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Early footage of next week’s Call of Duty: Black Ops has revealed that the much heralded zombie mode has taken a surprising new turn, casting players as one of two former US presidents and one overseas leader. As can be seen in the picture below courtesy of Kotaku, gamers have …

AskMen says Activision boss is known as â??the Hitler of the gaming industryâ?

EA and BioWare’s Mass Effect 2 is the big winner of this year’s 28th Annual Golden Joystick Awards, claiming two prizes including the coveted Ultimate Game of the Year gong – at the expense of pre-event favourite Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Other winners include Assassin’s Creed II (action/adventure), …

RuneScape studio scoops gong at 28th Golden Joysticks

A round-up of those waking away with a gong from this yearâ??s consumer awards event

Just minutes after MCV reported the high-profile departure of Keiji Inafune from Capcom, it has been revealed that Take-Two CEO Ben Feder will step down from his role at the publisher on January 1st 2011. Current executive chairman Strauss Zelnick will assume the additional role of CEO upon his departure. …

Keiji Inafune, longstanding Capcom producer and the famed mind behind the studio’s most prolific character Mega Man, has announced his resignation from the company on his personal blog. The post, entitled simply "Sayonara", explains the reasons behind Inafune’s decision, and rounds off what seems to have been a difficult period …

They are the brightest minds in games retail, publishing, marketing, PR and journalism. But who are they? Sponsored by Phillip DaviesAge: 21Founder, King Andre Entertainment Retailer Davies was so young when he started out at 16 that he couldn’t be guarantor on supplier contracts, and had to draft his dad …

Lost Planet and Resident Evil 5 producer to take on newly vacant Capcom position

The worldwide install base of PS3 is now just 5.4m units behind that of Xbox 360, according to the latest numbers from Sony and Microsoft. Eurogamer reports that total PS3 console sales now stand at 39.2m units. Xbox 360 retains a narrow lead for the time being with sales of …