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Hollywood’s Halo movie project may be continuing to stumble, but those wishing for a taste of what might yet be will want to check out FX channel tonight for the first UK TV airing of Microsoft’s Halo 3 ODST mini-movie tonight. The footage has been causing ripples on the internet …

Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft, big name publishers, leading edge developers and pioneers of digital distribution will all form part of a wide-ranging programme at the first ever London Games Conference on Tuesday, October 27th. Taking place at BAFTA and sub-titled Digital Distribution and the Future of the European Games Market, LGC …

Europe will go head-to-head in the Guitar Hero ‘jump in, jump out’ world record attempt for the largest number of gamers in a single Guitar Hero session. The event will pit France, Italy, Spain, Holland, Sweden and the UK against each other, and will make use of Guitar Hero 5’s …

Tim Chaney’s new firm Zattikka has hit the ground running – with its first move in games being the acquisition of iPhone and Flash specialist Gimme5games. Zattikka wants to be a major force in the online social gaming market. It was founded earlier this year by industry veteran and former …

Electronic Arts has announced the Live Season premium service has been expanded in a new standalone game mode for FIFA 10. The service, first introduced in FIFA 09, provides subscribers with weekly updates that tweak the game’s content to reflect the latest developments in real-world football. Updates will affect player …

We look over the UK indies working with Channel 4

Having formed part of the Xbox 360 games-on-demand North American launch line-up, 2K Games’ critically and commercially successful subterranean first person shooter BioShock has been released on the European arm of the service. Like all the other titles to date, the game is available to download for 19.99. The cheapest …

The kingpin of the world’s largest pornography producer has called on Sony to make downloadable HD adult movies available worldwide through PSN. The Vivid Entertainment founder and co-chairman, Steven Hirsch, told MCV that he believed the distribution of porn films on PS3 had real potential” for the adult entertainment industry. …

As reported by MCV last month, SCEE is to add a number of new titles to its PS3 Platinum software range. The new titles joining the line-up are Guerrilla Games’ Killzone 2, Evolution’s Motorstorm: Pacific Rift and Insomniac’s Resistance: 2 in the 19.99 catalogue shortly in the UK. The exact …