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EA’s development studio DICE has put its rivals in the firing line again. Last week the developer said its FPS competitors – which include Call of Duty’s Infinity Ward and Treyarch – are getting lazy”. Now it says they are not innovating, but treading water”. The competitors out there are …

Ignition Entertainment believes the market for games that specifically target Japanese consumers is diminishing. Speaking to Siliconera, business development director Shane Bettenhausen claimed that there are very few studios in the region that are able to achieve strong sales without assistance from larger companies in the West. There are very …

Review score aggregator Metacritic has begun profiling individual games industry professionals. Individual listings of studio heads, project leads and game designers currently show a basic outline of their career work. Data for individual developers cannot yet be navigated from the Metacritic home pages or games pages, but custom entry URLs …

As well as shooting straight to the top of the UKIE GfK Chart-Track UK All Formats Top 40 this week, new shooter Crysis 2 has also set a new 2011 for EA. The game is officially the publisher’s biggest launch of the year, outpacing the likes of Bulletstorm, Dragon Age …

Yet Jeremy Hunt admits UK needs to stand up to Canada

Retailers have recently cut the price of the Xbox 360 motion accessory, with sellers such as GAME and Amazon advertising the device for around 104.99. Kinect originally launched last November with a 129.99 price tag. Pricing is a decision that retailers make,” said Microsoft’s UK and Ireland general manager for …

Microsoft has significantly grown its audience – and it has the accolades to prove it. The platform holder took home the Best Family Game award at this year’s Video Game BAFTAs for Kinect Sports. And the firm’s UK boss says that this represents a major shift in audience for Xbox. …

Xbox 360 holder 'refused to publish Machinarium due to non-exclusivity'

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It’s a very different looking Top 40 this week, with 12 new games in the charts. Critically acclaimed shooter Crysis 2 takes the No.1 spot, beating off stiff competition from 3DS software and LEGO Star Wars III, the latter making No.2. This means THQ’s Homefront has dropped slightly down the …