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Ghost of Sparta studio cites â??do or dieâ?? attitude needed for successful indie development

Despite the sharp drop in sales that Wii has endured throughout 2010, US analyst Michael Pachter still expects Nintendo’s machine to be the best selling home console over the crucial Christmas buying period. Last month MCV reported that GAME has to date this year experienced a 40 per cent year-on-year …

The developer behind PC and console MMO Kingdom Under Fire II has confirmed that the game is unlikely to be released anytime in the near future. The reason? The very same issue that has dogged both potential Xbox 360 MMO releases Champions Online and Final Fantasy XIV – Microsoft’s closed-wall …

Analyst cites in-app payments as driver of â??$10 billion mobile marketâ??

Virtual goods purchases to be streamlined with new online payment utility

The HD re-make of No More Heroes will be a PS3 exclusive in the US, publisher Konami has confirmed. No More Heroes: Heroes’ Paradise is a 720p revamp of the original 2008 Wii title and has already been released on both PS3 and Xbox 360 in Japan. However, in the …

The level of piracy endured on PSP has rendered it an obsolete platform for developers, according to the developer behind the upcoming God of War: Ghost of Sparta. Speaking to VG247 creative director Ru Weerasuriya said of piracy that: I’m not very familiar with how it is on the DS, …

New images back ongoing rumours of a Sony Ericsson PlayStation

Rumours of a PlayStation phone have been around as long as the PSP itself and now out of the blue pictures of an apparent PlayStation mobile phone have appeared online – see the larger image below. Engadget is assuring its readers that the pictured device is very real and is …

Jobs â??initially declined an offer' to acquire the Halo studio