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Muzyka and Zeschuk take on rapid-fire questions in a new Develop FAQ

Both GAME and Gamestation are offering customers and extra 20 per cent on their normal trade-in price for anyone who hands over their old hardware between today (November 26th) and Thursday December 9th. As an example, the retailers will now offer 180 for a 160GB PS3 – until today it …

Having hit Japanese retail last weekend, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Kinect reportedly sold around 26k units in its first two days on sale. Like in the UK, Kinect in Japan is bundled with a copy of Kinect Adventures. Sales include both standalone and units bundled with the 4GB and 250GB variants …

The BioWare co-founders get the rapid-fire question treatment

A rattle or two in my brothers’ rusty Spitfires and MGs followed, but more memorable was a trip to a restaurant in a white Porsche 911 ten years later. The driver, Rod Cousens, was UK boss of Activision. He wanted to be interviewed and he paid for lunch. Chat focused …

The first flash car I scored a ride in was my Uncle Joe’s bright yellow Ferrari Dino. It was about 1976 and I was ten. He owned a chain of butcher’s shops and just might have been having a mid-life crisis. A rattle or two in my brothers’ rusty Spitfires …

GameStop plans to seriously grow its share of the European games market over the next 12 months. But it will do it through new e-commerce initiatives and alternative store concepts, the global retail giant’s International EVP Mike Mauler has told MCV. "Right now we have two stores in the UK …

Gran Turismo 5 will ensure 2010 ends with a bang as the last triple-A smash hit to roll out before Christmas. That’s according to Sony, which finally released its long-in-the-making PS3 racer on Wednesday. 2010 has been one of the strongest years in recent memory for quality game releases, and …

IGN UK has appointed a new PR manager – former Future Publishing man Will Guyatt. The UK’s largest game and entertainment editorial network has nabbed Guyatt to push forward its external comms and PR. He will report to IGN UK marketing director Rich Keen and plans to work with editorial, …

Crysis developer Crytek has announced its next title – PC shooter Warface. Yes, Warface. Set in the near future, the game will offer both player-vs-player gameplay as well as cooperative online multiplayer. It’s a PC-only title and will adopt the increasingly popular free-to-play model. The developers will monetise it through …