New Games and Accessories: Graffiti Entertainment “received vendor approval from major retailers” including Amazon.com and Toys “R” Us, the Signature Devices game subsidiary said as it started shipping the PC game Crazy Frog Racer, developed by Neko Entertainment. “Expanding our retail distribution and the marketing channels we have available to us… puts us in an enviable position to acquire several more titles from independent developers to publish during 2007, as well as provide a receptive market for a number of games we are producing internally,” said CEO Kenneth Hurley… Capcom’s Xbox 360 game Lost Planet: Extreme Condition was again the #1-rented videogame in the U.S., according to Rentrak’s preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended Jan. 28…. One Voice Technologies’ Media Center Communicator v3 for Windows Vista “will allow users to simply speak to play music [and] videos, watch recorded TV or play photo slideshows on Xbox 360” consoles, it said Thurs. The Communicator “can control up to 5 Xbox 360 game consoles connected to a Windows Vista computer,” it said. Pricing and availability haven’t been announced… Since launching Sept. 28, Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl for DS “shipped a record-breaking 5 million units to retailers in Japan, making them the fastest-selling Pokemon games ever,” Nintendo of America (NOA) said Thurs. More than 155 million units of games in the Pokemon series had been sold through Sept. 28, it said. Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl will ship April 22 in the U.S.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its final results of the antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of stainless steel sheet and strip in coils from Korea for the period of July 1, 2004 through June 30, 2005.
GENEVA -- Global business, law enforcement and customs agencies are mobilizing to fight piracy that’s becoming ever more sophisticated and infiltrating legitimate supply chains, officials said during a counterfeiting and piracy conference here Tues.
GENEVA -- Global business, law enforcement and customs agencies are mobilizing to fight piracy that’s becoming ever more sophisticated and infiltrating legitimate supply chains, officials said during a counterfeiting and piracy conference here Tues.
New Games: Capcom’s Lost Planet: Extreme Condition for Xbox 360 moved up 4 in its 2nd week available to become the #1-rented videogame in the U.S., according to Rentrak preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended Jan. 21. Microsoft’s 360 game Gears of War -- the previous week’s #1 title -- slipped to #3 in its 11th week. There were no new games in the top 10… Majesco Entertainment will ship Toon-Doku, developed by Dragon’s Den Unlimited, in April.
The Journal of Commerce Online reports that shippers and port officials have told Washington state lawmakers that they oppose a proposal for a $50-per-TEU fee on containers moving through Washington state ports. (JoC Online dated 01/25/07, www.joc.com.)
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has initiated an antidumping (AD) duty changed circumstances review of the AD duty order on wooden bedroom furniture from China, to determine whether Tradewinds Furniture Ltd. (Tradewinds Furniture) and Tradewinds International Enterprise Ltd. (Tradewinds International) are successors-in-interest to Nanhai Jiantai Woodwork Co. (Nanhai Jiantai) and its affiliated exporter, Fortune Glory Industrial Limited Co. (Fortune Glory).
Italy’s Pirelli is open to selling some or all of its stake in Telecom Italia parent Olimpia, Pirelli told reporters Fri. The real-estate empire has talked with potential buyers of various amounts of its 80% stake, but none were “even of a preliminary nature,” it said.
New Games: Capcom shipped more than a million units each of the Xbox 360 games Lost Planet: Extreme Condition and Dead Rising, it said… Microsoft’s 360 game Gears of War was again the #1-rented videogame in the U.S., according to Rentrak’s preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended Jan. 14. But the only new game in the top 10 was Lost Planet, at #5. The latter game was also again the most- requested videogame for online rental service GameFly, according to its data for the week ended Jan. 15.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its final results of the antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of granular polytetrafluoroethylene resin from Italy for the period of August 1, 2004 through July 31, 2005.