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I am quite tough on myself. Never completely satisfied. Always trying to think of ways to deliver better results.” The harsh taste of soap must still haunt Chris Deering. As a child in New York, his strict, church-going Italian mother stuffed his mouth with turgid-tasting saponified fat whenever she believed …

Sony’s PlayStation division was tantalisingly close to spearheading the ‘online social community’ phenomenon – beating the likes of MySpace to the idea. That’s according to former Sony Entertainment President Chris Deering, who revealed to MCV that a secret Facebook-style web networking platform was being worked on behind-the-scenes by those responsible …

The race between Xbox 360 and PS3 shifted up a notch this past week as both consoles saw huge leaps in hardware sales, thanks to the Easter break. Though PS3 is still outselling 360 regularly week-on-week and in terms of year-to-date sales, the Sony and Microsoft platforms both saw a …

Though consumers have since this morning been able to buy next-gen racing taster Gran Turismo 5 Prologue from the High Street, the PSN version of the title is still missing in action. The download was supposed to arrive on Sony’s PlayStation Network yesterday, along with a demo of EA’s UEFA …

The latest format to join Nintendo’s Virtual Console service arrives today in the shape of classic 1980’s home computer the Commodore 64. Two C64 titles are available to download from today – classic fighter International Karate and 2D shooter Uridium. The C64 was first released in 1982 and went on …

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Electronic Arts has amended its hostile tender offer for Take Two, and stated that in attempting to delay the deal Take Two could be increasing risk for its shareholders. While Take Two stalled the deal by moving its annual meeting of stockholders to April 17th, EA has now given the …

You’re a national newspaper editor. You need a serious think piece in the wake of the Byron Review’s largely sensible recommendations, but no-one in the office quite cuts the mustard. Who you gonna call…? That’s right. Anne Diamond. In perhaps the finest piece of national games-focused journalism of the year, …

Film studio reveals formal games interest with 'flexible' development funding and emphasis on casual titles

The march of big media into games continues apace: following bolstered games divisions at Warner Bros and Disney, now Viacom-owned Paramount has announced its intention to enter games publishing – as we revealed earlier this month. A story on Variety confirms the move. Paramount’s first slate of games will be …