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Accessories firm Datel has added motion control to the PSP with new peripheral Tilt FX. Datel has designed the sensor for racing, platform and puzzle gamers but is compatible with all previously released PSP games and snaps onto the side of the Sony handheld. Sony’s PSP console has faced many …

The reputation of Infinity Ward continues to sink to new lows as more staff announce their departure from the Modern Warfare outfit. Activision’s billion-dollar cash cow has seen its workforce chip away after sacking the studio’s co-founders and launching a bitter legal row against them. Yesterday saw two separate revelations …

Publisher Take-Two has said it needs to expand in order to turn a profit in years that lack a new Grand Theft Auto release. Speaking to the LA Times, Take-Two chairman Strauss Zelnick said: We have a worldwide distribution and publishing footprint, and in a GTA year that cost basis …

Todayâ??s departures: Chris Cherubini, Bruce Ferriz, Jon Shiring, Mackey McCandlish

Bruce Ferriz leaves the Call of Duty studio, but wonâ??t be Respawning

UK communications industry regulator Ofcom has moved to assure the public that anyone accused of illegal filesharing under the recently passed Digital Economy Bill legislation will have access to a robust and effective appeals mechanism”. The most contentious inclusion in the DEB was the provision for authorities to demand ISPs …

It has emerged that John Rau, the new South Australian attorney-general, is not the huge supporter of the introduction of an R18+ video game rating as had previously been suggested. Last month MCV reported that Rau, who replaced outspoken violent games sceptic Michael Atkinson, had stated that the lack of …

Industry concerned that prior tax relief plans have been overruled

Microsoft will launch a new hardware bundle containing an Xbox 360 Slim console, the motion-sensing Natal camera and a 250GB hard drive before the end of the year, so says industry analyst Michael Pachter. Furthermore, Pachter believes that the price of SKU could end up being even lower if PS3 …

Another two longstanding Infinity Ward employees have left the beleaguered Modern Warfare studio. Experienced programmer Jon Shiring and lead designer Mackey McCandlish have separately confirmed they have quit the studio – with both departing in the wake of a destructive legal row between Activision and two Infinity Ward co-founders. Shiring …