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Konami Taps Mindscape for Australian Distribution

Posted January 4, 2010 by David Radd

Konami Digital Entertainment today announced that it has named Mindscape Asia Pacific to manage its game distribution for Australia and New Zealand, starting today. This includes upcoming titles Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker and Castlevania: Lords of Shadow.

“The sheer enthusiasm and experience Mindscape offered made them an easy choice as our Australian partner,” commented Kunio Neo, President of Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH. “Their knowledge of the Australian market and expert team will help us make huge inroads in a year when Konami has some of the most exciting and innovative titles. We look forward to a long and fruitful relationship.”

“We are delighted to be working with a publisher of Konami’s reputation in a year when they have such strong releases,” commented Tony Hughes, Managing Director Asia & Pacific for Mindscape. “We look forward to launching the new games and showing our skills at bringing such triple-A titles to the Australian market.”

David Radd has worked as a gaming journalist since 2004 at sites such as GamerFeed, Gigex and GameDaily Biz.