Publishing

Ultimate Fighting Championship owner Zuffa LLC is taking Ubisoft to court over the marketing of Kinect game Fighters Uncaged. Zuffa claims a phrase on the back of the game’s box is confusingly similar to the use of UFC Marks, including the ‘Ultimate Fighting’ name and mark on Zuffa licensed video …

PC specialist Excalibur has hit out at leading publishers over their lack of support for retail in the digital marketplace. The firm – whose titles include Farming Simulator 2011, Bus Driver and Dive to the Titanic – believes publishers should work more closely with High Street retailers to develop new …

The somewhat threadbare US SingStore is to be significantly beefed up with the addition of content that until now has only been available to European gamers. In addition, Sony has secured a new agreement with universal Music that will mean that all future digital track releases for SingStar will be …

Upcoming movie and game release Tron: Legacy is the focus of a new photo shoot by adult entertainment specialist Playboy. The pictures, which can be seen here, show Playmates Sasckya Porto and Irina Voronina sporting Tron-style bodypaint as well as the famous light cycles made so iconic by the 1982 …

SCEE president Andrew House has deep reservations over digital downloading. He acknowledges that digital is becoming an increasingly important part of the games market, but believes it still has significant challenges to overcome. The reason retail has been around for thousands of years is because it works really well at …

Studio 'unable or unwilling' to support Stuart Black's vision, dev claims

Bethesda community manager Nick Breckon has confirmed via Twitter that the fifth title in the studio’s popular Elder Scrolls fantasy series, Skyrim, will use a new in-house engine. The game, officially revealed at the 2010 Spike Video Game Awards, was originally thought to be making use of the id Tech …

Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops is starting to look like a permanent feature at the top of the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 this week as the shooter claims its fourth UK No.1 of the year. The only game so far that’s been able to (temporarily) dethrone …

Microsoft has confirmed that Kinect support is still part of the plan for Forza Motorsport 4, which was shown at Saturday nights VGAs. Speaking to IGN a company spokesperson stated: We showcased a Kinect-enabled project from Turn 10 Studios at E3 2010, which let players explore and experience their dream …

There seems to be no way of throwing of Ubisoft’s groove as the leader of the dance games market on Wii as the publisher reveals its next title. Dance Juniors will arrive on February 4th and is targeted at younger gamers – so expect it to feature classic kids tunes …