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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

March 18th, 2006

Ubisoft Shares are Up

Ubisoft, I believe, has created the first killer app for the 360, Ghost Recon: Advance Warfighter, and it seems that gamers are letting Ubisoft know the game is amazing.
Ubisoft’s shares have risen 4% on account of this one title for the 36O and Xbox. GRAW has sold over 240,000 in the US and 120,000 in […]

By Justin -- 0 comments

March 14th, 2006

Digital Distribution Service for the PS3

Reports from development sources close to Sony Computer Entertainment are indicating that the firm is planning a major digital distribution service for game content, which could be a key element of PlayStation 3 - or even of a relaunched PS2.

By Justin -- 0 comments

February 24th, 2006

The By-products of the Gaming Industry

Now, I know this is a gaming industry blog, but I think this video exemplifies, illustrates, elucidates, and demonstrates why the gaming industry exists (no matter what you think). These two guys are what we like to call the “leet” of the gaming world.

Tags: game, games, game_industry, gaming_world

By Justin -- 3 comments

February 23rd, 2006

Will Microsoft Launch the Xbox 360 in China ?

We’re working with the government pretty actively in trying to understand what it is we need to do,” said Alan Bowman, general manager of entertainment and devices for Asia Pacific and Greater China. “We’re taking a very careful approach in China.”

Bowman said. “We’re going to make sure that we make the right moves, develop the right content, have the right partnerships in place. It’s not something you want to rush in and do.

By Justin -- 1 comment

January 13th, 2006

DS Holds 5 Tops Spots in This Week’s Japanese Sales Charts

MediaCreate tracks the top 10 video game sales every week in Japan and in the US (seperately). On the Japanese charts, the top five spots were all DS games this week; Brain Training 2, Animal Crossing: Wild World, Mario Kart DS, DS Training for Adults: Work Your Brain (Brain Training), Mario and Luigi: Partners […]

By Robyn Tippins -- 0 comments