Indian Company Set to Acquire a 50% Stake in Codemasters
A 50% stake in British game developer Codemasters has been acquired by Reliance Big Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Indian giant Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group. The deal was officially confirmed by Codemasters today.
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Mr. Driller Meets Mr. Game & Watch on Nintendo Downloads
This week, Nintendo brings back memorable characters and a Neo-Geo title, alongside some new WiiWare offerings. Fishie Fishie for WiiWare costs 500 points ($5), and the press release brags that it can be played with only one button. You control your fishie through seven different game modes as it constantly eats, and up to four players can occupy the screen at once
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Assassin’s Creed 2 Takes Home Seven MI6 Gold Awards
An award ceremony was held at the conclusion of this year’s MI6 conference in San Francisco to honor the games that excelled at various aspects of marketing.
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Assassin’s Creed 2 Takes Home Seven MI6 Gold Awards
Next Week’s Rock Band DLC Features Skillet, Thousand Foot Krutch
Compared to the all-you-can-eat buffet of Jimi Hendrix tracks that just arrived , next week’s Rock Band DLC is a bit on the lighter side. Six new tracks are on the way from artists like Skillet, Switchfoot, and Thousand Foot Krutch.
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Significant Increase in Web-Connected Consoles During 2009
As you’d expect, the number of households in the United States that are connecting their game consoles to the Internet continues to increase. Between the end of 2008 and the end of 2009, the number of web-connected consoles in the U.S.
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Sega Closing Sega Studios San Francisco
Sega Studios San Francisco, the studio behind the 3D remakes of Golden Axe and Altered Beast (back when they were named Secret Level), as well as the Iron Man movie tie-in games, will be closing its doors, possibly as soon as by the end of the day.
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TopWare Interactive Bringing Enclave to the Wii
After being largely overlooked on the Xbox and PC, Starbreeze’s Enclave is getting another shot in the current generation. TopWare Interactive has picked up the IP and trademark rights and is planning to remake the original for the Wii. Called Enclave: Shadows of Twilight, it will enhance the original by unlocking the trademark “light and dark” storylines from the very beginning
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Fist of the North Star Premieres at #1 in Japan
Koei’s Fist of the North Star: Warriors for the PlayStation 3 was the highest selling game in Japan last week, according to figures released by Media Create (via Gamasutra ).
Ralph Baer Inducted Into Inventors Hall of Fame
Ralph Baer, considered by most to be the creator of home videogames, has been inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Baer’s work is well known to videogame fans.
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Take-Two Taking Former Executives to Court
Take-Two Interactive will move forward in a lawsuit against its former executives over charges of illegally backdating stock options. According to a report by Reuters , the publisher has been granted permission by a Manhattan federal judge to proceed with the suit against former CEOs Ryan Brand and Kelly Summer, as well as former CFOs Larry Muller and James David, who will all defend against claims of security fraud.
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