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Bandai Increases D3 Stake
March 18, 2009
MARCH 18, 2009 • Namco Bandai continued to increase its ownership stake in D3Publisher – up to 95% from 70%. Namco Bandai announced in February the intention to acquire 100%...
Brisk Warhammer Sales
March 6, 2009
MARCH 6, 2009 • THQ got some needed good news with brisk sales of Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II. The PC title raced ahead to the top of computer...
New MBC Game Network
March 5, 2009
MARCH 5, 2009 • The MBC Game television network in South Korea launches a separate program dedicated to showing players competing in Microsoft’s Halo Wars. Televising matches of PC Games...
Activision Blizzard M&A Plans
March 4, 2009
MARCH 4, 2009 • Despite most game publishers being forced to shed studios and expenditures to ride out the current recession, Activision Blizzard let it be know that it was...
GameFly G-Box Kiosks
March 4, 2009
MARCH 4, 2009 • GameFly installed its first G-Box rental kiosk in the Student Union building at Texas Tech university in Lubbock. The automated kiosk works on the same model...
THQ Closes Zurich Office
February 26, 2009
FEBRUARY 26, 2009 • THQ closed its International Office in Zürich as part of a cost-reduction restructuring. The closure comes a year after the office had been opened to facilitate...
PSN Accounts Grow
February 25, 2009
FEBRUARY 25, 2009 • Since January, Sony Computer Entertainment reported that 3 million additional PlayStation Network (PSN) accounts had been created on top of the 17 million announced at the...
Star Ocean 4 Pumps 360
February 25, 2009
FEBRUARY 25, 2009 • Strong sales of Square Enix’s Star Ocean 4: The Last Hope propelled the Xbox 360 above the Wii and PlayStation in Japan. For the week ending...