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Distributor Lace Mamba Global has signs the rights to handle the special edition of Men of War: Assault Squad. The firm will distribute the bundle in the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Scandinavia, Benelux and other territories. It is due for release alongside the standard edition of the game on …

Industry charity GamesAid is giving people the chance to win a 3DS at this year’s Cheltenham Festival. The handheld has been donated by Konami and comes with a copy of Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 3D, while Nintendo has donated Pilotwings Resort, Nintendogs and Super Street Fighter IV. The competition is …

Landmark event breaks last year's count of 18,250

Mark Rein, the VP of Gears of War develop Epic Games, has stated that iOS release Infinity Blade outsold fellow digital Xbox Live Arcade release Shadow Complex. Though no exact sales numbers were given, Rein told Joystiq that the iPhone title had been "hugely successful". There are lots of mitigating …

Engine vendor wants to shoot down 'circling-vulture' claim

Black Bean has partnered with specialist magazine Motor Cycle News to promote its upcoming motorbike racer, SBK 11. The tie-up has already resulted in SBK-branded bikes and demo pods filling up a booth at the Carole Nash MCN Motorcycle Show at ExCeL London, which was held last month. The pods …

Three new professionals have joined Namco Bandai’s PR and marketing team. Former Vivendi and Koch man Gary Chantler has joined the company as product manager, working on upcoming titles including Ridge Racer Unbounded, Inversion and other currently unannounced projects. He joins Blaise Rodier, who recently joined Namco Bandai and will …

Nordic Games is the latest firm to sponsor this year’s MCV Awards. The We Sing firm has signed up as Drinks Reception Host just as the final tickets were sold, once again making the MCV Awards a sell-out event. The MCV Awards lets us share the golden and often personal …

UK studio Rebellion has become the latest studio to tackle the lucrative social games business, by setting up an internal division to build product for various platforms such as Facebook. The move comes after the Oxford-based developer launched the beta of its free-to-play Facebook game, Evil Genius. Rebellion will still …