Games Industry Wire

Activision Blizzard Announces Record June Quarter Stand-Alone Results for Activision

Activision Blizzard, Inc., which was formed on July 9 as a result of the closing of Activision’s transaction with Vivendi S.A., today announced record stand-alone June quarter financial...

Wonderland Online: New “Leo” Server

IGG has announced that a new “Leo” Server will be added into Wonderland Online.Wonderland Online officials will be launching a new US server named “LEO” after the weekly server maintenance on...

Madden NFL 09 Demo available on XBL and PSN

The Demo for Madden NFL 09 is already out on XBL and the PSN. The 20th anniversary of Madden NFL football is less than two weeks away! Gamers can check out Madden NFL 09, the first sports game that...

ESRB Lists GTA IV for PC

Looks like the PC version of GTA 4 will arrive officially on the PC. A recent ESRB ratings update lists both Grand Theft Auto IV and Bully: Scholarship Edition for the “Windows PC”...

Massive already in talks with possible new owners

Following last week’s announcement by Activision Blizzard that it had reviewed its assets and planned to dispose/sell off various Sierra properties, developer Massive Entertainment has revealed...

Namco Bandai reports profits fall

Namco Bandai has reported its financial results for the first fiscal quarter of 2009, with a fall in profit of around 63 per cent compared to the previous year. The three months to the end of March...

World of Warcraft Russia Launched

Blizzard has announced the launch of World of Warcraft in Russia, with five new localised realms for the game and its expansion, The Burning Crusade. Gamers in the region will be able to play the MMO...

Diablo 3 Art director Resigns

Blizzard Entertainment has earlier reports confirmed that the Diablo III art director, Brian Morrisroe, has left the World of Warcraft developer to form a startup technology...

NCsoft Sees $5.9M Net Income This Quarter

NCsoft Corporation say they saw sales of $78.6 million in the second quarter of 2008, a seven percent increase over the previous year, though their operating profit, pre-tax profit and net income all...

Soul Calibur 4 breaks Nintendo’s hold on UK charts

Soul Calibur IV has broken Nintendo’s stranglehold on the top end of the British sales charts. At least for this week. Take a look at the chart and only Soul Calibur 4 is the non Nintendo...