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Sega has become the latest company to back this year’s Games Media Awards. The publisher is sponsoring the Best Writer, Print category at the event, which takes place at the Bloomsbury Ballroom on Thursday, October 14th. Senior PR manager Stefan McGarry told MCV: We’re happy to support the event as …

THQ chief Brian Farrell says the publisher must monetise used games and has called on retail to help. The outspoken exec says the firm needs to capture more of the value chain, but insists this is not an attack on the High Street. He told MCV that THQ will help …

The slow, sorry saga of Realtime Worlds’ collapse has found another twist. Despite a failed attempt to sell off the sunken studio and its games assets, a BBC report has named Epic Games as one of the parties interested in buying the rights to APB. The game was built using …

We’ve never been given any firm sales numbers for the PSPgo, leaving the industry to draw its own conclusions about the device. But Sony has insisted that the portable has successfully met its own expectations. The PSP Go is not the PSP2. It was just a different form-factor. It’s met …

Seven temp roles remain to wind business down; redundancy complaints raised; US studio fate unknown; announcement expected

Japanese publisher Square Enix has revealed a new strategic partnership with online games giant Shanda that will see the Final Fantasy series get its first ever official release in China. The first game to get a release will be MMO outing Final Fantasy XIV, though the date of its arrival …

Retro seems to be very much the theme at the moment – following news that cult Saturn shooter Radiant Silvergun is getting an XBLA release, Sony has gone one better by announcing a brand new PSOne Import section on PSN. The new sub-store will offer PSOne games previously only released …

BBC says the Unreal firm could buy RTW IP, which was built using its engine

Nick Gibson on the meteoric rise of the Chinese games industry

Mark Cale of System 3 reveals why publishers aren't to be feared