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Mass Effect 2 was the shining star of 2010, but the group behind it failed too many times

Lightning strikes twice for the untouchable Japanese studio

The one hundred best studios in the world today in one quick list

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Metacritic founder Marc Doyle on valuable review metrics and games development

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