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For non-commercial use only. webeditors@reedbusiness.com webeditors@reedbusiness.com http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118006112?categoryid=13&cs=1&nid=2607 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:00:00 EST Videogames News: Network a lucrative platform for distribution -- Sony's PlayStation 3 hasn't moved as many Blu-rays as Hollywood had hoped it would, but the videogame console has clearly established itself as a lucrative platform studios can use to distribute their films and TV shows. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118006114?categoryid=1009&cs=1&nid=2607 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:28:41 EST Videogames News: Business down 12% due to recession -- The videogame biz is starting to lose ground in the recession. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118006086?categoryid=19&cs=1&nid=2607 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:26:48 EST Videogames News: Vidgame has sold 3 million units in 4 days -- "Dragon Quest IX," the ninth version of the iconic vidgame published by Square Enix, has sold a boffo 3 million units in four days in Japan. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118005658?categoryid=13&cs=1&nid=2607 Sun, 5 Jul 2009 14:12:46 EST Videogames News: Studio nabs assets in bankruptcy court -- Warner Bros. has picked up most of Midway Games' assets in bankruptcy court for the fire-sale price of $33 million, giving the studio rights to "Mortal Kombat," "Spy Hunter," "Joust" and several other game franchises. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118005638?categoryid=13&cs=1&nid=2607 Thu, 2 Jul 2009 15:12:37 EST Videogames News: Studio wins feature rights to Atari videogame -- Universal's won the bidding for feature rights to the vintage Atari vidgame "Asteroids" and set up the project with Lorenzo di Bonaventura. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118005516?categoryid=1009&cs=1&nid=2607 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:10:21 EST Videogames News: David Cox to run sales for 'Rock Band' publisher -- MTV Games, which publishes the popular "Rock Band" franchise, is tuning up to becoming a bigger player in the videogames biz, tapping Scott Guthrie to head up the company, while David Cox will run sales. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118005462?categoryid=13&cs=1&nid=2607 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:18:41 EST Videogames News: YooStar lets fans into classic scenes -- When Jimmy Durante famously said, "Everybody wants to get into the act," he couldn't have known that now, in the Internet Age, everybody just might be able to. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118005347?categoryid=13&cs=1&nid=2607 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:00:00 EST Videogames News: Kyle Ward tapped to pen sequel -- Twentieth Century Fox has "Hitman 2" in its crosshairs. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118005299?categoryid=20&cs=1&nid=2607 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:15:00 EST Videogames News: Publisher taps Danny Bilson to develop titles -- THQ is ready for a reboot. After spending months eliminating staff and cutting development costs, the Los Angeles videogame publisher is refocusing its efforts on making franchisable properties that it can also exploit as movies, TV shows and comicbooks. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118005176?categoryid=13&cs=1&nid=2607 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:06:07 EST Videogames News: Videogame release brings up film rumors -- "Ghostbusters," the vidgame is resuscitating the idea of a film sequel. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118004977?categoryid=18&cs=1&nid=2607 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:54:35 EST Videogames News: Russell Arons to oversee Interactive marketing -- Warner Bros. is ramping up its internal marketing ranks as it prepares to release more videogames. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118004911?categoryid=13&cs=1&nid=2607 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:24:01 EST Videogames News: 'Avatar' looks to alter Hollywood videogame biz -- The track record of film-based videogames has been spotty. While there have been a handful of critical and commercial successes, the majority have been average at best -- and, frequently, embarrassing. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118004906?categoryid=13&cs=1&nid=2607 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:00:00 EST Videogames News: Film, comic book, video game all on tap -- Warner Bros. France's motion capture thriller "The Prodigies" is set to get a multi-media promotional push. Gallic producers Aton Soumache from Onyx Films and Marc Missonnier from Fidelite Films plan to release a comic book, penned by Marvel Comics' artists Humberto Ramos and Francisco Herrera, before the film's yet-to-be-set release date. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118004748?categoryid=20&cs=1&nid=2607 Tue, 9 Jun 2009 21:00:00 EST Videogames News: Game has bestselling launch in company's history -- Consumers were clearly craving another installment of "The Sims." http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118004633?categoryid=13&cs=1&nid=2607 Mon, 8 Jun 2009 04:01:00 EST Videogames News: Software maker, studio form strategic bond -- Lucasfilm and software maker GenArts have formed a strategic relationship aimed at improving visual effects production and vidgame graphics. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118004551?categoryid=16&cs=1&nid=2607 Thu, 4 Jun 2009 18:50:50 EST Videogames News: Confab will meet with videogamers, cell phones -- It's not your daddy's NARM. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118004531?categoryid=20&cs=1&nid=2607 Thu, 4 Jun 2009 14:06:05 EST Videogames News: Company says developer failed to deliver 'Legend' -- Jack Black's future as a "Brutal Legend" is being threatened. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118004473?categoryid=13&cs=1&nid=2607 Wed, 3 Jun 2009 13:21:55 EST Videogames News: Mantovani will pen the videogame adaptation -- Lionsgate has set Jose Padilha to direct, and Braulio Mantovani to script "Agent in Place." http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118004455?categoryid=20&cs=1&nid=2607 Tue, 2 Jun 2009 18:27:51 EST Videogames News: Nintendo, Sony set a sequel strategy -- The vidgame biz has caught sequelitis. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118004393?categoryid=1009&cs=1&nid=2607 Mon, 1 Jun 2009 17:50:45 EST Videogames News: Software giant to take on Nintendo's Wii -- Microsoft is ready to challenge Nintendo at its own game.