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German media firm challenges developers, publishing contract and advertising budget up for grabs

Calls to end government 'ignorance' and lack of funding

Ray Sharma, founder of Canadian mobile developer XMG Studio, had some stern words of criticism for EA Mobile and Apple at the Mobile Games Forum in London today. "I think Electronic Arts really screwed the industry at Christmas time," said the former investment banker, speaking on a VC and research …

Game revamps of Back to the Future and Jurassic Park may be download-only for now, but retail will get a look in eventually. That’s the message from developer Telltale Games, the firm behind hit episodic games such as Sam and Max and Monkey Island. The company last year signed a …

Ubisoft is bringing one of its popular Wii dancing games to PlayStation Move and Kinect. Dance on Broadway will be released on PS3 on March 18th, with a Kinect version also in the works. The title was originally released on Wii last summer following the huge success of Just Dance, …

EA has teamed-up with Sony to make Dead Space 2 the first ‘must have’ game of the year. A co-marketing campaign is already underway for the horror sci-fi sequel, with ads to appear across TV, national print, online and in outdoor poster locations. Dead Space 2 is the first real …

BENELUX Population: 27,970,600Countries: Belgium, The Netherlands, LuxembourgCurrency: EuroLanguages: Dutch, French, German, Luxembourgish, Key retailers: 12Game.com, Bart Smit, Bol.com, Carrefour, Collishop.be, Colruyt, Cora, DelHaize, Dixons, Dreamland, Dynabyte, FNAC, Free Record Shop, Fun, Gamemania, Intertoys, Makro, Mediamarkt/Saturn, Music Store, Smartoys, Supra Center, Traffic, V&D, WehkampDistributors: ABC Soft, BEMs, Big Ben, CLD Distribution, …

Social titan wants a new games library for its mobile platform

Workaround hoped will satisfy Google after â??intentional banâ??

Long-awaited MMO Star Wars: Old Republic will be released worldwide this September, development sources have told MCV. The date is later than many had predicted, with EA CEO John Riccitiello himself suggesting a year ago that a spring 2011 release was likely. The game has been in development for over …