UT3 to Miss Holidays

SEPT. 30, 2007 • In an SEC filing, Midway Games announced that its PS3 exclusive, Unreal Tournament 3, will not be ready in time for the holiday season. Midway estimated the game will ship sometime between January and March. The title was considered one of the primary high-profile draws for Sony’s console during Christmas. Wheth.....

Bungie Parts From Microsoft

SEPT. 30, 2007 • The rumor mill has been delivering sage counsel lately. Just four days after the big Halo 3 launch comes a Seattle Post-Intelligencer blog entry that developer Bungie is parting ways with Microsoft Games seven years after it was acquired by the latter. The rumor even claims Microsoft will sit on the information .....

Halo 3 Tops $170 Million

SEPT. 26, 2007 • In 24 hours, Microsoft’s Halo 3 sales exceeded $170 million in the United States. The tally bested Spider-Man 3’s previously leading $151 million, making Halo 3 the highest grossing launch day in entertainment history. Halo 2 saw sales of $125 million on its first day on sale. After one week on sale.....

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 .....

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