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One of the most successful IP marriages of recent times continues to perform for Sega at retail with news that Mario & Sonic at the Winter Olympic Games has now sold over 6m copies worldwide. The game was first released in October and debuted at number five in the ELSPA …

But confusion ensues as Activision cites â??$100kâ?? prize

The $7m buyout in the mid-â??90s may have been â??insaneâ??, but Kotick confesses heâ??s had his own moments of madness

Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick delivered a winning keynote at DICE in Las Vegas that was full of charming anecdotes about his own mistakes, as well as a vision for how large publishing companies can and should work with creative teams and individuals. His speech to a packed house verged …

"There is not one person at Naughty Dog whose only job is to mange other people. We have very little hierarchy." At the DICE conference in Las Vegas, Naughty Dog co-lead game designer Richard Lemarchand outlined the company’s "loose" culture and structure, which eschews management hierarchies in favor of communal …

Publisher Capcom has confirmed that it was forced to cut a significant” amount of content from the Xbox 360 version of upcoming shooter Lost Planet 2 thanks to the lack of space available on DVDs compared to Blu-ray. This time, truly, the content that was cut was significant,” producer Jun …

Click here to access the RetailBiz Previews section for an in-depth look at some of the key releases heading to retail. This week, we take up arms for EA’s Battlefield: Bad Company 2. The long-running franchise returns to consoles once more in an aggressive bid to redefine the modern military …

â??We kind of fell into a rut these past 10 to 15 years,â?? says Taylor

Having last month confirmed its intentions to publish Ninety-Nine Nights II in Japan, Konami has now signalled its intentions to publish the game in the UK and Europe. Question marks had been hanging over the series’ future in the UK after Microsoft – publisher of the first game – handed …

The ninth annual DICE event takes place in Las Vegas this week. Organized by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, it’s a unique jamboree, highly popular with studio heads and publishers looking for opportunities to talk business and hang out. The dynamic of being stuck in a huge, airy …