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Music game studio Harmonix has joined the second-hand nay-sayers, dubbing the sector ‘a serious problem for all publishers’. It has also become one of the few major voices to openly state it believes that Project $10, or the practise of including DLC codes with new games, is intrinsically linked to …

Retail behemoth Asda says it had to start selling used games in order to ‘protect its long-term games business.’ The grocer rolled-out pre-owned into 234 UK stores following the launch of FIFA 11 last month, and head of games Andrew Thompson says he and the team have been keeping publishers …

MCV can confirm that the current vice president and general manager of European operations at Atari John Burns will step down from his role next month. A spokesperson told MCV that Burns will be leaving the company in December to pursue interests outside of the company”. Burns, who was previously …

When you step into Harmonix’s Cambridge, Massachusetts offices, it’s immediately clear this is no ordinary developer. The staff look more like rock star musicians than developers. The shelves lining the lobby strain with the weight of numerous gaming awards, too many to count or list here. Like the music game …

Dundee event begins second year on theme of â??characterâ??

Just because the delivery mechanism to something like iPhone and other download devices is easy does not mean the games it offers are light, shallow experiences. This is something the core games industry still hasn’t got its head around, despite the casual bubble of recent years. The devotion given to …

The last couple of years have been tough on the High Street. But that isn’t the impression you get when you look at what retail has in store this week. Midnight Tuesday through to close of business Wednesday are ground zero, the biggest software release and most-hyped hardware launch delivering …

High Street retail is expecting astronomical sales during what some stores have dubbed ‘no sleep week.’ Over the next seven days, Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops and Microsoft’s Kinect will reach shelves, with some outlets planning to open round the clock. And leading figures in the trade have speculated …

The largest independent studio in Canada has rebranded itself with a new mission to break into the nascent digital markets. Behaviour Interactive – formerly known as Artificial Mind and Movement – will continue to undertake contract work for publishers, yet the group has targeted new opportunities in the self-publishing online …

Artificial Mind and Movement rechristened Behaviour Interactive