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Zenimax Media has acquired Shinji Mikami’s new Tokyo-based studio, Tango. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, though this month Zenimax raised $150m for what it deemed a ‘tactical buyout’. Mikami, the creator of Resident Evil and numerous other hit titles, said it was refreshing to find a publisher …

Chillingo, the iPhone game publisher that EA acquired this month, has sold over 2m copies of Cut The Rope in just three weeks. "Our new partnership with EA enables us to expand [the game’s] prospects, visibility and reach to make more of an impact than ever before,” said Chillingo general …

German consumers hoping to get their hands on the PC version of the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops will not be able to play PAL versions imported from other EU territories. The strict censorship laws in the country mean that many games – and particularly those with an historical …

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New App Store sensation Cut The Rope makes 2m downloads in 3 weeks

SOFTWARE MARKET SHARE BY COMPANY – Units(last month in brackets) 1. (1) EA – 25.0%2. (9) Microsoft – 13.7%3. (2) Ubisoft – 8.3%4. (3) Nintendo – 7.4%5. (15) Codemasters – 6.9%6. (4) Take-Two – 5.7%7. (5) Activsion – 4.1%8. (17) Capcom – 3.9%9. (11) Sony – 3.1%10. (8) Square Enix – …

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The London Games Festival isn’t the only big event happening this month – next week’s GameCity is courting consumers too. This will be the fifth year of the Nottingham-based event, which has previously drawn tens of thousands of consumers to the North – and director Iain Simons expects this year’s …

In a fascinating admission to PSM3 magazine, the developer behind The Last Guardian has stated that the game originally had a female lead character – until a bizarre complication lead to a change of heart. The Trico is a very powerful creature,” Team Ico boss Fumito Ueda stated, as reported …