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Yesterday’s astonishing attack in The Daily Mail on Sega’s Wii title Madworld has gathered momentum – with both Metro newspaper and The Sun following suit. The Sun today offers a headline of ‘Wii faces killing rap’, under which it references the game as ‘ultra-violent’ – reporting that ‘watchdogs’ had urged …

As EA’s Dark Knight game continues to stutter under the weight of dodgy combat and a moody third person camera, this month’s edition of US mag Game Informer carries the scoop on yet another Batman title heading to retail – Eidos’ Batman: Arkham Asylum. The mag describes the game as …

Awards return after 2008 hiatus; developers urged to take part as categories are revealed

Rejoice, celebrity non-news addicts – an Amy Winehouse casual game has hit the net, and is already gaining the sort of column inches usually reserved for the troubled songstress herself. For the full story – and a link to the game – visit MCV sister site CasualGaming.biz

First party titles for the Wii have taken the first two spots in the official Spanish software chart – but Nintendo has been outsold by dtp in Germany. The PC specialist’s Drakensang: The Dark Eye – an adaptation of a pen and paper RPG franchise – has taken first spot …

The Daily Mail has proclaimed Sega’s MadWorld as the most violent game on Nintendo Wii. An article in today’ paper says the title has ‘horrified parents’ – and claimed that it will change the family-friendly reputation of the machine. However, the story forgoes mention of Rockstar’s Manhunt 2 – which …

Compared to the cut-throat hardware race that defines the PC market, console gaming is a casual hand-in-hand walk in the park – and this has been once again demonstrated today with the unveiling of AMD’s latest power-mad graphics card. The ATi Radeon HD 4870 X2 builds on the existing 4800 …

It appears that Square Enix’s colossally hyped Final Fantasy XIII won’t be receiving an Asian territory release on Xbox 360 after all – despite claims at a recent Taiwanese press conference to the contrary . Having announced at E3 that Final Fantasy XIII would be released on Xbox 360 in …

Sega America’s CEO Simon Jeffery has in an interview with Gamasutra confirmed that games development legend Yu Suzuki is no longer working with the successful publisher. Jeffery said of Suzuki: Last I heard, he was doing some online stuff in China. He’s kind of his own man right now. Every …

Following last week’s news that EA is continuing to work on its Dark Knight game despite the movie’s arrival at global cinemas, more details have seemingly emerged about the title, along with suggestions as to why it’s being kept under wraps. Kotaku reports that EA-owned Full Spectrum Warrior, Mercenaries and …