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New studio aims for 150-strong workforce in 3 years

Though question marks hang over Activision’s true intentions toward a possible Premium online Call of Duty service, the publisher’s COO Thomas Tippl has admitted that the company is looking to give Call of Duty fans more choice” as it looks to extend revenue models”. However, Tippl did promise that the …

Self-developed title said to be more than just a brain trainer

Cammie Dunaway, the current executive vice president of sales and marketing at the North American arm of platform holder Nintendo is to leave both the firm and the industry on October 1st. She joined the company in November 2007 and has become one of the leading faces in the successful …

Microsoft has lifted the lid on an ambitious new digital content service for Xbox 360 that will grant users the right to download as much music as they like for a flat monthly fee. Called the Zune Pass, those who cough up the 8.99/€9.99 subscription will receive unlimited access to …

Microsoftâ??s Allan Murphy steps in for Ben Board to talk Windows Phone 7

AUDIO SPECIAL: The Creative Assembly's Richard Beddow on scoring Total War

When Testology opened the doors of its new compliance facility, it made sure it got things right

More extraordinary claims from the outspoken publishing boss

A new update on the GOG site suggests that the site is indeed closing down after all. It reads: "First of all, we apologize everyone for the whole situation and closing GOG.com. We do understand the timing for taking down the site caused confusion and many users didn’t manage to …