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Sony has hinted that it intends to ensure that the next Xbox does not enjoy the same headstart in the market that the Xbox 360 had over the PS3. And with Xbox 360 being heavily rumoured for either next year or 2013, that means the PS4 is likely far closer …

Free-to-play publisher 'could be worth more than Electronic Arts'

Future’s new CEO Mark Wood predicts the company will be quite different once it is ‘transition to a digital business model’ is complete. In his statement published with today’s full-year results – ‘disappointing’ numbers that show the US business dragging down UK performance – he said that Future sees opportunity …

John Broomhall talks to Nick Arundel about creating the score for Batman: Arkham City

Future’s full-year results show ‘resilience’ in its UK business – but the US business continues to slow the Group down. So it will merge the two to create "a singleglobal product line". This morning the firm announced that strong digital revenue growth (up 36 per cent) in the UK has …

Bigpoint delight as â?¬1000 in-game item is sold in the thousands

Whichever way you look at it – the UK/US Day One of 6.5m, or $400m in 24 hours, or 75 copies sold a second – Modern Warfare 3 is a juggernaut. As a Call of Duty game, it was always going to be, of course; there’s probably a graph on …

Big Fish offering OnLive-like service for $6.99 per month; iPad only

The UK digital sales charts have been a long time coming, but Sega’s John Clark is confident the industry will be satisfied. The managing director for Sega’s UK arm also heads up the publisher’s digital projects, and has been involved with the creation of the digital charts from the beginning.While …

GB Eye has signed the rights to produce official 2D and 3D posters, stickers, badges and temporary tattoos for EA games Mass Effect 3 and Dragon Age 3. "We’re very pleased to extend the range of gaming merchandise to include not only Dragon Age 3 but also Mass Effect 3,” …