Publishing

With the Jasper iteration of the Xbox 360’s innards now well and truly out in the market, it transpires that Microsoft has now sneaked a bit of extra memory onto the motherboard’s architecture. When the Japser iteration of the Xbox 360 (identifiable by the 150w power rating on the box’s …

Early buyers of Microsoft’s upcoming FPS Halo 3: ODST will be rewarded with a code that will let them unlock multiplayer character Sergeant Avery Junior Johnson. Bungie’s prequel shooter now boasts a full-length single-player campaign depicting the events leading up to Halo 3, all of which will be playable co-operatively …

APB developer sees staff count reach 250 with plans to reach 300 by early 2010

Develop has launched its comprehensive guide to the key game changers in Lord Carterâ??s report

Whilst games such as Final Fantasy XIII, Agent and New Super Mario Bros may have been getting the lion’s share of the column inches post-E3, research claims that Microsoft’s Halo 3: ODST is the E3 title that most gamers are interested in buying. Research body Nielsen has published what it …

Future US president Jonathan Simpson-Bint is to step down on August 31st. According to Folio Simpson-Bint sent an email to staff that said he was leaving the company to start his own business. Simpson-Bint wrote: I’m leaving now simply because the time is right for me. I’ve never made any …

When CEO John Riccitiello memorably told MCV in 2003 that million sellers weren’t a big deal any more, this wasn’t what he had in mind. What’s gone wrong? The short-term diagnosis: Having stumbled in the transition, EA underestimated Wii, allowed costs to spiral, and made too many mediocre games and …

UK publisher Mastertronic has become the latest outfit to put its weight behind the casual games sector with the announcement of a brand new arm to its publishing business – Great Indie Games. The new label is designed specifically to bring independently developed titles to a wider retail audience. The …

Well over a year since its release on the European arm of PSN in March 2008, Sony is to grant Idol Minds’ action physics title Pain a boxed retail release across Europe. The disc will most of the DLC released to game to date, including levels such as Movie Studio …

Digital Britain: Develop goes through the key points and reaction to the PEGI verdict