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Pursues its studio expansion in Asia

London, United Kingdom – 15 April 2008 – Today, Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest video game publishers, announces that it has concluded an agreement with Gameloft to acquire its video game development studio based in Pune, India.

Established end of 2006, the studio has a team of 120 developers and testers who will initially focus on porting titles to handheld consoles and reinforcing Ubisoft’s testing teams. The goal is to become 200 developers strong in 12 months time and to reach a team of 500 in the coming years.

Known as the “Oxford of the East”, Pune’s extensive university system (one of the largest in Asia) sees 80 000 engineers graduate each year. This satellite city of Mumbai (Bombay) is part of the 2nd generation of India’s techno-poles, and is considered one of the most pleasant cities to live in the country.
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Rising Star Games Announces Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon

Luton – April 14th 2008 – Rising Star Games is pleased to announce Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon for Nintendo DS and available in September 2008.

About Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon:

You awaken to find yourself in an unfamiliar village known as Kardia. Wearing nothing more than the tattered clothes on your back, you have no memory of who you are or how you arrived.

A strange but beautiful young woman by the name of Mist comes to your aid and offers you food and water in return for helping her on her land by planting crops and clearing her fields. As you tend the land and plough the fields, you grow stronger and your skills improve. However, for some reason, you do recall a time when you felt more comfortable with a sword in your hand.
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Home Sweet Home is exploding onto the console market in a big way! Big Blue Bubble is proud to announce that Home Sweet Home is set to release on WiiWareTM, …
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Chaotic arcade driving and frantic mini-games in Codemasters®’ WiiTM exclusive.

Tuesday, April 15th – Emergency Mayhem™ is now shipping to U.S. retail nationwide and will hit U.K. and European stores …
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Tomorrow morning, I hear 6 am, Nintendo will be lifting there embargo on last Thursday summit. Tomorrow morning we will probably see a tsunami of news, reviews, …
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