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Germany-based publisher axes product development and communications staff

In an unexpected move, classic fighting IP Mortal Kombat is to return to the silver screen. Total Film reports that Warner Bros has already begun work on the project, with rumours suggesting that it will revolve around a supermarket worker who develops special powers and ends up fighting loads of …

Publisher raises full-year sales forecasts to £1bn

Latest update includes terrain editor and UE3 materials system

Developers at Peter Molyneux’s 22Cans’ worked through the night last night to help ease the server problems that have dogged the game since launch. The woes, of course, are a result of the huge popularity of the ‘game, that despite receiving its fair share of criticism has been played by …

Kim Dotcom’s return to online file-sharing may prove to be an even rougher ride than he expected. A group of hackers have taken control of Dotcom’s new domain, Me.ga, telling TorrentFreak that: Kim Dotcom is not better nor worse than Universal. He himself is an industry, only here to pollute.” …

The latest Xbox 360 deal from Gem has arrived, with the UK distributor giving away Xbox Live points and cutting prices on accessories. For independent retailers that order an Xbox 360 Wireless Pad with Halo: Combat Evolved, they will received 800 Microsoft points for free. Meanwhile, there is 25 per …

Assassin’s Creed Anthology will be released in the UK on November 30th, publisher Ubisoft has announced. The SKU will cost a massive 120 and will be available for Xbox 360 and the PS3 in the UK only through Amazon. The bundle includes Assassin’s Creed, ACII, AC Brotherhood, AC Revelations and …

Mediatonic CEO David Bailey on forming a thriving game development business

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