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Konami’s development legend Hideo Kojima has announced what could well be one of the biggest sellers of the Christmas period – the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection. Due out on both PS3 and Xbox 360 this November, the SKU will include high definition re-workings of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons …

The Creative Assembly audio manager Richard Beddow offers advice on composition workflow for orchestral soundtracks

Having claimed to be making off with protected information last week, hacker group LulzSec now says it has obtained the password details of one million users of the Sony Pictures website. Sony says it is aware of the claims and is investigating, the BBC reports. "From a single injection, we …

The boss of powerhouse publish Take-Two has claimed that there’s plenty of untapped potential left in the Xbox 360 and PS3 and there’s no need for a rush toward a new generation of consoles. The exception, CEO Strauss Zelnick told MCV, is the Wii which he says is still dragging …

Over half of the world's hundred best studios are making iPhone and iPad games; 75 are independent

Game streaming service OnLive will launch in the UK this autumn, the firm has confirmed. Registration for the cloud gaming platform will go live as E3 opens, at 8PM on June 7th next week, at www.onlive.co.uk. In the UK, British Telecom has exclusive rights to bundle the OnLive Game Service …

Game development pioneer Yu Suzuki has joined Tokyo-based Premium Agency as executive game producer, the group has announced. The industry veteran Suzuki will advise on a number of social and mobile projects, but also for living-room devices. Premium Agency has said Suzuki will oversee a new, as yet unknown, fighting …