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"My inclination would be to say a system like theJungle is a non-starter right out of the gate. Until they can show meotherwise I just don’t think Panasonic has the right pieces to compete inthis space.” The Jungle is a highly specialised dedicated portable for a non-existent market. This is …

New Vegas team talks XBLA IP and 'big licensed title'

G.I.R.L. fund to aid one lucky student on their way into games development

HMV Group has warned it expects profit before tax to be ‘moderately below’ the 45m market expectations for its financial year. The retailer – which runs the HMV and Waterstones chains – is still finding trading tough for the first two months of the year, despite a significant upturn in …

There’s more than Fallout: New Vegas DLC in the works at Obsidian Entertainment – the developer is apparently working on a number of mysterious titles. The studio is already known to be working on upcoming XBLA title Dungeon Seige 3, but CEO Feargus Urquhart has revealed teasing details about a …

Freshly independent games developer Harmonix has applauded its decision to back the once new Xbox 360 peripheral Kinect with its brand new IP Dance Central. Confirming that the game has to date outperformed fellow Harmonix title and established brand Rock Band 3 at retail, CEO Alex Rigopulos has admitted that …

Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection will arrive in UK stores on April 22nd. The PSP release includes two games – Final Fantasy IV and The After Years – and arrives as a limited edition in PAL territories. It includes art cards, a PSP cleaning cloth and a special folding …

Professor Layton’s latest adventure was the best-selling 3DS launch title, with over 117,500 copies sold during the handheld’s opening weekend. The newest entry in the Level 5’s popular puzzle series – Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle – sold nearly one copy for every three handhelds shifted, according to …

The game adaptation of kids’ movie Rango is getting a huge ad campaign courtesy of EA. There will be advertisements running online, on TV and in cinemas, with dedicated game spots running at the end of ads for the film. This is on top of a range of retail POS …

Capcom’s Devil May Cry could be the next video games IP to get the Hollywood treatment. Variety reports that Screen Gems, the Sony-owned producer of the Resident Evil movie franchise, has acquired the film rights to the series. The deal was brokered by Digital Development Management on behalf of Capcom. …