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publisher: Interactive Magic
developer: JoWooD Productions
genre: Strategy

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release date: 2001

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»	Feb 01, 2012 Kazuo Hirai Now CEO @ Sony Sony Corporation announced today that Kazuo Hirai has been named President and Chief Executive Officer, effective April 1, 2012 (Um, is the joke on him?). » MORE

»	Jan 26, 2012 Wii U Enters Market in 2012 The new console from Nintendo, Wii U, is scheduled to hit the market in in Japan, Europe and the United States before the end of 2012, confirms Nintendo president Satoru Iwata. » MORE

»	Aug 17, 2011 PS3 Global Price Cut Official During Sony's Gamescom press conference, held today, Sony CEO Andrew House officially confirmed a global price decrease for the industry giant's console, PlayStation 3. » MORE

»	Aug 09, 2011 GTA Did Not Inspire Kids to Riot in UK The ongoing riots in various cities across the UK -- including London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Nottingham and Bristol -- have reached the gaming world. » MORE

»	Oct 27, 2010 PlayStation Phone 'is Real' There's a report over at Engadget that has the entire Internet in an uproar. It's related to Sony's PlayStation Phone, a project the industry giant apparently has underway and according to several reliable resources the device is real. » MORE

»	Jun 14, 2010 Project Natal Now Called 'Kinect' Microsoft's new motion-sensing device for the Xbox 360 has been known as 'Project Natal' until now, when the industry giant renamed its console technology to "Kinect. » MORE

Apr 20, 2010

Nintendo: DS Sales Drop in Europe Due to Piracy
Nintendo, the Japan-based industry giant, is blaming piracy for the company's 50% drop in sales of DS games in Europe. According to this report, the device in question allow users to circumvent the anti-piracy measures built into the Nintendo DS handheld.

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Jul 27, 2009

Dead Space 2 & Dead Space 3
Dead Space appears to be another franchise from EA, which the industry giant intends to milk all the way. Apart from having a live-action Dead Space in the works, the company revealed it's developing two video games - Dead Space 2, as well as Dead Space 3.

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»	Jun 02, 2009 E3: Mario Galaxy 2 On the Way Nintendo's E3 press conference was held today and one of the company's new projects is (I'm betting you can guess this one), Super Mario Galaxy 2. Yep, right at the end of the presentation, the industry giant uncovered Super Mario Galaxy 2. » MORE

»	Jan 22, 2009 Microsoft to Cut 5,000 Jobs Due to "the further deterioration of global economic conditions," industry giant Microsoft intends to cut 5000 jobs. They revealed that 1,400 employees will be let go immediately - as in today. » MORE

»	Jan 13, 2009 Sony to Suffer $1.1 Billion Loss Reuters reports that Sony Corp. is likely to suffer an annual operating loss of approximately $1.1 billion, which is going to mark the company's first such loss in 14 years. » MORE

Jan 06, 2009

MS Sells 28 Million 360s
Microsoft is boasting that the company sold more than 28 million Xbox 360s since the console's launch in November 2005, reports LA Times. According to MS execs, that means they overshot Sony's PlayStation 3, which shifted 20 million since its debut in November 2006.

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»	Dec 16, 2008 PSP 2 Games Already in the Works? Sony is going to launch a new version of its PSP handheld in 2009. However, the true successor this particular platform will be released later on, as reported by EG. » MORE

»	Sep 29, 2008 EA Signs Deal With '300' Director Movie director Zack Snyder, best known for flicks like 300 and the Watchmen (unreleased), has apparently signed a deal with industry giant Electronic Arts to deliver three new game properties (story spotted on Variety). » MORE

»	Sep 15, 2008 EA Ends Take-Two Takeover Talks After months and months of repeated efforts to acquire Take-Two, EA gave up on its hostile Take-Two bid, making way for friendly negotiations between the two companies. » MORE

»	Aug 15, 2008 Epic's New Game, Resi & No More Heroes Creators Cooperate Electronic Arts announced its efforts to invest in new work from development studios Epic Games and Grasshopper Manufacture, as part of the company's EA Partners program. » MORE

»	Jul 01, 2008 Blizzard: MS Should Do More for PC Gaming Blizzard COO Paul Sams has been criticizing Microsoft, saying that industry giant could do more to improve the platform. "Well, their gaming focus is very much on the 360," explains Sams in a chat with Gamasutra. » MORE

May 10, 2008

EA Readies $1B for Potential Take-Two Acquisition
No, Electronic Arts isn't buying Take-Two Interactive just yet. But just in case the folks at Take-Two give in, the persistent industry giant has already secured up to $1 billion in financing if the acquisition should take place by January 9, 2009.

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»	Apr 18, 2008 EA Extends, Lowers T2 Offer EA extended its tender offer (yet again) for all outstanding shares of common Take-Two stock, moving its previous deadline to May 16, 2008. The determined industry giant is also changing its $26-per-share offer, down to $25. » MORE

»	Mar 26, 2008 Take-Two to EA: 'No Means No' Take-Two Interactive makes it plain (again!) that the company is not interested in Electronic Arts' offer. There were suggestions recently that EA is determined to turn the whole thing into a hostile takeover. » MORE

»	Mar 28, 2008 EA Amends T2 Offer, Extends Deadline Electronic Arts announced that the company made a few minor changes to its $2 billion buyout offer for outstanding shares of common stock of GTA publisher Take Two Interactive. » MORE

Feb 25, 2008

EA Offers $2Bn for Take-Two - Proposal Rejected
EA officially proposes to acquire Take-Two Interactive Software in a cash merger, reportedly valued at around $2 billion dollars. That's right, EA offered $26 per share in cash, which stands as a "premium of 64 % over Take-Two’s closing stock price on Feb.

