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It’s finally here. As midnight struck around the world last night retailers opened their doors to usher in the arrival of what many in the industry is hoping will be the best selling game ever made – Call of Duty: Black Ops. The official Activision launch event, held at Battersea …

Watch out Play and Amazon – Asda wants a slice of your market share. The retail giant told MCV that improving its online offer is key to its plans for 2011. This ties in with Asda’s bid to grow its games market share, which the firm says is already in …

There’s no doubting that Guitar Hero and Rock Band are the two major players in the music games market. However, speaking to MCV Alex Rigopulos, the boss of current Rock Band developer and Guitar Hero creator Harmonix, has claimed that battling with the franchise his studio created doesn’t rouse him. …

Develop looks at four development outfits driving the region forward

MIGS 2010: Playdom's Scott Jon Siegel on the gap in the social gaming market

MIGS 2010: Harmonix's Ryan Challinor thinks so, as he details the studio's rulebook for gestural UI design

Asda has declared Call of Duty: Black Ops will be its biggest games launch of all time. The supermarket claims it has an unprecedented level of stock for the imminent FPS, which it says far outstrips that of any previously released video game. We are putting more stock into store …

MIGS 2010: Former VP of Microsoft Game Group talks the challenge of social game development

MIGS 2010: Imposed creative restrictions could save the industry from boring games, claims Xbox co-creator

The Symbian Foundation has announced plans to "transition the role of the non-profit organisation". Which means… what? According to its announcement, the Foundation will become "a legal entity responsible for licensing software and other intellectual property, such as the Symbian trademark". That means Nokia will take on development of the …