Activision Buys Bizarre Creations

SEPT. 26, 2007 • Activision Inc. acquired U.K.-based game developer, Bizarre Creations, best known for the popular Xbox 360 racing game Project Gotham Racing. Financial terms were not disclosed, but it was expected Activision made the investment to expand into new game genres. Racing games are believed to a.....

FoxConn to Make 40GB PS3

SEPT. 20, 2007 • Sky News cited electronic manufacturing news sources in Taiwan indicating that Sony had engaged Taiwanese manufacturer FoxConn to produce the rumored 40GB PlayStation 3. FoxConn already produces PS2s for Sony. ASUSTeK, which already produces 80GB PS3 for Sony, is expected to continue doing so. On Oc.....

Xbox Team Targets Europe

SEPT. 20, 2007 • After failing to make much of a market share dent in Japan with the Xbox 360, Microsoft has now targeted Europe as its primary territory focus outside the U.S. “The No. 1 objective is to win on a global basis and that may mean winning some markets and losing others. Europe is our priority focus right no.....

Radio Shack Leverages Halo 3

SEPT. 18, 2007 • Radio Shack Corp. is leveraging the Sept. 25 release of Halo 3 to entice consumers into shopping for video games in its 6,000 locations. The retailer is offering the game for pre-order online with in-store-only pick-up on the 25th, the same day dedicated game sections will appear at many of those locations. .....

Ubisoft Sets Up in Chendu

SEPT. 16, 2007 • Ubisoft opened a new game development studio in Chengdu, Sichuan, which will be headed up by Richard Tsao, formerly a senior producer at Ubisoft’s Shanghai studio – Ubisoft’s second-largest development team. Ubisoft Chengdu will at first focus on other Ubisoft titles before creating its .....

Sony to Sell Cell Fab

SEPT. 16, 2007 • The Financial Times reported that Sony was in negotiations talks to sell its advanced semiconductor fabrication facilities to Toshiba, including the production lines for the Cell microprocessor that powers the PlayStation 3. The cost of such an acquisition was estimated at ¥100 billion ($866 million). So.....

Intel Corp. Buys Havok

SEPT. 14, 2007 • Intel Corp. purchased Irish-based Havok Inc. for $110 million. Havok is best known in the middleware space with its specialization of physics engines. Havok will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel  but keep operating its business as usual. Havok will add to Intel’s visual computing and graphics effo.....

Audiokinetic Raises $5 Million

SEPT. 12, 2007 • Montreal based audio solution provider Audiokinetic announced that the company raised $5 million from several Canadian-based investment agencies – raising its financing total for the year to $11 million. Audiokinetic’s flagship product, Wwise was created by sound experts, and is positioned to be the audio middleware so.....

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