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Read More »Guerrilla steps back from Killzone 2
On the same day that a brand new map pack (entitled Napal & Cordite) is due for release, Dutch games developer Guerrilla Games has stated that it is to step away from Killzone 2. Speaking on the EU PlayStation Blog, the developer’s Seb Downie stated: Right now we’re going to …
Read More »Bungie ex named as â??343 Industries head’
Rumoured Microsoft division confirmed as Frank Oâ??Connor talks Halo anime
Read More »New game committee established in Westminster
Ministers from Culture, Business and Health departments form after ELSPA meeting
Read More »LittleBigPlanet tops 1 million levels
More than one million levels for LittleBigPlanet have been published since the game’s launch. Media Molecule announced LBP players have passed this milestone nine months after the title launched, calculating that a new level has been published every 21 seconds. It also revealed that the game’s user-created levels have been …
Read More »EA Visceral boss departs for Activision
Two high-profile EA executives have departed from San Francisco dev Visceral Games to join a brand new Activision studio located nearby, according to reports. Staff at Visceral Games, the studio behind award-winning survival-horror title Dead Space, have been told that general manager Glen Schofield and COO Michael Condrey have departed. …
Read More »Square and Eidos finalise UK team
The combined Eidos and Square Enix has named the team staffing its European office. MCV can reveal that former Square exec Doug Bone becomes sales director, with Eidos’ Jon Brooke named marketing director. Larry Sparks will continue as VP of brand, responsible for Square Enix’s Japanese titles. Eidos brand responsibilities …
Read More »New Activision studio rises from EA fallout
Speculation: Activision Bay Area studio likely to be working on a new James Bond title
Read More »PS3s VidZone gets U2 exclusive
Sony’s VidZone, a new streaming music video service that CasualGaming.biz once dubbed as PS3’s answer to Spotify, has nabbed a major exclusive in the form of an early peek of U2’s brand new video. Click here to take a short and painless trip over to CasualGaming.biz for the full story.
Read More »Music game revenues plummet
A bit of digging at the latest NPD results for the North American games market has shown that revenues generated by leading music genre brands Guitar Hero and Rock Band have fallen 49 per cent year-on-year over the last 12 months. Gamasutra reports that June was the second month on …
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