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Mike Gamble revealed as new European territory manager

The original studio that kicked off the Carmageddon series is about to launch the game back into the spotlight. Stainless Games, the longstanding indie group based in the Isle of Weight, is building a new download-only game based on the iconic series. The new title, called Carmageddon: Reincarnation, is in …

THQ has decided to rebrand its successful line of WWE console games. The next release in the series, due out larger this year, will drop the ‘Smackdown vs Raw’ moniker in favour of a simpler sequential system. It will be called WWE ’12. "I’ve just felt for a couple of …

Cherished comic publisher DC will this summer wipe the slate clean for the entirety of its fictional superhero universe. USA Today reports that later this year DC will re-number its entire catalogue, effectively allowing itself to start over with key IP such as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash and …

In a frank blog post ahead of next week’s E3 press conference in LA, Microsoft’s corporate VP of corporate communications Frank Shaw has hinted that Xbox 360’s future might be less dependent on gaming than we had previously presumed. "[It can be hard] to recognise a transformation, especially when the …

After weeks of rumours, publisher THQ has finally announced Metro 2033 sequel Metro: Last Light. Developed by 4A Games, it promises to expand on the tense single-player experiences of the first title amidst the setting of a civivl war for control over a secret doomsday device. THQ has admitted that …

Sega has confirmed that it will next year release an official game to tie-in with the 2012 Olympics. Called London 2012 – The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games, it will include over 30 events and online functionality. The game, which is licensed by International Olympic Committee’s interactive entertainment …

Sony is not ruling out the use of 3D technology for PlayStation small-screen devices such as NGP, the company has said. Yet the firm told Develop that its current strategy for the PSP successor is to build a pure gaming device”. Mick Hocking, the director of Sony WorldWide Studios’ 3D …

Finnish firm Nokia, once the giant of the mobile phone scene, has sent a chilling warning to investors. The company has warned that it is likely to report no profit for the quarter ending June and that overall handset sales would be "substantially below" the €6.1bn to €6.6bn previously forecast. …

PlayStation group still eager to teach external studios about the tech