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Rupert Murdoch’s media empire News Corp has made a move on the games industry by purchasing San Francisco social start-up Making Fun. The studio, reports VentureBeat, is headed up by PlayFirst co-founder John Welch and Twofish co-founder Lee Crawford, and has previously created games for brands including theme park giant …

Activision is likely to reveal the next iteration in the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare series at next week’s Game Developers Conference. A teasing countdown has appeared at findmarkarov.com, named for the man who led the notorious airport attack depicted in Modern Warfare 2’s No Russian level. The timer will …

News Corp picks up Making Fun with a view to dominate social gaming

Trade body explains why it has dashed hope of a possible joining of forces with UKIE

It has emerged this afternoon that despite repeated calls for a union between the UK’s two video games trade bodies, developer organisation Tiga has outright abandoned any chance of the proposal. Furthermore, Tiga has issued a stark reply to those calling for a single organisation, claiming that "Tiga is that …

Dublin-based firm forms up behind new Sony handheld

Former staff members of recently defunct developer Bizarre Creations have established a new Liverpool-based studio named Lucid Games. Formed by ‘senior management and experienced industry professionals’, Lucid is already undertaking a recruitment drive the seeks to create some 50 jobs. The existing team members are also presently in talks with …

Publisher EA has announced that an exclusive version of the track ‘I’m Not Calling You A Liar’ from Florence and the Machine’s debut album lungs will feature in Dragon Age II. With the band’s full blessings and enthusiasm, we isolated Florence’s original vocals from one of their most unique songs …

Codemasters will invest millions in promoting its four big releases this year. This will include an investment of 1m each on Operation Flashpoint: Red River and Dirt 3, which are due to arrive in April and May respectively. Scheduled for April 21st, Red River is the firm’s first release of …

There’s no doubt 2010 was a pivotal year for Codemasters corporately. A re-structuring of ownership saw multi-gazillion dollar Indian conglomerate Reliance take a 50 per cent stake in the company and sit alongside joint owners Balderton Capital, in a deal that did nothing less than shore up the future of …