Category Archives: Spain

Fri, May 24, 2013 | 12:34 BST

PS4: Mark Cerny to discuss console’s creation at GameLab conference

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PlayStation 4′s creation will be detailed by the console’s architect Mark Cerny at this year’s GameLab conference, taking place between June 26-28 in Barcelona.

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Tue, Feb 26, 2013 | 02:49 GMT

Nintendo targets Brazil, China, Mexico and Spain in piracy report

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Nintendo has nominated four problematic territories in an appeal to the US government to counter video game piracy.

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Mon, Sep 17, 2012 | 13:18 BST

Free-to-play games now account for 50% of European market

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Free-to-play games accounted for half of Europe’s game acquisitions across the last twelve months, a new survey has found.

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Tue, Jun 19, 2012 | 15:08 BST

Koch Media to distribute THQ titles in Spain and Italy

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Spanish website Revogamers is reporting that THQ will cease distribution of its titles in Spain and Italy. German firm, Koch Media, is taking over distribution duties of THQ-published titles in the regions from this summer, including responsibility of the publisher’s back-catalogue and future games, which includes Darksiders II in August and Metro: Last Light early next year.

Thanks, GoNintendo.

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Mon, Jun 04, 2012 | 01:07 BST

PlayStation Network content added to GameStop, EB Games offering

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GameStop-family retailers across Australia, New Zealand and several European nations will begin selling PlayStation Network games and DLC in-store.

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Wed, May 23, 2012 | 15:22 BST

Shigeru Miyamoto honoured with Prince of Asturia in Spain

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Shigeru Miyamoto has been awarded the Prince of Asturia Award of Communications and Humanities in Spain.

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Mon, Apr 16, 2012 | 11:00 BST

GAME Iberian arm saved by OpCapita-backed venture

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GAME’s stores in the Iberian region – that’s Spain and Portugal – have been saved by an OpCapita-backed investment company known as Cherrilux Investments.

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Thu, Mar 08, 2012 | 09:23 GMT

Report: GameStop looking at buying Spanish, Portugese GAME stores

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GameStop is interested in buying 291 shops belonging to GAME in the Iberia region, including Spain and Portugal, according to a report in The Indepdent.

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Mon, Oct 03, 2011 | 07:43 BST

Uncharted 3 will utilise PSN Pass program for online play

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Sony has confirmed that Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception will utilise the PlayStation Network Pass program. The game will come packaged with a unique single-use code to unlock online functionality.

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Sat, Jul 16, 2011 | 19:12 BST

Report – Netflix to expand streaming service to UK and Spain in 2012

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Variety is reporting that Netflix is planning to expand its streaming service into the UK and Spain during Q1 2012. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said back in the spring the firm had plans for a “third wave of international expansion” during early 2012. If the report is accurate, it’s a possibility the service will finally be made available on consoles in both countries.  Thanks, VentureBeat.

Fri, Jun 10, 2011 | 16:22 BST

Spanish National Police arrest three Anonymous members in Spain

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The National Police in Spain have arrested three suspected members of the hacktivist group Anonymous, and according to the Spanish Policia Nacional website, one of the people arrested was hosting a server out of their home which supported DDoS attacks on businesses, websites, financial institutions and government agencies around the globe – as well as the website for the PlayStation Store.

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Wed, May 18, 2011 | 19:38 BST

Survey Says: 63 million iOS users downloading over 5 million games per day

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A March 2011 study conducted by Distimo and Newzoo, surveyed iOS users living in the US and six countries in Europe, and found that 63 million iOS users are downloading 5 million games on a daily basis.

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Fri, Apr 22, 2011 | 14:08 BST

Microsoft hiring official Xbox representatives for Ibiza Rocks Hotel in Spain

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Microsoft is looking for three people to be an on-the-ground Xbox representative at the ultimate party destination, in Ibiza, Spain: the Ibiza Rocks Hotel.

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Tue, Mar 15, 2011 | 02:29 GMT

Xperia Play to launch on April 1 in Europe, new commercial released

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Sony Ericsson has released a new trailer in its thumb-transplant series of Xperia Play ads, and confirmed an April 1 European release.

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Tue, Feb 15, 2011 | 21:35 GMT

ESA: 54% of illegal file swapping comes from Brazil, China, France, Italy and Spain

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The ESA has named Brazil, China, France, Italy and Spain as the five countries with “extraordinarily high” levels of online game piracy.

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Tue, Feb 15, 2011 | 11:04 GMT

Report – Nintendo blackmailed by Spanish citizen, gets arrested

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According to a BBC report, a man has been arrested by Spanish police after it was uncovered that he was blackmailing Nintendo with 4,000 stolen Wii data files.

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Wed, Jan 19, 2011 | 08:11 GMT

Report – Wii, DS hardware numbers at 1.3 million for Spain and Portugal in 2010

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According to a recently-held press conference for the Iberica region – the part in Europe containing Spain and Portugal – Nintendo sold 1.3 million combined units of DS and Wii hardware in the area last year.

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Wed, Sep 01, 2010 | 11:04 BST

No mainland European Kinect voice recognition till spring 2011

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Microsoft has confirmed that Kinect voice recognition won’t be switched on for mainland Europe until spring 2011.

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Sat, May 01, 2010 | 18:02 BST

Xbox 360 gets a price cut in Spain

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Edelman, the PR Agency for Microsoft, has announced through its Twitter account that come May 3, the Xbox 360 will see a price cut in Spain.

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Tue, Nov 24, 2009 | 11:07 GMT

PS Blog launches in Spanish

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The EU PS Blog is now available in Spanish, for Spanish people and Spanish speakers everywhere. Bienvenidos, etc.

That’s it, pretty much. Three bods from SCEE called Manuelito, Monica and Francisco are running it.