Publishing

EA Sports will push its own peripherals into the market in the next 12 months – and announcements may even be ready in time for E3 in July. That’s according to EA Sports exec producer and VP David McCarthy. Speaking at Paris GDC today, McCarthy was asked by an attendee …

UK-based distributor Pinnacle Software is expanding its business to offer development teams a ‘third way’ to get their products to market – and removing the need for a traditional publisher. In tandem with its traditional business as a supplier, Pinnacle now offers studios funding, as well as marketing and manufacturing …

Games Up says a â??shockingâ?? 95 per cent of games courses are failing their students and the industry

Video games can make education attractive, says Games Up, but only with the right Government backing

Titan Books has obtained the rights from DC Comics to publish a graphical novel set in Azeroth in the UK and Ireland. The title has been written by Walt Simonson, who previously penned comics Elric and Orion. According to CVG, the story follows a human who is washed up on …

It’s been a poorly kept secret, but THQ’s Ultimate Fighting Championship game has been officially confirmed by the publisher. Titled UFC 2009 Undisputed, the game will over 80 mixed martial arts fighters across five weight classes. Players will be able to attack their opponents with styles such as Brazilian jiu-jitsu, …

We’ve been told time and time again that Metal Gear Solid 4 is the closing part of the Solid Snake story – but assistant producer Ryan Payton has reaffirmed that fact that there’s likely to be more Metal Gear ahead. Speaking to 1UP, Payton insisted that whilst MGS4 was the …

SOE President John Smedley has told MCV that PS3 is the ‘perfect platform’ for developing MMOs on a console. Speaking in an exclusive interview, Smedley said: Probably the biggest thing we can bring to the table is just the experience of having operated an online gaming service for many years. …

How can moving SOE closer to the PlayStation division help you better compete with Xbox Live? As you may know, SOE helped to build the PlayStation Network and we continue to help operate it. We have over eight years of experience running an online service and that experience is a …

London Mayor Boris Johnson has pointed the finger at violent video games for being a cause of knife crime in the Capital. In a piece railing against ‘London’s knife crisis’ written for thelondonpaper, the blunder-prone public figure writes: We must show young people that knives are not cool, and for …