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Following its acquisition of Marvel in late 2009, Disney has placed a former Blizzard executive to head up its Marvel gaming strategy. Bill Roper, the former VP of Blizzard North and CCO of MMO specialist Cryptic Studios, is to assume the role of vice president of the Marvel franchise. He …

Rein, Rutter, Braben, Hollis and Molyneux star in our Cliff Richard takeover

'The first rock stars of video games' delighted at triple win

Watch a video montage of the Eidos Life President's trailblazing career

Angry Birds studio picks up two honours, including the Grand Prix

Valve receives Publishing Hero award with message for its dev partners

Though such a radical transition is still some way off, the senior VP of worldwide development at Electronic Arts has hinted that the FIFA series will at some stage have to move away from the annual disc release model. I think there are two things at play,” Andrew Wilson told …

In the third instalment of this weekly feature, we look at the overall advertising activity for video games on TV this year up to July 4th. This is provided by specialist communication firmGeneration Mediawhich focuses on the entertainment and leisure industries. This week we take a look at the year-on-year …

LA Noire’s MotionScan face capture technology could be used in the next installment of Grand Theft Auto. Speaking to PSM3, as reported by CVG, the studio’s co-founder Brendan McNamara confirmed that Rockstar is looking into the possibilities of MotionScan for GTA and other properties. He said: "Yeah, I think they’re …

With just over a month until the highly anticipated Deus Ex: Human Revolution arrives at UK retail, Square Enix has released an impressive live action promotional video for the game. It tells the tale of a future Earth where cybertronic augmentation has created a divided human race, leading to rioting …