Monday, March 2, 2009

NEWS: Bits in bite size

Tabla Rasa to finally close

The creators are closing the game with a intresting ending which sees the good guys die read more

Eidos Interactive saw revenues up by 26 percent in the six months ended December 2008 --

They also managed to reduce losses to £1 million ($1.4m). The release of Tomb Raider Underworld helped revenues to rise to £80.3 million, compared to £63.4 million ($113.5m) at the same time the previous year. The company also managed to shave its net debt from £5.7 million ($8.1m) to £3.2 million ($4.5) -- the net loss figure of £1 million stood at £81.4 million ($115.0m) the previous year.

Founder and longtime CEO John Welch has departed casual game publisher PlayFirst


The team who created the Diner Dash series is now to be led by Mari Baker. Playfirst have had a long VC funding history and have raised around $26.5 million from investors including Mayfield Fund, Trinity Ventures and Rustic Canyon Partners. Prior to founding PlayFirst, Welch was VP of games and product at AtomShockwave.

Lightening Fish signs strategic partnership with publisher Black Bean Games

The new developer is to create a new family-focused fitness range branded NewU which has been conceived with Gym operator Fitness First. Its shceduled for Q3 09 and will use the functionality of both the Wii Balance Board and Wiimote.

Midway to sell the Mortal Kombat IP.

Acclaim Testing MMO chat VOON read more

New Look and feel to come to MMO HUB

Soon after the investment MMO HUB announce that they will be releasing an update to the site.

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