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The hype campaign for Halo Reach got turned up a notch with last night’s debut of cinematic movie short Birth of a Spartan – and you can watch it right here. Later today Microsoft will debut the full two minutes and 30 seconds version of the short movie on Xbox …

Frontier Developments founder weighs in on the issue of declining industry entrants

Early bird bookers can now save over £500 on tables and 25 per cent on seats

It has been confirmed that the CEO and president of Activision Publishing Mike Griffith resigned from both of his roles on April 23rd. The exec, however, will continue to serve as vice chairman of Activision Blizzard. This role sees him take an active part in board and internal strategy meetings. …

Griffith steps down as legal action from Infinity Ward hits his studio

Bodycount creator claims â??quality is in the hands of the developerâ??

In what has become a slow twist of the knife for publishing powerhouse Activision, a further eight developers have left Modern Warfare 2 studio Infinity Ward. Ongoing embarrassment for the lawsuit-riddled Activision continues, as a total of 25 staff is said to have left the highly prized development outfit. According …

A further eight leave, meaning a quarter of the studio has departed

The value of the UK games software market fell in March by seven per cent year-on-year. But it was still a great month of major releases, while EA and Square Enix both saw big gains. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 was the runaway success story of the month with most copies …

Its release is still a long way off, but the hype machine for the next instalment in the Halo series steps up a gear tomorrow with the UK premiere of movie short ‘Birth of a Spartan’. The 60 second ad will appear following the full time whistle in the Lyon …