 are getting some love as well on eBay, but the PS3 is certainly the darling of the auction site at […]

By Robyn Tippins -- 2 comments

March 15th, 2006

Good News for Game Publishers

On account of Sony’s PS3 announcement today, Activision, EA, and other game publishers’ shares rose. The announcement included a worldwide fall release date and more information on the mute, rumor ridden, and secretive plans for the PS3.
Sony was originally targeting a spring debut for the PS3 in Japan and many U.S. game makers and […]

By Justin -- 0 comments

March 14th, 2006

Take-Two Secures GTA Future

The agreement, outlined in a 10-Q filing yesterday, is for a three-year term, and provides for the payment of $25 million in restricted stock, plus unspecified internal royalties.

The 10-Q explores the value of Rockstar’s creative heads, and the risk to the company of any failure to offer a decent package to GTA’s bosses. It states, “We rely on our management and other key personnel for the successful operation of our business. In particular, we are highly dependent on the expertise, skills and knowledge of certain of our Rockstar employees responsible for content creation and development of Grand Theft Auto and other titles.”

By Justin -- 0 comments

March 9th, 2006

Sony Announcement

It’s believed that new information on the Playstation 3 will be announced at the event, which will hopefully provide clarification on the amended release schedule and new demonstrations of the next-gen format in action.

By Justin -- 0 comments

January 5th, 2006

DS Is A Money Maker For Nintendo

Almost 13M sold in Europe, North America and Japan. The PSP can’t touch those numbers…
With the rootkit debacle, the PSP’s sluggish sales, the doom and gloom rumors about the PS3 and the PR nightmare they created with those goofy PSP graffiti ads, I almost feel sorry for Sony. Of course, then I remember […]

By Robyn Tippins -- 2 comments