Inside Interactive Entertainment http://www.next-gen.biz Fri, 09 May 2008 11:05:01 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10399&Itemid=61 The June issue of Edge is available now. http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10396&Itemid=2 In terms of style, we know we’re on the right track when you consider something like the new Street Fighter, Prince of Persia creative director Jean-Christophe Guyot tells Edge Magazine. http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10398&Itemid=9 We're looking for a journalist to cover the Ion online gaming conference in Seattle this week. http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10397&Itemid=2 Electronic Arts is bringing the Burnout franchise to the PC, a first for the hyper-fast racing series. http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10395&Itemid=2 Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto IV has topped the latest Spanish, German and Swedish software charts, with the PS3 version leading the way in two of the three countries. http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10394&Itemid=2 Universal Pictures and Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski have signed a deal with publisher Take-Two to bring acclaimed FPS BioShock to the silver screen. http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10393&Itemid=2 RealNetworks will spin off its casual games business into an independent company. http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10392&Itemid=2 Codemasters has secured the exclusive videogame rights to Formula 1, which CEO Rod Cousens has labeled the “jewel” in its “racing crown”. http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10389&Itemid=2 Sony Computer Entertainment has announced that worldwide shipments of its Gran Turismo racing franchise have exceeded 50 million units. http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10388&Itemid=2 Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg says “the days of Sony snowing the consumers and the press are over,” that the company has failed to deliver on numerous promises, and challenges Sony’s latest European PS3 sales figures. http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10387&Itemid=2 Sony’s PSP held onto the top spot in Japan during the week ended May 4, easily outselling its nearest competitors. http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10386&Itemid=2 Mario Kart Wii remained at the top of the latest Japanese software chart after domestic sales topped the million mark. http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10384&Itemid=2 After numerous close-calls, the Nasdaq stock market has removed Atari from its listings, the game maker announced Thursday. http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10181&Itemid=2 Edge catches up with the fiercely independent creators of N to get their unique insight on working with Microsoft, the struggle of maintaining their artistic vision, and what it means to be indie. http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10382&Itemid=2 The next entry in the Call of Duty franchise will be spread across six platforms and will take place in a new theater of war, Activision said during an earnings call Thursday. http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10383&Itemid=2 Activision has again expressed how it plans to bring industry-leading innovation back to the Tony Hawk skating franchise, and reveals the next entry will be DS-only. http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10381&Itemid=2 Activision has been dropping heavy hints about more multiplatform Guitar Hero titles coming for the holidays. http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10379&Itemid=2 UPDATE - Activision has posted record fiscal year results and a strong fourth quarter on the back of hit titles such as Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and Call of Duty 4; hardware projections within. http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10378&Itemid=2 Pandemic Studios will be exercising its action game experience with the newly-announced The Lord of the Rings: Conquest. http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10377&Itemid=2 The NPD Group has released new data showing that online subscriptions in the US gaming market exceed $1 billion annually.