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	<title>videogaming247 &#187; Trade</title>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 20:51:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>London Games Festival dated for October</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/15/london-games-festival-dated-for-october/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/15/london-games-festival-dated-for-october/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 17:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>patlike</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This year&#8217;s London Games Festival will kick of on October 25, the organiser confirmed today.
“Last year’s London Games Festival was a huge success and we were thrilled with the feedback from many of those who attended and the publishers who took part,” said LGF chairman Keith Ramsdale. 
“The Trafalgar Square event looked fantastic and it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CBS buys Gamespot and GameFAQS</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/15/cbs-buys-gamespot/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/15/cbs-buys-gamespot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 14:28:50 +0000</pubDate>
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CBS has announced intentions to buy all outstanding CNET stock at a value of $1.8 billion.
&#8220;The core businesses of CNET Networks and CBS Interactive represent near perfect category symmetry in premium online content,&#8221; said Quincy Smith, president, CBS Interactive.
&#8220;Together we will have a terrific opportunity to not only grow our established businesses, but to build [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GC2008 sees &#8220;considerably more&#8221; exhibitor registration than last year</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/15/gc2008-sees-considerably-more-exhibitor-registration-than-last-year/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/15/gc2008-sees-considerably-more-exhibitor-registration-than-last-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 12:37:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leipziger Messe put out a press release this morning claiming Games Convention this year is going to break all previous records, saying the company registration is well up on last year.
&#8220;With considerably more than 500 exhibitors (2007: 503 exhibitors), the fair organisers expect another record,&#8221; said the firm. &#8220;Interest is particularly strong among international game [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sebastian: PS3 price cut now less likely this year</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/15/sebastian-ps3-price-cut-now-less-likely-this-year/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/15/sebastian-ps3-price-cut-now-less-likely-this-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 11:56:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a research note following the release of Sony financials yesterday, Lazard Capital&#8217;s Colin Sebastian said he believed the results showed there was now less need for the firm drop drop PS3&#8217;s price as the business was starting to accelerate.
&#8220;Console market share appears to be less of a priority; price cut less likely,&#8221; he said.
&#8220;On [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft wobbles over global figures announcement</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/15/microsoft-wobbles-over-global-figures-announcement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/15/microsoft-wobbles-over-global-figures-announcement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 08:28:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kotaku quite rightly called Microsoft out over its claim yesterday that Xbox 360 was the leader in the &#8220;current-generation console&#8221; race, forcing a smirk-worthy climb-down from the firm.
Wii has a global installed base of around 25 million compared to 360&#8217;s now-confirmed 19 million. From the site:
When contacted for clarification about the 360&#8217;s numbers versus the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft claims 10 million US 360 sales, 12 million Live subs</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/14/microsoft-claims-10-million-us-360-sales-12-million-live-subs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/14/microsoft-claims-10-million-us-360-sales-12-million-live-subs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 20:44:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft has issued a statement saying 360 has hit 10 million sales in the US and, as a result, is likely to &#8220;win&#8221; this hardware generation.
&#8220;History has shown us that the first company to reach 10 million in console sales wins the generation battle,&#8221; said senior Microsoft exec Don Mattrick.
The firm also confirmed that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dyack may step down Silicon Knights boss</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/14/dyack-may-step-down-silicon-knights-boss/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/14/dyack-may-step-down-silicon-knights-boss/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 20:08:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GameDaily&#8217;s reporting that Silicon Knights boss Denis Dyack is considering stepping down as the business lead of Silicon Knights.
&#8220;I&#8217;ve been involved in a lot of IP creation within Silicon Knights and as the company grows, I have to look at whether I want to continue to be president and director, and I&#8217;m leaning towards staying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NCsoft announces MMO &#8220;starter packs&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/14/ncsoft-announces-mmo-starter-packs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/14/ncsoft-announces-mmo-starter-packs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 17:55:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
NCsoft has released £1.99 &#8220;starter packs&#8221; of its larger MMO titles, such as City of Heroes, City of Villains, Guild Wars and Lineage II, the company confirmed today.
