JUNE 10, 2008 • In an effort to spur Japanese interest in the Xbox 360, Microsoft unveiled a number of new RPGs for the platform from Japanese studios. Included in the Tokyo presentation were three titles from Square Enix: Star Ocean 4, Infinite Undiscovery, and Last Remnant. The developer has not released it franchises on the Xbox 360 previously. Also shown was Tales of Vesperia from Namco Bandai. Impact:  The Xbox 360 has been far stronger in the .....

JUNE 5, 2008 • Microsoft Entertainment product management director Aaron Greenberg told MTV that the division was not happy with the difficulty in finding titles available via Xbox Live Arcade, which led to a recently imposed de-listing policy.  “I think a lot of that is we built Xbox Live Market.....

JUNE 3, 2008 • Resistance: Fall of Man developer Insomniac Games will open a new studio in North Carolina by January 2009. The decision was made to better acquire developer talent that doesn’t want to leave the East Coast. Impact: A sure sign of business expansion is opening an .....

JUNE 3, 2008 • After one week in release, Funcom’s Age of Conan MMO jumped to No. 1 on PC games sales charts in Germany, Great Britain, Sweden, Norway, Spain, Italy and Australia. Funcom has shipped more than 1 million units of the game in three weeks. Impact: W.....

JUNE 02, 2008 • After only six years in operation, Big Fish Games is living up to its name. With operations in North America, Germany, France, Spain and Japan; this online casual operation has a growing impact on the segment worldwide. The company was also early into the social networking area .....

JUNE 2, 2008 • Since its launch in South Korea on April 26, the Korea Times reported that only 35,000 to 40,000 Wiis have been sold in the market. Nintendo Co. Ltd. has not announced official sales figures for South Korea, but the estimates indicate that Korean gamers are not happy with the region coding that pre.....