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Dead Rising 2 will now be released in the UK on September 24th. Capcom announced today that it has brought the game’s European and Australian release forward from its original date of October 1st. The Dead Rising sequel’s release dates remain unchanged for North America and Japan, where it will …

Over 300 of you made in excess of 2,000 nominations – and the result is a fascinating list of finalists in this year’s Games Media Awards. The next level of judging will now be done by a panel drawn from the full gamut of the video games media itself, plus …

Duke Nukem Forever refuses to die, with fresh rumous suggesting the game’s development has been picked up by Gearbox Software. Sources have told Kotaku that the studio behind Borderlands and Brothers In Arms has picked up the project from the work started by the original developer 3D Realms – which …

Tim Schafer has revealed the first of his studio’s four miniature digital titles – following EA’s decision to pull production on a Brutal Legend sequel. Publisher THQ has signed two of Schafer’s four games, the first being Costume Quest – a downloadable Halloween-based adventure RPG, set for release on 360 …

The long and drawn-out demise of US rental giant Blockbuster looks to be reaching a conclusion with predictions that the retailer could file for bankruptcy as soon as the end of the week. Home Media reports that Blockbuster’s attempts to recapitalise to allow a shift in focus to multiplatform distribution …

Disney has posted a $10m increase in profit for its Interactive arm in its fiscal year ending July 3rd. Games revenues rose 74 per cent to $197m – up from last year’s $113m, with Toy Story 3 and Split/Second: Velocity cited as the current quarter’s key releases. However Disney Interactive …

Former company president Darrell Rodriguez joins social game outfit

Nintendo has revealed that total unit sales of the Wii console have now passed 30m in the US in the 45 months that the machine has been on the market. More than any other videogame system in history, Wii has expanded the world of videogames to new audiences,” Nintendo of …

First clues to mysterious Call of Duty released; Seriesâ?? roadmap remains unclear

UK online-only games publisher Zattika has set out its plan to buy up rivals and raise more money. In an exclusive and candid interview set to appear in MCV later this month, CEO Tim Chaney also admits that Kongregate had been a target ahead of its purchase by GameStop, whilst …