The packs contain the game and two week&#8217;s free play, after which gamers can decide whether or not they want to go back to the retailer and buy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sebastian: Expect Take-Two buyout news on Monday</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/14/sebastian-expect-take-two-buyout-news-on-monday/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/14/sebastian-expect-take-two-buyout-news-on-monday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 11:31:55 +0000</pubDate>
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Lazard Capital&#8217;s Colin Sebastian just issued a note on last night&#8217;s EA financials saying that news on the company&#8217;s proposed buyout of Take-Two can be expected next Monday.
&#8220;Expect update on TTWO bid by Monday morning,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We continue to believe that the current offer of $25.74 per share would be accretive to earnings for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nordic Game: Children badly served by games, says TT head</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/14/nordic-game-children-badly-served-by-games-says-tt-head/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/14/nordic-game-children-badly-served-by-games-says-tt-head/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 11:14:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In his Nordic Game keynote, Traveller&#8217;s Tales boss Jonathan Smith said that lack of proper titles for children led him to create the Lego Star Wars series, according to GI report.
&#8220;We believed that children were very badly served by the games they were being given,&#8221; he said.
&#8220;As parents at the time with children ourselves we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sony financials: 10 million PS3 sales expected next year</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/14/sony-financials-10-million-ps3-sales-expected-next-year/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/14/sony-financials-10-million-ps3-sales-expected-next-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 09:43:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Sony financials released this morning, the firm said it expects to sell 10 million PS3 in the next financial year, up from the 9.24 million for the 12 months ending March 31.
PSP hardware sales, the company said, will rise to 15 million from 13.89 in fiscal 07, with PS2 dropping off quickly, down to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sony financials: PS3 software sales boom, PSP static, PS2 drops</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/14/sony-financials-ps3-software-sales-boom-psp-static-ps2-drops/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/14/sony-financials-ps3-software-sales-boom-psp-static-ps2-drops/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 08:48:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sales of PlayStation 3 software in the 12 months ending March 31 rose dramatically, according to just-released full-year Sony financials, rising to 57.9 million units compared to 13.4 million in the previous year.
PSP software sales remained virtually static, however, despite a heavy increase in hardware sales across the period, rising fractionally from 54.9 million in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sony financials: PSP sales accelerate in FY 07</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/14/sony-financials-psp-sales-accelerate-in-fy-07/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/14/sony-financials-psp-sales-accelerate-in-fy-07/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 08:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
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Just-released full-year Sony financials have shown a heave acceleration of PSP hardware sales, up to 13.89 million compared to 9.77 million in the previous year.
As far as we can see, no specific region breakdown was given for the sales in the report, but Japanese PSP sales have stayed high for many months now, and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sony financials: PlayStation division makes FY 07 loss</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/14/sony-financials-playstation-division-makes-fy-07-loss/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/14/sony-financials-playstation-division-makes-fy-07-loss/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 08:26:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sony Corp just released full-year figures, showing that operating revenue for its games division rose 26.3 percent in the year ending March 31 to $12.84 billion. The PlayStation section of the company still made a loss, however, decreased from $1.97 billion to $1.24 billion year on year.
The company as a whole showed a revenue rose [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MS Gamer&#8217;s Day: Data will speak for itself in console race, says Kim</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/14/ms-gamers-day-data-will-speak-for-itself-in-console-race-says-kim/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/14/ms-gamers-day-data-will-speak-for-itself-in-console-race-says-kim/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 08:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
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The Eurogamer massive got a Kim interview too, the first bit of which just popped up on GI. Speaking at the Microsoft Gamer&#8217;s Day in San Francisco yesterday, the Xbox boss refused to be drawn on the states of play between his firm and Sony, saying only that the figures will tell the final story.
