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Blizzard founder Mike Morhaime has defended Activision boss Bobby Kotick, saying that his status as the game development industry’s bogeyman is undeserved. The two companies merged in 2008 and Morhaime told MCV that his colleague is completely simpatico with Blizzard’s creative values and is often judged harshly by people who …

PR boss Marc Franklin says the firm 'appreciates good quality' regardless of studio status

Looking back 20 years, can you recall your motivation for starting Blizzard. What your ambitions were for the company?Mike Morhaime, CEO: Frank and I went to UCLA and we became friends with Allen Adham. He was a smart, ambitious, driven guy with a mission: he was going to start a …

US sales tracker NPD has issued a note to analyst Michael Pachter requesting that he stops handing out NPD data to media outlets. In October of last year the company announced that it was to change the way in which it publishes its monthly video game sales data, omitting most …

Reich project still alive; Florida studio closure confirmed; UK team down but not out

It’s unfair to blame consumers for trading in their old titles when new games cost as much as $60/50 – that’s according to the CEO of TimeShift developer Saber Interactive. "I absolutely feel that cheaper, digital games have to be the future," Matthew Karch told CVG. "$60 is a lot …

Publisher Namco Bandai could be readying a new instalment in the colourful Katamari series, if two new trademark registrations are to be believed. Siliconera reports that the company has registered both Katamari Amore and Katamari Amore Rolling Whopper. The most recent release in the series was 2009 PS3-exclusive Katamari Forever. …

Duke Nukem Forever developer Gearbox Software has said the long overdue game’s latest delay was not a marketing ploy. 2K Games’ Xbox 360, PS3, PC shooter was delayed last week from May 6th to June 10th, with Gearbox announcing the new date in the form of a comedic video. The …

As was rumoured on Friday of last week, Capcom has drafted in a new development partner for work on a brand new Resident Evil spin-off series for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. SOCOM developer Slant 6 is working on the title which is described as a third person squad-based shooter …

3DS owners that have had second thoughts can receive 215 when they trade their handheld in to CEX. The device has to still be in its unopened original packaging for them to earn the full price, according to CVG. However, the retailer is still offering 205 for a used 3DS. …