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Mojang has been summoned to court to settle a trademark dispute with Bethesda, the Swedish studio’s founder has said. The publisher, which is also currently suing Interplay, claims it has first right to use the ‘scrolls’ term with entertainment products. Mojang, the developer of PC sensation Minecraft, is currently building …

Football fans will be able to grab a drink and take a look at the latest Pro Evo game at the same time. Konami has set itself the goal of attracting footie lovers with an outdoor marketing campaign forPES 2012. Ads will run in selected football stadiums, London Underground stations …

Music games are among the biggest sellers on the market, and yet few are the result of a direct collaboration between games publishers and record labels. But renowned music firm EMI is taking to the stage with Now! That’s What I Call Music: Dance and Sing, its first – and …

This Friday’s official FIFA 12 launch event at GAME’s Oxford Street store in London is to have a very special guest – Arsenal and England midfielder Jack Wilshere. Jack appears alongside Wayne Rooney on the front of this year’s game, although he has just been side-lined for the rest of …

PC games kingpin Valve believes there is still hope for its digital portal Steam to launch on Microsoft’s Xbox system. Chet Faliszek, a writer at the Washington studio, told Develop that the final decision was Microsoft’s to make – suggesting that Valve’s existing deal to incorporate Steam on PS3 is …

Studio adds that policy changes are needed for PS3 Steam to work to fullest potential

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Speaking frankly at a Tokyo press conference, Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada has admitted that the Final Fantasy brand has been greatly damaged” the technical woes suffered by MMO title Final Fantasy XIV. The game launched last year and was instantly dogged by a host of technical hiccups and design …

EA’s latest video in its on-going Battlefield 3 hype campaign has gone live – and you can see it right here. The new short, entitled Above and Beyond the Call” (the ‘Call of Duty’, that is) features none other than Jay-Z, whose popular hit 99 Problems provides the musical backdrop …

Claims have emerged that staff members of UK Apple stores have been told to cancel any holiday booked for the first two weeks of October. Such claims have been made and passed without event before, but it just so happens that early October has already been fingered as the launch …