&#8220;I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Battered Sega Sammy posts FY 07 $501 million loss</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/14/battered-sega-sammy-posts-fy-07-501-million-loss/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/14/battered-sega-sammy-posts-fy-07-501-million-loss/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 07:54:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sega Sammy&#8217;s posted a full-year loss of $501 million for the period ending March 31, GameDaily reports.
The company&#8217;s net income for the period was $415 million.
&#8220;As rebuilding our consumer video game business is crucial, we now need to review our game title strategy more flexibly to adapt ourselves to changes in the trend of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EA financials: Majority of revenue came from PlayStation platforms in Q4</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/14/ea-financials-majority-of-revenue-came-from-playstation-platforms-in-q4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 07:33:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to this Kotaku report, EA made more money from PS3 than Xbox 360 in the quarter ending March 31, taking $152 million and $128 million on each platform respectively.
More cash was take on PS2 than either of the next-gen platforms, however, with EA seeing PlayStation 2 revenue of $166 million for the quarter.
More through [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EA financials: Rock Band sold 1.5 million in Q4</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/14/ea-financials-rock-band-sold-15-million-in-q4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 06:09:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to this Gamasutra report, EA confirmed last night that Rock Band sold more than 1.5 million units in the US in the fourth quarter of the company&#8217;s financial year, ending March 31.
That&#8217;s a lot of people pretending to be Nine Inch Nails. Read the rest of our EA financial report coverage here.
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		<title>EA financials: &#8220;Ship time will give before quality,&#8221; says Riccitiello</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/14/ea-financials-ship-time-will-give-before-quality-says-riccitiello/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 06:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to this Next-Gen piece, EA boss John Riccitiello said in last night&#8217;s investor call that EA games would slip from now on rather than being forced out of the door.
&#8220;I would say without hesitation that our quality is going to be up this year versus the prior year. I would say without hesitation that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EA financials: Publisher drops quarterly guidance</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/14/ea-financials-publisher-drops-quarterly-guidance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 06:03:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to this Kotaku report, EA said it will stop offering quarterly guidance from now on in a conference call that followed the release of full-year financials yesterday.
Execs said the decision was to stop stock slumps based on short-term problems, such as delays.
&#8220;The nature of our business is fairly variable quarter to quarter based on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EA financials: Casual and micro-transactions is &#8220;growth sector&#8221; for PC, says Riccitiello</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/14/ea-financials-casual-and-micro-transactions-is-growth-sector-for-pc-says-riccitiello/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 05:59:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Speaking in a conference call following the release of full-year financials last night, EA boss John Riccitiello said that casual gaming and micro-transactions are the way forward for the firm&#8217;s PC business, and that without WoW and The Sims the PC market in general would be a bit&#8230; screwed.
&#8220;Were it not for The Sims and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EA financials: 15 double platinum titles for 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/14/ea-financials-15-double-platinum-titles-for-2008/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 05:51:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[EA&#8217;s has confirmed it had 15 double platinum titles in 2008 in its full year financials last night, and claimed it it still the biggest publisher in the world, according to this GI piece.
The firm had 19 percent and 20 percent market share in North America and Europe respectively, the firm said.
Additionally the company was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EA financials: Full year shows revenue increase but $454 million loss</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/14/ea-financials-full-year-shows-revenue-increase-but-454-million-loss/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 05:46:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[EA reported full-year financials last night, showing a $454 million loss for the 12 months ending March 31, compared to a like-for-like profit of $76 million.
Revenues were up, however, to $3.67 billion, a rise of 19 per cent on the previous year.
Q4 revenue saw a jump of 81 percent to $1.13 billion.
&#8220;A year ago, we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EA financials: Full earnings call transcript online now</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/14/ea-financials-full-earnings-call-transcript-online-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 05:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s on Seeking Alpha. The call included Tricia Gugler (Director, Investor Relations), John Riccitiello (CEO), Eric Brown (CFO), John Pleasants (COO and President - Global Publishing) and Frank Gibeau (President - EA Games Label). Enjoy.
Read the rest of our EA Q4 financial report coverage here.
