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After one of the most turbulent periods in the company’s history, Sony has announced details of a significant management reshuffle right at the very top of the organisation. Current president and group CEO Kaz Hirai will from September first become chairman of Sony’s video games business. More significantly for the …

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In the latest twist in what is becoming a somewhat untidy saga, retailer GameStop has reversed a decision to block consumers from trading in copies of 3DS title Resident Evil: Mercenaries. It emerged earlier in the week that the game, which saves data directly onto the card, will not allow …

It feels like barely a day passes without another key MMO dropping subscriptions in favour of the free-to-play model, and now the biggest MMO of them all is getting in on the act. Yes, Blizzard’s earth-conquering World of Warcraft is now free-to-play. Sort of. An alteration to WoW’s trial account …

Lobbying for this year’s Games Media Awards in association with Grainger Gamesis well underway, with journalists, broadcasters, PRs, readers and viewers nominating their favourite mags, websites and more for one of the sector’s top accolades. But there is still time to ensure that your voice is heard – you have …

In an interview with MCV, the EMEA VP of Xbox Chris Lewis has said that Kinect implementation in core Xbox 360 games will not happen simply for the sake of it. Earlier this month Microsoft Game Studios boss Phil Spencer said that he envisages that all first-party Xbox games will …

Xbox president Don Mattrick said during your E3 press conference that 360 was going to be No.1 worldwide over the next year. How do you hope to achieve that?We are No.1 in North America. Don was quite rightly proud to talk about 55m units sold. The momentum we have at …

The MoMinis Studio is a free development engine pitched at developers in the Flash, PC and mobile sectors. Its GameCast competition, which has been launched in tandem with ME and GetJar, will offer $15,000 in total prizes plus a distribution deal for the winner. As the deadline draws closer, MoMinis …

Games products have made their way onto Argos’ brand new TV channel. The 24-hour retail service went live on June 15th on Sky channel 642 and at www.argos.co.uk/tv. A range of Argos’ 40,000 products will be presented on the show including games. Viewers can either buy online, over the phone …