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Atari Restructuring Boosts Infogrames Revenue 45 Percent |
 French publisher Infogrames, owner of Atari, saw its revenue grow 44.5 percent over the first half of its fiscal year, thanks to the successful reshaping of its U.S. operations. Though the company still reported an operating loss, it narrowed to -7.5 percent, alongside revenues of € 131.8 million. In keeping with standard French business practices, further profit details were not revealed at. However, following its acquisition and restructuring of Atari, the company reported growth of ...
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PETA Parodies, Attacks Cooking Mama Series |
 Animal right organization PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) released Cooking Mama: Mama Kills Animals, an unauthorized online minigame collection parodying Majesco's Cooking Mama casual game series. PETA accuses the franchise's recipes of relying too much on animal products. Mama Kills Animals also seeks to remind players that "over 40 million turkeys" are killed each year during the holiday season in factory farms. PETA says that the turkeys are raised in cruel conditions ...
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In-Depth: The Top 5-Selling Games Of 2008 So Far |
 As part of Gamasutra's comprehensive new U.S. sales analysis, we've extrapolated the top 5 selling video games of 2008 so far in the region. Last week at the BMO Capital Markets Conference, Take 2 claimed that its Grand Theft Auto 4 had sold to 32 percent of PlayStation 3 owners and 28 percent of Xbox 360 owners through the beginning of October 2008. Using this as a starting point, and bringing in approximate sales figures ...
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Epic, Unreal Engine 3 Recognized With NCTA 21 Award |
 The North Carolina Technology Association has recognized Cary, NC-based Epic Games as its "Top Industry Driven Technology Company of the Year." The awards aim to recognize leadership and innovation, and Epic accepted its award at the NCTA's annual gala last night. The award follows Epic's global release Gears of War 2 -- and the 2 million units it sold in its first weekend. But the NCTA says it awarded the company a technology industry award ...
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Kalypso Forms Realmforge Studios, Acquires Tropico 3 |
 German publisher Kalypso Media is partnering with developer Boxed Dreams to form a new development studios named Realmforge Studios. The new studio will be based in Munich, and Boxed Dreams is currently working on completing PC title Ceville. Upon its completion, all 10 members of Boxed Dreams will be absorbed into the new studio, which is planned to double in size by the middle of 2009. Ceville is a graphic adventure, but the first new ...
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Tantalus Opens New Australian Studio |
 Australian developer Tantalus (Cars: Mater National, Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon) has announced plans to open a new studio in Brisbane. Originally founded in 1994 in Melbourne, the developer has shipped more than 30 titles across most major platforms -? specializing in licensed and portable titles. The Melbourne office currently employs 70 staffers working on new titles for the Wii, Nintendo DS and PSP, but decided to open new offices rather than to expand the ...
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DBZ Helps Namco Bandai's Game Biz Perform |
 Publisher Namco Bandai's games business saw sales climb in its fiscal second quarter to 30,976 million yen ($320 million). It also realized a profit of 337 million yen ($3.5 million), thanks largely to sales of Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit. The latest title in the enduring franchise sold 728,000 units in Japan, Europe and America together. Japan-only Super Robot Wars also pitched in with 510,000 units, and We Ski, released in the U.S. and Europe, ...
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Tomb Raider Underworld Lead Joins Demiurge |
 Independent developer Demiurge Studios announced the addition of Harley Baldwin White-Wiedow as lead designer for an unannounced project. She will head the studio's original property development efforts. Most recently, White-Wiedow served as the lead designer on Tomb Raider: Underworld with Crystal Dynamics, where she worked for four years. The multiplatform title ships in the U.S. and Europe this week. White-Wiedow also previously worked at LucasArts for seven years, helping develop games for the Star Wars ...
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Artificial Technology Launches EKI One |
 German middleware company Artificial Technology announced the commercial release of EKI One Version 1.0, a modular solution for enhancing emotional behavior and artificial intelligence with virtual world characters. A free trial version is available for evaluation. EKI One Version 1.0 consists of three components -- the EKI One Engine, which is the system core and acts as a modular software library with algorithms for pathfinding, movement and perception; the EKI One Configurator for applying and ...
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A2M Selects Hansoft Tools |
 QA and project management tools vendor Hansoft announced that Montreal-based A2M has adopted its production management solution. Hansoft includes project and document management, bug tracking and workload coordination tools, and the company says it's currently used by developers in 20 countries. A new edition is due for release in December. "We first introduced Hansoft in a project that was near the end of pre-production," said A2M technical director Peter Schoeler. "We were very impressed by ...
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