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INTERNATIONAL NEWS
USA
SINGAPORE
TURKEY
Replay Interactive....................................Singapore
ARAL Import..................................................Istanbul
WITH THE fifth game in the Cooking Mama series having recently arrived at UK retail, North American publisher Majesco Entertainment revealed that total sales of the franchise in the region have now passed the four million unit mark.
Nortec Eurasia...............................................Istanbul
SOUTH AFRICA Midigital ..............................................Johannesburg
Elsewhere, M2 analyst Wanda Meloni revealed 8,450 game makers have been laid off since July 2008, with 75 per cent of job reductions happening in the US. This means that 12 per cent of the US games industry is out of work. There have also been at least 13 studio closures, she notes in her latest briefing. Victims include the likes of 3D Realms, Ensemble, and Microsoft's ACES. Others are ‘on life support’.
UNITED STATES
Nu Metro Interactive ......................Johannesburg
SPAIN
BASCO, INC.
Ardistel. S.L..................................................Zaragoza
VIDEO GAMES DISTRIBUTOR
Distribuciones Videográficas Digitales ....MADRID
Tel: 1-917-627-3000
Lamee Software S.L. .....................................Madrid
Fax: 1-718-228-4401 Email: sales@bascodistribution.com Web: www.bascodistribution.com
PLANETA DEAGOSTINI INTERACTIVE Diagonal, 662-664, 3ª planta D, 08034, Barcelona, Spain, Tel: +34 93 492 08 89
DREAMGEAR, LLC
distributioninteractive@planetadeagostini.es
20001 S. Western Ave.
www.planetadeagostini.net
Torrance, CA 90501 Phone: 310-222-5522 x 111 Fax: 310-222-5577 Contact: Moris Mirzadeh Email: moris@dreamgear.net
VIRGIN PLAY Paseo de la Castellana 9 – 11, 28046 Madrid, Spain Tel: +34 91 789 35 50 Web: www.virginplay.es
U.S. GAMES DISTRIBUTION, INC. DistribucionesVideográficas Digitales ....Madrid
16700 Schoenborn St.
Distribuye Palmera................................Las Palmas
#2 North Hills, CA. 91343
JC Distribuciones .............................................Getxo
Tel: +1 818 920 9393
Shine Star, S.A...........................................Barcelona
info@usgamesdist.com www.usgamesdist.com
SWEDEN Bergsala AB............................................Kungsbacka
UAE Red Entertainment Distribution ..................Dubai
PLUTO GAMES GAME OUTLET EUROPE AB PO Box 5083 S-650 05 Karlstad, Sweden Phone: +46 54 854750 Fax: +46 54 854759
PO Box 10705, Office 103-104 Emirates Islamic Bank Building,Dubai, UAE. www.pluto-games.com Tel: +971 4261 8111 Fax: +971 4261 8112
E-mail: info@gameoutlet.se Website: www.gameoutlet.se Modern Pluto Trading LLC...............Saudi Arabia Panvision....................................................Stockholm
NXT Global LLC .................................................Dubai
SIBA AB ...................................................Gothenburg
Pluto Derinton Games LLC............................Egypt
SWITZERLAND ABC Software GmbH.......................................Buchs
CANADA
STATS FROM sales analyst NPD have shown that the Canadian video games market suffered a like-for-like fall in sales in Q1 – the first time the territory has shown an annual dip since figures began in 2002. Retail sales of hardware and software fell by 8.5 per cent for Q1 2009 compared the first quarter of 2008. Sales of portable hardware fell by 21 per cent whilst home console sales fell 14.5 per cent. “It may be tempting to attribute the decline in sales to the current state of the economy but on closer inspection the first quarter of 2009 lacked the number of blockbuster titles that drove sales during the same period last year,” NPD group manager Matthew Tattle stated. “Guitar Hero and Rock Band experienced very strong sales in early 2008 while the release of Super Smash Bros Brawl helped bolster overall first quarter sales for the category.” Meanwhile, Vancouver-based start-up group BigPark will soon be added to Microsoft Game Studios’ reduced network of first-party developers. Microsoft has stated its intent to purchase the online gaming developer, which was originally co-founded by Xbox’s Interactive Entertainment Business chief Don Mattrick. The group has been working on an unannounced project for around a year, and is expected to reveal its title at E3. Microsoft stated that BigPark has a workforce comprised of a number of industry veterans. The Group’s CEO Hanno Lemke formerly served at Electronic Arts and Distinctive Software, where he was involved in high-profile projects such as Need For Speed and Skate. Following the acquisition, Lemke will report to Phil Spencer, general manager at Microsoft Game Studios. Spencer said that the BigPark team “is composed of some of the most experienced and creative minds working in the industry today.”
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