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The Interactive Games and Entertainment Association (iGEA) has announced its support for MCV Pacific’s launch in Australia and New Zealand welcoming the focus on local trade news and information. Ron Curry, CEO of the iGEA said: We couldn’t be happier to see MCV begin to report on local, trade focused …

Broadcaster creates new Scotland-based role on commissioning team

Publisher EA has announced the names of a fresh bunch of titles that will see support for their multiplayer components cut in the coming weeks. August 11th will see shut-offs for the likes of Battlefield 2: Modern Combat on Xbox 360, Medal of Honor duo Airborne and Heroes on PSP …

Signs are pointing to a change to future versions of the PS3 console that will mean it is unable to display much of its key content over a component cable. Until now PS3s have shipped with a component cable instead of the more standard HDMI connection. However, Kotaku reports that …

David Braben explores possible solutions to the growing prevalence of data hacking

With BioShock Infinite, Irrational Games might just exceed the quality bar set by the groundbreaking first title. Develop asks director of product development Timothy Gerritsen how production is going

The realisation last night of EA’s much-rumoured buyout of PopCap has positioned the publisher as one of the powerhouses of digital gaming, according to EA boss John Riccitiello. The outspoken exec told investors last night that the move is EA’s first step toward becoming a $1bn a year digital gaming …

After kicking off at AV Con (pictured) in June, Triumph Leisure Solutions (TLS) plans to carry on monthly World Cyber Games (WCG) events throughout 2011, and has big plans to carry on into the future. TLS recently announced its full list of WCG events for the remainder of the year. …

Sniper: Ghost Warrior has been a quiet achiever in Australia / New Zealand, selling almost 70’000 units in the territory so far becoming AFA Interactive’s biggest title for 2011 so far. Robert Allford, managing director of AFA, says: Sniper: Ghost Warrior has been an outstanding success for us. We feel …

EA has moved to acquire social and casual games specialist PopCap for a deal that could eventually be worth $1.3bn. The publisher has bought the firm – best known for hit casual titles Plants vs Zombies, Peggle,Bejeweled and Zuma – for $650m in cash plus $100m in stock. PopCap’s owners …