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Sony will release games for its NGP handheld simultaneously at both retail and on PSN. That’s one of many claims to emerge from a developer’s day held at Sony’s London office yesterday. It had previously been confirmed that NGP will support physical retail by shipping games on high-capacity custom flash …

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Ahead of its release on February 25th in the UK, the review embargo on Sony’s Killzone has lifted to reveal mainly positive reviews of the new shooter. The game currently has an average of 87 per cent on Metacritic, with two scores of 100 per cent but also two 70 …

A Microsoft exec has claimed the only solution to piracy in the PC market is to embrace free-to-play downloadable games. Microsoft Games Studios’ general manager Dave Luehmann told MCV he is confident his current project – Age of Empires Online – will suffer from less piracy than it would have at …

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Innovation is at the heart of this after hours development outfit

So what has changed over at Team Future?Simon Maxwell, Group Publisher for Entertainment: There have been a number of key personnel changes over the last ten months as we restructure the business slightly. Our market-leading games and film portfolios have merged to create one entertainment division, which will give our …

Electronic Arts’ hugely popular UK PR director Simon Smith-Wright is moving to the publisher’s Sydney office where he will be regional marketing director for EA Asia Pacific. Smith-Wright joined the firm in 2005 and was promoted to UK PR director in 2006. Prior to that he made his name as …