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		<title>GTA IV: PS3 beats 360 in Germany and Spain</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/13/gta-iv-ps3-beats-360-in-germany-and-spain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 13:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to this GI report, the PS3 version of GTA IV has outsold the 360 SKU in both Germany and Spain in its first week on sale.
The 360 version only managed third place in the Spanish charts, trailing Wii Fit.
Click through for all the info.
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		<title>Blizzard to keynote Paris GDC</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 13:14:17 +0000</pubDate>
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Rob Pardo, Blizzard&#8217;s SVP of game design, will give the opening keynote at Paris GDC this year, the event confirmed today.
The keynote - titled &#8220;In the Eye of the Blizzard&#8221; - GDC boss Jamil Moledina will interview Pardo on stage &#8220;on his inspirations, challenges, and on the next steps at Blizzard Entertainment. Pardo will address [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eurogamer launching in Portugal next week</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 18:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you can see here - assuming you can read Portuguese - Eurogamer.pt&#8217;s launching on May 19.
The latest European site from Eurogamer Network means the company&#8217;s now got content in in four European languages, the others being German, French and, of course, English.
So there we are.
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		<title>GamesIndustry.biz launches Network</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/12/gamesindustrybiz-launches-network/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 16:34:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GI&#8217;s launched its Network social tool thing, and very nice it is too. Not shit in any way, from the look of it. Valuable, even. There are people on there we actually would want to speak to. Good work. Look. Sign up, if you&#8217;re in the &#8220;biz&#8221;.
Press release after the link.
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		<title>Riccitiello is &#8220;real deal,&#8221; says Houser</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 14:35:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Speaking to the Wall Street Journal, Rockstar boss Sam Houser has called EA CEO John Riccitiello &#8220;the real deal&#8221; and said he &#8220;sees some appeal in an EA alliance&#8221;, according to the piece.
From the site:
The &#8220;talent&#8221; at Rockstar, as they&#8217;re called internally, make star-caliber money and might find EA&#8217;s more traditional pay structure jarring. In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Qantm open day for May 25</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 14:15:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Multimedia education outfit Qantm has confirmed that its next open day will be May 25.
For more information on courses and the day itself, see here.
Qantm offers stuff like 3D Animation; Graphic Design, Games Design + Programming; Web Development and Game Audio courses, all beginning in September this year.
Press release after the link.
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		<title>EA buying Rupture, says report</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 14:11:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to this TechCrunch report, EA is about to buy Shawn Fanning&#8217;s social-network-gaming startup Rupture for $30 million, according to sources with knowledge of the deal.
Fanning is best known as the creator of Napster. From the site:
Electronic Arts is buying the company for its technology, since it doesn’t have a lot of users (it was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pachter: PS3 outsold 360 in April in the US</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 13:49:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wedbush Morgan&#8217;s Michael Pachter has released a research note saying that he expects PS3 to have outsold Xbox 360 in the US in April.
Here are his estimates, according to Next-Gen (simExchange predictions):
Wii: 600,000 (734,000)
PS3: 290,000 (363,000)
Xbox 360: 275,000 (381,000)
PS2: 160,000 (n/a)
DS: 550,000 (609,000)
PSP: 235,000 (282,000)
We asked Michael whether or not he believed 360 outsold PS3 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pachter: 360 outsold PS3 in the US last month</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 11:04:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wedbush Morgan&#8217;s Michael Pachter has just told videogaming247 that he expects Xbox 360 to have outsold PS3 in America last month, ahead of NPD data to be released this week.
The analyst said that his research note on the figures is to be released in approximately 45 minutes. Stay tuned, stat fans.
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		<title>Gamecock boss takes full piss out of ESA and E3</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/10/gamecock-boss-takes-full-piss-out-of-esa-and-e3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 16:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gamecock chief Mike Wilson is standing for the ESA presidency, apparently.
The publisher issued a press release last night saying Wilson would attempt to take control of the organisation in an effort to bring &#8220;fun back to the gaming industry&#8221;.
