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Grease publisher 505 Games will have its titles distributed in the UK via Gem. The firm is one of the biggest DS publishers in the UK, thanks to the likes of the Cooking Mama series. Gem Logistics will handle its primary distribution, beginning with Grease on August 27th. We are thrilled …

A cinema campaign featuring Renault and Ubisoft’s Rabbids aims to take the game characters beyond consoles. The familiar characters currently star in ads for Renault’s Grand Scenic, which have been shown throughout the summer before screenings of blockbusters such as Shrek Forever After and Toy Story 3. Ubisoft says that …

Games portal Get Games has expanded with three new publishers on board, a number of new appointments and a redesigned site. Codemasters, Ubisoft and 2K Games have all signed deals with the digital download service which will see their popular titles added to Get Games’ site. These include Ubisoft’s Assassin’s …

The number of Gamescom attendees reached an all-time high at the 2010 expo with more than a quarter of a million attending the show. A total of 254,000 people made their way to Gamescom 2010 – up from last year’s 245,000. And of the 2010 figure just 18,900 were trade …

A dozen teams already signed up, spaces are limited

It didn’t pass the finishing line quite as fast as Chart-Track had predicted, but at long last Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has cemented its position as the best selling game of all time in the UK. It does so after 41 weeks on the market, of which …

Publishing empire EA says it will not surrender its creative vision to the furore surrounding the upcoming Medal of Honor game. EA Games president Frank Gibeau told Develop the game is a creative risk”. He said he anticipated controversy, and he asked why films are immune to the denigration games …

A major news broadcaster has this morning withdrawn a planned news story about Medal of Honor after learning that much of the information being touted about the game by the media is inaccurate, MCV has discovered. Upon discovering that no British troops feature in EA’s game the media company ruled …

Australian developer says its Adelaide staff have been put on notice

Last year Amazon begun selling codes to download titles from Xbox Live via its website. Less than 18 months later, however, the retailer has pulled out of the service. We are no longer selling Xbox Live arcade game codes on Amazon.com,” a statement on the Amazon site reads. You can …