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»	Feb 04, 2008 Yahoo May Team-up With Google? Yahoo may consider forming a business alliance with Google, potentially rebuffing a $44.6 billion takeover proposal by industry giant Microsoft, according to a source familiar with Yahoo's strategy. » MORE

»	Jan 25, 2008 MS Rejoices, Makes Xbox Into a Profit While we all know that Microsoft made a decent stand on the console with its Xbox endeavor, the company continued to invest in its "little" gaming platform, but with little to almost no actual profit. » MORE

Jan 16, 2008

Spore - Simultaneous Release on PC and Mac in 2008
Electronic Arts has an announcement scheduled this week regarding Will Wright's current project, Spore. News.com has the scoop that EA will make the announcement during the Macworld Expo and that the industry giant means to confirm a simultaneous release of Spore on both PC and Mac systems.

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Dec 18, 2007

Altair Comes to Ubi's Rescue
It's no secret that EA bought a large stake in Ubisoft, making towards a possible hostile takeover. Fortunately for the Frenchies at Ubisoft, it looks like Altair, the nimble victim of the hay rapist, single-handedly saved the publisher, estimates The Financial Times (Source).

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»	Dec 07, 2007 Dreamcast 2? Sega Says, Nah! The moment Sega filed a trademark update for the Dreamcast name, speculations sprung up that they might be considering to reenter the console hardware market with a potential Dreamcast 2 patent. » MORE

»	Oct 15, 2007 Others Wanted BioWare/Pandemic In case you were wondering, EA was not the only corporation interested in acquiring BioWare/Pandemic. Elevation Partners recently confirmed it was approached by other buyers as well. » MORE

Sep 18, 2007

Sony Scales Back Insurance IPO
Industry giant Sony, apparently, must sell off its Financial Holdings company for less than initially expected. Bloomberg reports that "U.S. subprime mortgage defaults roiled global financial stocks," forcing Sony to reduce the size of its projected $3 billion insurance unit initial public offering (IPO).

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Aug 29, 2007

EA Throws a Nasty Punch Against Sony
Elecetronic Arts had its issues with Sony before, mostly while creating titles for the PS3. However, this latest remark, supposedly from a NASCAR developer from EA Tiburon, as noted on Xbox Evolved, shows that things may have heated up between the two industry giants.

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»	Aug 22, 2007 GC 2007: Electronic Arts: Press Conference Recap Right, let's get the show on the road. EA was one of the first major publishers that greeted the press during the initial day at the Games Convention in Leipzig. » MORE

»	Aug 08, 2007 EA Increases Stake in Ubi Forbes is reporting that industry giant Electronic Arts increased its ownership of publisher Ubisoft to around 25%. EA previously had around 20% in voting shares, so now they control 15% of Ubi's capital. » MORE

»	Jul 11, 2007 E3 2007: Microsoft Media Briefing After witnessing Microsoft's E3 Media Briefing, 2lions brings you his impressions of all the latest announcements coming from the industry giant. Many games are mentioned, including GTA 4, Assassin's Creeed, Halo 3 and a few pleasant surprises. » MORE

»	Jun 12, 2007 Church of England Demands Action From Sony Here we go again. The Church of England is taking things to the next level, in their ongoing dispute with Sony and the industry giant's PS3 game, Resistance: Fall of Man. » MORE

»	Apr 27, 2007 Kutaragi Says Bye-Bye to Sony Having invented the original PlayStation console in 1994 and its successor, the PlayStation 2, six years later, Ken Kutaragi decided to resign from his position as chairman and group CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment. » MORE

»	Apr 13, 2007 C&C 3 360 Delayed, Demo Imminent EA is presently fine-tuning the X360 version of its real-time strategy, Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. As of yesterday, the industry giant pinpointed a more precise release date for the game - May 10. » MORE

»	Mar 07, 2007 GDC 2007: 'Live For Windows' Pricing Revealed During Microsoft's GDC 2007 press event, the industry giant answered a few crucial questions. For one thing, they uncovered how much people will be charged for Games for Windows Live. » MORE

Jan 09, 2007

Dell Buying 1UP?
In relation to yesterday's headline about Ziff Davis selling 1UP, reports are coming in that Dell is after Ziff Davis Game Group, which, again, encompasses EGM, 1UP, the recently renamed Games for Windows and the recently deceased OPM (Official PlayStation Magazine).

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»	Jan 08, 2007 Bill Gates Interview, CES Keynote Speech So as you may or may not know, CES (Consumer Electronic Show) is on this week in Vegas, and those sites present are getting scoops with industry giants. » MORE

»	Nov 07, 2006 Namco Bandai and EA Work Together We've just receive word that Namco Bandai Games America has signed a deal with the insanely rich cats over at Electronic Arts (and yet another company cooperates with the industry giant). » MORE

Mar 01, 2006

Blu-ray Launch Date
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment revealed that the first wave of Blu-ray Disc (BD) titles will be dished out to retailers, starting on May 23. That means, before the official launch of PS3 (so far, a whole bunch of reports already indicated that the PS3 will most likely miss the Spring launch date).

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