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The legal spat between Activision and the former owners of Infinity Ward has taken another interesting twist with news that Activision is now suing EA as part of its lawsuit. Amongst the many accusations in Activision’s original lawsuit against Jason West and Vince Zampella was one of "insubordination", with suggestions …
Read More »Charles Cecil on Broken Sword and the return of adventure games
Charles Cecil talks Broken Sword and why Appleâ??s devices are perfect for his games
Read More »EA confirmed as Portal 2 publisher
EA will assume publishing duties for Portal 2, much as it did with Valve’s celebrated collection The Orange Box in late 2007. Furthermore, the game has been given a concrete release date of April 21st on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. Previously a release "in the week of April 18th" …
Read More »Black Ops sales pass $1bn
Activision’s November release Call of Duty: Black Ops has now generated revenues in excess of $1bn. It hit the milestone in just six weeks on the market. The achievement is just the latest in a long line of impressive accomplishments by the game. In its first week in the UK …
Read More »1.5m WP7 phones shipped
A total of 1.5m Windows Phone 7 handsets have been shipped since its launch six weeks ago, Microsoft claims. We started fresh with Windows Phone 7, and it’s a different kind of phone,” vice president of business and marketing for Windows phones Achim Berg said in an interview posted on …
Read More »Novembers 1m game shortfall
UK games retail sold 1m fewer games during November than it did during the same period in 2009, according to GfK Chart-Track data. Just shy of 9m games were sold at retail last month, while a little under 10m units were shifted during the same period in 2009. But retailers …
Read More »UKIE: A year to remember
2010 will be remembered as a tough but successful year for the video game industry. It was the year that saw casual and online games played through social networks emerge from boxed products’ still large shadow as key forms of interactive entertainment. It seemed everyone was playing Angry Birds at …
Read More »Game Maker â??coming to Androidâ??
Popular drag-and-drop game creation tool continues platform expansion
Read More »Can London drive growth in the UK games industry?
New Develop feature explores the cityâ??s growth prospects
Read More »Sony: 3D uptake will be faster than HD
Consumers will snap up 3DTVs faster than when they upgraded to HD. That’s the message from SCEE president Andrew House who was responding to questions on when the tipping point will be for 3D in the home. He says that 2011 will be a major year for 3D games, although …
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