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SINGAPORE
TURKEY
Replay Interactive....................................Singapore
ARAL Import..................................................Istanbul Nortec Eurasia...............................................Istanbul
SOUTH AFRICA Midigital ..............................................Johannesburg
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
THE SOAP OPERA-like narrative of the ongoing Pirate Bay prosecution in Sweden took another unexpected turn when a second judge was thrown off the case after it emerged she had links to pro-copyright lobbyists. This is the second time that the Swedish legal system has been accused of a pro-copyright agenda. After the conclusion of the first trial, it emerged that the judge Tomas Norström was a member of both the Swedish Association for the Protection of Industrial Property and the Swedish Copyright Association. Accusations of bias followed, and subsequently fellow judge Ulrika Ihrfelt was appointed to examine the claims. However, it was discovered that Ihrfelt herself is also a member of both groups – a discovery that has lead to her removal from the process. “The reasons for this is that the question of whether the original judge was biased needs to be tried by other judges other than those that later may have been given the case,” an appeal court statement said. “Furthermore, because of the content of the claim of bias, it has been deemed proper that the question should be answered by a division that is not specialised in copyright.”
Contact: Moris Mirzadeh Email: moris@dreamgear.net
VIRGIN PLAY Paseo de la Castellana 9 – 11, 28046 Madrid, Spain
UNITED STATES
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
JAPAN 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
A NEW POSTER advertising campaign in the US has confirmed that Final Fantasy XIII will be released in 2010 – scuppering any lingering hopes that the game would make it to retail this year. The confirmation came from a new LA advertising campaign which simply states ‘Coming 2010’. FFXIII is scheduled to hit Japanese stores before the end of the year, but with Square claiming that work on the Xbox 360 version (which is not being released in Japan) will not begin until the PS3 version is complete, a 2009 release was already considered impossible. A bigger question is whether Square Enix will delay the US release of the game until its European localisations are complete – if not, gamers this side of the Atlantic could face an even bigger wait to get their hands on the title. Such is the appetite for the RPG sequel that sales of PS3 recently surged 274 per cent in Japan after the release of a playable demo of the game. A NEW JAPANESE game development group has been established with game designer Tomonobu Itagaki at the helm. Itagaki, who previously headed up Tecmo subsidiary Team Ninja, was involved in the development of a number of popular fighting titles such as Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive. Last year Itagaki parted ways with employer Tecmo under a lawsuit-shaped cloud, claiming that the group had not honoured its completion bonus agreements.
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