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Eidos chief executive Jane Cavanagh OBE has hit out at the Government for starving UK video games studios of funds – and said that the industry is not being taken seriously” at the highest level. The Britsoft firm announced its decision to open a giant new Montreal-based studio in February …

UK publisher opens studio in South Eastâ??s well known development talent base as ramp up for new projects continues

Russia’s turbulent history has given it a unique position in the business world. While some may fall back on the vodka-related clichs of old when entering this mind-bogglingly huge nation, a new generation of Russians are proving that this former ‘evil empire’ is a legitimate, ambitious and thoroughly modern economic …

GAME – 8/10 The most immediately striking thing about entering GAME is the enormous Bioshock statue that greets every customer – one of the most elaborate (and indeed effective) pieces of POS MCV has ever seen. After marvelling at Big Daddy for a few moments, it isn’t long before a …

It has been believed that HDMI was to feature only on the upcoming Elite model of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 – but the platform holder has confirmed that the feature has already been phased into standard Premium 360 production in the US. HDMI, unlike the current component and VGA outputs, offers …

US publisher Electronic Arts, which owns a 15.4 per cent stake in rival publisher Ubisoft, has now seen its voting rights to over 20 per cent after two years of stock ownership. In fact, EA’s voting power now exceeds that of the Guillemot family. It’s in the company’s statutes – …

South Korea-based MMO specialist NCsoft has posted its results for its Q2 period, and it took $11.5 million in net income despite a year-on-year drop in sales of 11 per cent. The firm generated $82.1 million in sales for the period ending June 30th, whilst operating income jumped a whopping …

Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment boss Samantha Ryan has revealed to MCV sister mag Develop that she is spearheading a new strategy to increase the number of games the company produces by up to six times over the next five years. In an exclusive interview she outlines that the ramp up …

It has emerged that following yesterday’s release of Nintendo’s version 3.0 firmware for Wii, Datel’s Freeloader, a piece of software that allows users to play US and Japanese games on their PAL Wii, is no longer compatible with the machine. Freeloader originally appeared for use on GameCube, but has subsequently …

UK developer Free Radical has confirmed that it is working on Timesplitters 4 – though details currently remain thin on the ground. The studio’s Rob Yescombe told Kotaku that the team is currently hard at work on the title – though work is still ongoing on next-gen FPS Haze. In …