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Pachter: EA deal should pay off

Fri - Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter has told GamesIndustry.biz that he believes the deal seeing Electronic Arts buy Pandemic and Bioware, should pay off - although there is some risk.

Gamecock plans UK office
01:04 - Will give its developers a European outlet
EA stock reaches 52-week high
Fri - $860 million acquisition will dilute earnings

More Xbox 360 Arcade pictures leaked

Fri - Still no official confirmation from Microsoft
Rare, SCEE, Relentless back Game Career Fair

Fri - UK devs support London Games Festival event

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DS hardware back on top in Japan
Fri - PSP sales drop after three weeks as leading format
Vic Reeves to host BAFTAs
Fri - Comedian chosen for "love of videogames" and appreciation of pop culture
2007 Games Media Awards results
Fri - Intent Media has announced the winners of its first-ever Games Media Awards
Nintendo: No Wii price cut
Fri - Hardware still selling well enough to justify full price
Montreal gets serious
Fri - International Game Summit to host first annual Serious Games Symposium
EA execs provide more details on BioWare, Pandemic deal
Fri - "This acquisition fills up a gap in our genre line-up"
3G Studios board gives president the boot
Thu - Creative relationship was "unachievable"
EA acquires Bioware and Pandemic
Thu - Deal valued at $860 million
Kaplan officially exits Nintendo
Thu - No replacement named
Japanese developers concerned about Wii's future
Thu - Lowest sales since system's launch
PS3 a "waste of time" says Valve's Newell
Thu - Harder to get Orange Box to same standards as PC, 360 versions
Lazard: September sales up 30 per cent
Thu - Driven by strong sales of Halo 3
GameCity: the festival highlights
Thu - The games, events and speakers to look out for
Capybara targets Nintendo formats
Thu - Pillow Fight developer bringing mobile IP to Wii, DS

Stepping Backwards

Fri - With such a rich PS2 software library, why remove the ability to play it in a new PlayStation 3?

"Sony now considers backwards compatibility to be a luxury feature - something consumers should be willing to pay additional money for..."
City Slicker

Thu - GameCity's Iain Simons discusses the challenges of a videogame festival and tea with Pajitnov

"You should be able to come to this and feel that anything might happen"

On Form
Peter Molyneux joins the 'Are games art?' debate and reveals more of Fable 2.
Cutting the Cord
Bungie's Brian Jarrard talks to GamesIndustry.biz about the next step for the Halo developer.
The Price is Right
Ray Maguire talks PlayStation 3 prices, the new 40GB model and consumer feedback
Raising the Bar
Nintendo's meteoric rise on the stock market brings with it new challenges.

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22-26 Oct 07	London Games Festival	London, UK
23-24 Oct 07	London Game Career Fair	The Old Truman Brewery, London
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