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INTERNATIONAL NEWS
JAPAN
PLANETA DEAGOSTINI INTERACTIVE
DREAMGEAR, LLC
Diagonal, 662-664, 3ª planta D, 08034,
20001 S. Western Ave.
Barcelona, Spain,
Torrance, CA 90501
Tel: +34 93 492 08 89
Phone: 310-222-5522 x 111
distributioninteractive@planetadeagostini.es
Fax: 310-222-5577
www.planetadeagostini.net
Contact: Moris Mirzadeh Email: moris@dreamgear.net
VIRGIN PLAY
Meanwhile, the latest release in Square Enix’s hugely popular RPG series, Dragon Quest IX on DS, has enjoyed a fantastic debut in Japan racking up sales of 2,343,440 copies in its first two days. The numbers mean that DQIX bettered the debut of predecessor DGVIII, which sold 2,237,000 units in its first two days on the Japanese market.
Paseo de la Castellana 9 – 11, 28046 Madrid, Spain Tel: +34 91 789 35 50
U.S. GAMES DISTRIBUTION, INC.
Web: www.virginplay.es
16700 Schoenborn St. #2 North Hills, CA. 91343
DistribucionesVideográficas Digitales ....Madrid
Tel: +1 818 920 9393
Distribuye Palmera................................Las Palmas
info@usgamesdist.com
JC Distribuciones .............................................Getxo
www.usgamesdist.com
Shine Star, S.A...........................................Barcelona
SWEDEN
UAE
Bergsala AB............................................Kungsbacka
Red Entertainment Distribution ..................Dubai
GAME OUTLET EUROPE AB
PLUTO GAMES
PO Box 5083
PO Box 10705, Office 103-104
S-650 05 Karlstad, Sweden
Emirates Islamic Bank Building,Dubai, UAE.
Phone: +46 54 854750
www.pluto-games.com
Fax: +46 54 854759
Tel: +971 4261 8111
E-mail: info@gameoutlet.se
Fax: +971 4261 8112
WARNER BROS. movies are now available to rent through the Nintendo Wii in Japan. 54 films can be viewed, including The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Charlie and the Chocolate Factor, Contact, Batman Begins, Last Samurai, The Goonies, Free Willy and 2001: A Space Odyssey. The films are available through Fujisoft’s Everyone’s Theater Wii service, which has a standard rental price of 300 Wii Points for 47 hours. The Everyone’s Theater service is currently only available in Japan, and costs 500 Wii Points to download. The service streams a variety of anime, TV dramas and movies.
USA
NEW DATA from metrix specialist comScore has shown that the number of people playing online casual games in the US was up by 22 per cent annually in May – a stat that’s in stark contrast to the mass market losses seen in the console sector. Over 87 million people in the US played casual games in the month – around half the total number of internet users in the territory. However, in June NPD reported that core games revenues was down 23 per cent year-on-year in the US. Of the casual portals monitored, Yahoo! Games emerged as the most popular ahead of the likes of EA, Nickelodeon, WildTangent and Disney.
Website: www.gameoutlet.se
Panvision....................................................Stockholm
Modern Pluto Trading LLC...............Saudi Arabia
SIBA AB ...................................................Gothenburg
NXT Global LLC .................................................Dubai Pluto Derinton Games LLC............................Egypt
SWITZERLAND ABC Software GmbH.......................................Buchs
TURKEY ARAL Import..................................................Istanbul Nortec Eurasia...............................................Istanbul
UNITED STATES BASCO, INC. VIDEO GAMES DISTRIBUTOR Tel: 1-917-627-3000 Fax: 1-718-228-4401 Email: sales@bascodistribution.com Web: www.bascodistribution.com
Elsewhere, online monetization firm PlaySpan has announced that a new code card will be stocked in over 800 Toys R Us stores across North America. The cards are made in conjunction with PBS Kids Play and go under the name of Ultimate Game Card. The cards can be used to pay for online subscriptions to PBSkids.org, a website that offers casual games targeted at the ages 3-6 demographic and starring many of America’s most popular children’s brands. Concerns that Way Of The Samurai 3 could end up an Xbox 360 exclusive have been alleviated with the news that Agetec is to handle publishing duties on the PS3 version in North America. The game, developed by Tenchu studio Acquire, was released in Japan late last year selling 80,000 copies in its first three days on sale on PS3. An Xbox 360 version arrived in February in Japan.
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