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It’s no secret that Tecmo has had a lot of trouble as of late. For that reason, it may be no surprise that Square Enix is planning on taking over the company. Kotaku reports that Square will officially confirm the move at 1PM Japan time. This is not the first time Square Enix has pulled off something like this. In 2005, the company additionally acquired Taito, eventually taking over completely later that year.

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“It almost feels like a zombie at this point; it’s the walking dead. It’s such an abrupt end to what was E3, which had been this huge escalating arms race. I understand why they really pulled the plug on the big E3. Looking at the amount of money a company like EA would spend on it, it was ridiculous amounts of money just to be present and competitive with everyone else, so I think they were looking for a way to sign the arms treaty and de-escalate the whole thing.” – Will Wright

I do have to agree with Will Wright. I remember just a few years back – 2006 even – when E3 wasn’t so terrible. This year, however, the whole event lacked the fire, and the traditional simply didn’t feel like the E3 most of us had come to love. Someone, bring back the old E3!

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“The concept is flexible and the network of the global games industry permits us to be active at different locations. After the Southeast Asian Games Convention, we are now focusing on the North American market.” – Wolfgang Marzin, CEO

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• Academy of Art University
• ACQUIRE CORPORATION
• ARC SYSTEM WORKS Co., Ltd.
• Beijing Tidemark Consulting Co., Ltd.
• bushiroad
• CANADA GAMES
• Bug-Tracker
• Complex Games Inc.
• D-Box Technologies Inc.
• Deep Fried Entertainment Inc.
• Di-O-Matic, Inc.
• DTI Software Inc.
• Enzyme Testing Labs
• Fugitive Interactive Inc.
• GestureTek Inc.


A recent poll indicated that parents are more concerned about their children playing Grand Theft Auto that their young ones viewing pornography. Google Insight data from 2004 to 2008, meanwhile, suggests that those with Internet access in Australia are searching for games than adult content. This year, terms such as “games”, “youtube”, “myspace”, “ebay”, “google”, “facebook” round some of the more popular searches.


Unlike E3, the Games Convention held in Leipzig seems to be growing stronger rather than diminishing in both attendance and overall presence in the industry. The Games Convention is beginning to become the new E3 in ways, even without Nintendo’s presence at the event. The increasing success of the show has already led to an announcement that the event will return next year. Leipzig 2009 is scheduled to run from August 19th to August 23rd. I wonder if we’ll see another huge unveiling like House of the Dead: Overkill.

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Even without Nintendo’s presence at Leipzig this year, the event in general has been extremely successful. The first day of the convention saw 38,000 attendees, compared to the 35,000 gamers that came to the event last year. In all, 547 companies have plans to somehow take part in this year’s Leipzig as well.

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