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2K global president Christoph Hartmann has told MCV that he believes the games industry’s progress will not be halted by the current economic slowdown. In our exclusive interview, Hartmann said that if young people could still afford to spend 500 to go crazy in Ibiza”, games would not be high …

Get in the Game victors granted cash to develop new projects for PlayStation formats

LONDON FOCUS: Develop profiles the first studios in its week-long focus on the capital

Warhammer Online developer the latest to be affected by EA cost-cutting measures

MadWorld, Platinum Games’ ultra stylised and ultra-violent title heading to the Wii later this year, has surprisingly survived its submission with the famously strict Australian OFLC and has been granted a release in the territory. Granting it an MA 15+ rating, the strictest available for video games in the country, …

Counter-credit crunch measures could aid struggling studios

Hitman developer changes focus with Mini Ninjas

Epic has revealed that Gears of War 2 has sold four million units worldwide in just two months. The figure means that the game has performed double that of the first title, which sold through two million copies in the same period. Global product manager Guy Welch told GameDaily: The …

Distribution has gone through some drastic changes over the last six months, with the sad demise of EUK and Pinnacle. However, there are a number of new smaller distributors that offer their own unique service to a number of sectors in the marketplace. To begin with you need to look …

HMV has been expanding into games over the past few years, which means we’ve also been recruiting more staff who can support our games offer. To sustain a specialist service you need specialist knowledge underpinned by a real passion for the product – so that’s our starting point for any …