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INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION WWW.MCVUK.COM
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SOUTH AFRICA
UNITED STATES
INTERNATIONAL NEWS SOUTH AFRICA
Midigital ..............................................Johannesburg Nu Metro Interactive ......................Johannesburg
BASCO, INC.
SPAIN
VIDEO GAMES DISTRIBUTOR
Ardistel. S.L..................................................Zaragoza
Tel: 1-917-627-3000
Distribuciones Videográficas Digitales ....MADRID
Fax: 1-718-228-4401
Lamee Software S.L. .....................................Madrid
Email: sales@bascodistribution.com Web: www.bascodistribution.com
FRIENDWARE
Capcom has appointed Nu Metro Interactive as the sole distributor of its titles in South Africa. The new agreement is effective immediately and will see Nu Metro Interactive take on the responsibility for the distribution, sales and marketing for all of Capcom’s releases in this territory. Nu Metro Interactive will launch the distribution relationship with the highly anticipated Street Fighter IV and Resident Evil 5, which are scheduled for release on PS3 and 360 on February 20th and March 13th respectively.
Marques de Monteagudo 18, 28028 Madrid, Spain`
DREAMGEAR, LLC
email: juan.bustamante@friendware.es
20001 S. Western Ave.
www.friendware.es
Torrance, CA 90501 Phone: 310-222-5522 x 111
USA
Fax: 310-222-5577 Contact: Moris Mirzadeh Email: moris@dreamgear.net
PLANETA DEAGOSTINI INTERACTIVE Diagonal, 662-664, 3ª planta D, 08034, Barcelona, Spain, Tel: +34 93 492 08 89 distributioninteractive@planetadeagostini.es
U.S. GAMES DISTRIBUTION, INC.
www.planetadeagostini.net
16700 Schoenborn St. #2 North Hills, CA. 91343 Tel: +1 818 920 9393
Research from the Nielsen Company and the Monitor-Plus advertising monitoring service showed that the games industry reportedly spent $823 million on marketing and promotion in the US during 2008. The $823 million spent amounts to less than four per cent of the industry’s total revenue of $21 billion in 2008, Kotaku reported. Notable marketing spends from last year include Ubisoft’s $10 million push for Shaun White Snowboarding, buying up all of the advertising space during the series premiere of South Park, and Rockstar, which placed colossal buildings promoting GTA IV in almost every major US city.
info@usgamesdist.com www.usgamesdist.com
VIRGIN PLAY Paseo de la Castellana 9 – 11, 28046 Madrid, Spain
UAE
Tel: +34 91 789 35 50
Red Entertainment Distribution ..................Dubai
JAPAN
Web: www.virginplay.es
DistribucionesVideográficas Digitales ....Madrid Distribuye Palmera................................Las Palmas JC Distribuciones .............................................Getxo
PLUTO GAMES
Shine Star, S.A...........................................Barcelona
PO Box 10705, Office 103-104 Emirates Islamic Bank Building,Dubai, UAE.
SWEDEN
www.pluto-games.com
Bergsala AB............................................Kungsbacka
Tel: +971 4261 8111
Panvision....................................................Stockholm
Fax: +971 4261 8112
SIBA AB ...................................................Gothenburg
AUSTRALIA
SWITZERLAND
Modern Pluto Trading LLC...............Saudi Arabia
ABC Software GmbH.......................................Buchs
NXT Global LLC .................................................Dubai Pluto Derinton Games LLC............................Egypt
TURKEY ARAL Import..................................................Istanbul Nortec Eurasia...............................................Istanbul
Publisher and developer Square Enix is to publish Activision Blizzard’s James Bond: Quantum of Solace on Xbox 360, PS3, Wii and PS2 in Japan, Andriasang has reported. The game, which is developed by Call of Duty: World at War studio Treyarch, was released alongside the film last year in Europe and North America. 007: Nagusame no Houshuu, as it will be known in the territory, will be released on all platforms on March 26th. Capcom has confirmed that it has chosen THQ as its new distribution partner in Australia and New Zealand. The news comes following the closure of Australian distributor Red Ant after it went into administration. At the time, Red Ant’s key clients Capcom and Konami said they were confident a means to distribute their games in the country would be found – while THQ’s IceStorm team said they would happily lend a hand.
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