&#8220;I read last week that some of my most high profile supporters are not happy with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EA shores up $1 billion in credit for T2 takeover</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/10/ea-shores-up-1-billion-in-credit-for-t2-takeover/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/10/ea-shores-up-1-billion-in-credit-for-t2-takeover/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 11:54:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[EA&#8217;s secured a $1 billion credit line to aid it with its proposed $2 billion takeover.
The cash is being fronted by Morgan Stanley, BNP Paribas and The Bank of Nova Scotia, among others, and can be accessed any time up to January 9, 2009.
&#8220;This is a process point on something we had disclosed earlier when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Activision shares leap on results news</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/09/activision-shares-leap-on-results-news/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/09/activision-shares-leap-on-results-news/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 15:02:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Acitvision&#8217;s shares are up 8.3 percent so far today after the company issued megaton financials for fiscal 2008.
The stock is currently trading at $29.99, a breakthrough after the announcement of Activision&#8217;s Blizzard merger in December, since which the shares have been stuck in the $27-28 range.
The deal values the shares at $27.50.
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		<title>Greenberg savages Sony over delays and promises</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/09/greenberg-savages-sony-over-delays-and-promises/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/09/greenberg-savages-sony-over-delays-and-promises/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 13:20:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft product manager Aaron Greenberg has launched an unprecedented attack on Sony in an interview with Destructoid, assaulting virtually every aspect of the PS3 business and claiming the company has failed to deliver on numerous promises.
&#8220;We have been fighting Sony&#8217;s promises from the day we entered the market,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Three years ago at E3 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gamesindustry.biz Network to debut at Nordic Game</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/09/gamesindustrybiz-network-to-debut-at-nordic-game/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/09/gamesindustrybiz-network-to-debut-at-nordic-game/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 11:41:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The GamesIndustry.biz Network will debut at next week&#8217;s Nordic Game, the site&#8217;s announced.
The Scandinavian event will host the launch of the Network’s event section, where delegates will be able to make the most of the conference by connecting with other attendees online and arranging meetings with them at the event.
All speakers, press and delegates who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Atari delisted from Nasdaq, trading suspended</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/09/atari-delisted-from-nasdaq-trading-suspended/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/09/atari-delisted-from-nasdaq-trading-suspended/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 06:31:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Whoops. Nasdaq&#8217;s confirmed that Atari has been delisted from the US exchange and that all trading in its shares will be suspended as of this morning.
See after the link, courtesy of GoNintendo.
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		<title>Activision financials: Conference call audio online now</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/09/activision-financials-conference-call-audio-online-now/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/09/activision-financials-conference-call-audio-online-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 06:12:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[And here it is. We think we got pretty much everything, but don&#8217;t take our word for it. Listen to Bobby Kotick and Mike Griffith rabbit on about innovation and money for ages. You may as well. It&#8217;s Friday.
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		<title>Activision financials: We&#8217;re now the biggest in the US, says firm</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/09/activision-financials-were-now-the-biggest-in-the-us-says-firm/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/09/activision-financials-were-now-the-biggest-in-the-us-says-firm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 06:06:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a press releasing detailing full-year financials last night, Activision claimed it is now the biggest publisher in America, quoting NPD data. From here:
During the fiscal year, in the U.S., Activision grew its market share by 7.2% to a record 17.3%, was the #1 console and handheld software publisher in dollars, and had three top-10 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Activision financials: Revenues hit $2.9 billion for FY 08</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/09/activision-financials-revenues-hit-29-billion-for-fy-08/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/09/activision-financials-revenues-hit-29-billion-for-fy-08/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 05:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Activision has reported full-year financials of $2.9 billion for fiscal 2008, up 92 percent over the previous year.
Net income for the year was $345 million, or $1.10 per share, up from $0.28 per diluted share in fiscal 2007.
