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A group of former and current Infinity Ward employees have launched a lawsuit for between $75 million and $125 million against the developer’s owner Activision. A story today on G4 details the suit, brought collectively by the ‘Infinity Ward Employee Group’. The suit claims that Activision withheld bonuses and royalties …

Confused by the current legal row between games retailers and Arnold Schwarzenegger in the US? MCV is at hand to explain the background to the feud… In the UK, any games deemed to be violent are currently required to undergo the BBFC certification process. The resulting age rating is legally …

Set for 10.30am on Tuesday May 4th at the Hoxton Hotel, London, senior execs will argue that buyers and reporters must come to Cologne in August for the biggest consumer and trade event in Europe ahead of planning for Q4. Senior execs will be there to spread the word, namely …

Jagex has lifted the lid on RunFest 2010 – an event based on the hugely popular MMO RuneScape. It will take place on Saturday August 28th in Central London. It will feature themed areas ‘for players to experience real-world RuneScape activities’ and ‘an exclusive gameplay experience onsite that will be …

Ubisoft’s Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction has been named the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats Number One for the second week in a row. The game gives Ubisoft its sixth week at the top of the UK listings in 2010, and with fellow sales-star Just Dance at number two it’s …

GAME Group’s decision to expand upon its previously announced store closure programme does not, as some have feared, mean the end of the Gamestation brand. That’s the claim of interim CEO Christopher Bell, who when asked by MCV if the Gamestation brand still has a future gave the following blank …

The value of the UK games software market fell in March by seven per cent year-on-year, according to ELSPA/GfK Chart-Track. The monthly charts show that EA’s Battlefield: Bad Company 2 was the biggest selling title of the month, followed by Final Fantasy XIII and Ubisoft’s evergreen hit Just Dance. These …

There are only two weeks left to register for a complimentary pass to E3. The show runs from June 15th through 17th at the Los Angeles Convention Center – and organisers say the event allows attendees to ‘experience this year’s cutting-edge technologies and the most anticipated games of 2010′. And …

First it was Modern Warfare 2 echoing its UK achievements in the US market, and now Square Enix’s Final Fantasy XIII is getting in on the act. Crediting its ground-breaking multiformat release, NPD has stated that Final Fantasy XIII has enjoyed the best ever launch for a game in the …

Surging sales of high-definition Blu-ray discs have seen the value of the UK home video market surge by 10 per cent year-on-year for the first quarter of 2010. March growth is up by 31 per cent year-on-year. In the period Blu-ray sales hit 2.7m units, a 69 per cent annual …