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Microsoft, Nintendo, Ubisoft and Gem are among the companies already signed up to this year’s MCV/Xbox Xmas Quiz, taking place on December 1st at London’s Sway Bar. Others who have entered teams include Lygo,Turner Media Innovations, Future, GameSpot, Videogamer.com, Amazon, Comet and Tesco – and time’s running out if you …

Namco Bandai and Capcom are breaking the first and second rules of Fight Club by not only talking about it, but inviting the rest of you to join in. The rival publishers have teamed up for a special charity event on December 2nd at the Namco Station in London. It …

Rockstar has for the first time spoken about the recently announced Grand Theft Auto V. The first ever trailer for the game was released late yesterday afternoon. As we know, the game returns to many of the locations found in PS2 hit GTA: San Andreas. Rockstar describes it as the …

Trade body important to support its move into self-publishing, says dev boss Charles Cecil

Sony’s games-centric redesign of PS3 virtual world PlayStation Home has gone live today. The new look sees Home remodelled around four separate districts – Action, Sportswalk, Adventure and Indie Park, each of which launches with a selection of free-to-play games. Aside from the four hubs, Home’s central areas such as …

Microsoft must open up device to compete with iOS as a gaming platform, says mobile dev

Poppermost to release beta edition of new project this year

The six classic BIT.TRIP video games are coming to UK retail for the first time. Rising Star Games has signed a deal with Gaijin Games to release BIT.TRIP Complete on Wii and BIT.TRIP Saga on 3DS during the first three months of 2012. The BIT.TRIP titles are rhythm adventure games …

A number of top releases and an impressive display of strength in Japan has helped Namco Bandai to a very strong H1. The publisher posted a profit of 64m for the six months ending September 30th. In the same period in 2010 it reported a 15m loss. Revenues climbed 121.4 …

Company changes hands again just ten months after acquisition