For the forth quarter ended March 31, the company reported net revenues of $602.5 million compared $312.5 in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gamecock goes digital download</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/08/gamecock-goes-digital-download/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 19:25:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gamecock&#8217;s announced that it&#8217;s to start selling its games digitally with partner GamersGate.
Stronghold Crusader Extreme will be the first title released on the service as part of the deal later this month.
&#8220;This is an important partnership for us because GamersGate really delivers to players,&#8221; said Gamecock boss Harry Miller. &#8220;Working with GamersGate to support independent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US online game subs exceed $1 billion PA</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/08/us-online-game-subs-exceed-1-billion-pa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/08/us-online-game-subs-exceed-1-billion-pa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 19:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NPD&#8217;s confirmed that online game subscriptions in the US now exceed more than $1 billion per year, Next-Gen reports.
The billion-dollar figure includes three categories: MMO, casual and console revenues.
&#8220;Now that NPD can estimate the value of the subscription market, it&#8217;s clear that there is a sizable chunk of revenue being generated by PC gaming beyond [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dutch games industry nears €1 billion</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/08/dutch-games-industry-nears-e1-billion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/08/dutch-games-industry-nears-e1-billion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 12:58:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to this Next-Gen report, the Dutch games industry is now worth €1 billion per year in revenue and is growing 50 percent faster than any other games market in the region.
From the site:
&#8220;The remarkable success of the Dutch game industry can be attributed to the significant interest in game-related research, education and science in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-Nintendo chairman is Japan&#8217;s richest man</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/08/ex-nintendo-chairman-is-japans-richest-man/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/08/ex-nintendo-chairman-is-japans-richest-man/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 07:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to this Forbes article, ex-Nintendo chairman Hiroshi Yamauchi is now Nintendo&#8217;s richest man.
The aging boss netted more than $3 billion in the past year alone, mainly from Wii&#8217;s success.
Apparently, Japan&#8217;s 40 wealthiest businesspeople are worth $89.9 billion, up $10.7 billion from last year.
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		<title>360 Jasper chip to launch in August?</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/08/360-jasper-chip-to-launch-in-august/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/08/360-jasper-chip-to-launch-in-august/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 05:32:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to this Xbitlabs story, Microsoft has instructed IBM and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co that it&#8217;s to release Xbox 360&#8217;s based on the Jasper chipset in August.
Jasper, in a nutshell, consumes less electricity, uses simpler cooling systems and produces less noise than the current Falcon chipset.
This is down as rumour at the moment. More detail [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EA E3 press conference timing confirmed</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/07/ea-e3-press-conference-timing-confirmed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/07/ea-e3-press-conference-timing-confirmed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 18:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[EA&#8217;s confirmed it&#8217;s to hold its E3 press conference the day before the show actually starts, at the Orpheum Theater at 3pm. Thanks, Kotaku.
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		<title>Difference between PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii is &#8220;so little&#8221;, says SCEE president</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/07/difference-between-ps3-xbox-360-and-wii-is-so-little-says-scee-president/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/07/difference-between-ps3-xbox-360-and-wii-is-so-little-says-scee-president/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 08:20:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Speaking to videogaming247 at the SCEE PlayStation Day yesterday, SCEE president David Reeves said it&#8217;s &#8220;little things like PlayTV&#8221; that will swing consumers towards PS3 as the differences between the three major consoles on the market are so slight.
&#8220;Just as when you see two top football teams playing, the margin of error [is so small], [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EA: Take-Two deal now &#8220;50/50 at best&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/07/ea-take-two-deal-now-5050-at-best/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/07/ea-take-two-deal-now-5050-at-best/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 06:16:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GI&#8217;s landed a whopper this morning, with EA comms head Jeff Brown telling the site that a completion of Take-Two buyout is now &#8220;50/50 at best&#8221;.
&#8220;We&#8217;re not desperate and there&#8217;s a clock ticking,&#8221; said the exec.
&#8220;It&#8217;s always been mystifying as to why they thought it was important to wait,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Everybody knew [GTA IV] [...]]]></description>
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