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Award-winning Aardman animation Shaun the Sheep is set to shuffle onto DS this Christmas courtesy of D3 Publisher. The game will feature the much-loved characters from the series (including Shaun, Shirley, Timmy and Bitzer), along with areas and items based on the series. It’s also set to include touch screen …
Read More »Further walkouts at Tecmo?
36 more staff allegedly set to leave in Itagaki's wake
Read More »Outrage at paedo GTA site
The Sun newsaper has reported that a parody of a padeophile website appears in Rockstar’s GTA IV. Under the headline ‘Video game has spoof perv site’, the newspaper reports that the ‘cheat’ allows the main character to ‘achieve’ a five-star wanted rating. It quotes an outraged fan of the series …
Read More »SCE in Worldwide Studios exec re-shuffle
Sony has announced promotions for two of its senior Worldwide Studios executives, naming new heads for its European and American studio operations. Michael Denny and Scott Rohde have stepped up to become WWS region heads for Europe and America, respectively. Head over to our sister site Develop for more.
Read More »The Guardian joins the call for better Government support of games
British newspaper's Monday editorial warns of 'Grand Theft Industry' if authorities don't act
Read More »Darling brothers receive CBE
Co-founders of Codemasters, David and Richard Darling, recognised in Queen's Birthday Honours
Read More »Sega and THQ unleash $1.5bn PAL sales assault
THQ and Sega impressed its retail and distribution partners across PAL territories last week, with a perfectly executed trade conference comprising over 400 delegates. Following on from the success of last year’s inaugural event in Malta, the two games giants joined forces in Lisbon to show off their range of …
Read More »UK games market poised for downturn
GAME’s share price dropped by over 10p today, as a prominent City analyst predicted a ‘downturn’ for the buoyant UK market. GAME’s stock dropped by 4.13 per cent, down 11.75 pence, prompting Investec’s Natalia Marisova to paint a gloomy picture of the industry’s near future. She wrote: ‘Growth and performance …
Read More »New DS bundle for Europe announced
Activision has teamed up with Nintendo for a new limited edition Guitar Hero DS Lite bundle. Co-inciding with the release of Guitar Hero: On Tour on the format, the pack will be available in Europe from July 18th. PRicing details are yet to emerge. Guitar Hero created a unique and …
Read More »Overlord goodies up for grabs
Codemasters has teamed up with MCV to offer five lucky readers a copy of Overlord and a limited edition ‘Go To Hell’ T-shirt. To be in with a chance, all you have to do is send you best ‘Overlord’ joke (about a wicked boss) to overlord@intentmedia.co.uk. The top five will …
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