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In a frank interview with MCV, System 3 CEO Mark Cale has stated that the challenging nature of modern High Street retail is the driving force behind his new digital distribution experiment with upcoming racer Ferrari: The Race Experience. Last month MCV revealed that the game would be digital only …

The ongoing debate over digital distribution’s role in the future of games seems to have painted offering games for download as an either/or solution. You either go boxed or you go digital. System 3 is determined to dispel this notion. Starting in September, almost all of the publisher’s titles will …

System 3 has announced it will be releasing a new version of Putty Squad this autumn. The classic platformer will be available for download on PSN and iTunes, with the latter version being compatible with both iPad and iPhone. Players once again take on the role of Putty, a small …

How well does Rising Star’s Christmas line-up stand up compared to that of previous years? We strive to improve year-on-year, and I honestly believe that we have a stronger line-up this year than the last. Our autumn 2009 release schedule featured the same number of games that we’ll be releasing …

As the (still completely unfounded) speculation about a possible PSP Phone continues to travel in circles around the internet, it has been alleged that Nintendo was at one point considering its own foray into the mobile phone sector. Pocket Gamer carries word from a development source” that in the early …

Deep Silver has announced the full tracklist for its upcoming X Factor video game. The Koch Media publishing label has selected tracks from 28 artists and bands from around the world, covering a mix of classic acts and upcoming stars. Young X Factor fans can sing along to tunes such …

Popular engine group to widen available platforms

Polarised business models and Sonyâ??s own structure cited as key obstacles

Microsoft will use its own internal development teams to populate the upcoming Windows Mobile games platform. The company said it is establishing a new studio, known as MGS Mobile Gaming, which will support first party development and evangelise mobile gaming across MGS”. Windows Mobile 7 is the PC giant’s newest …

Lazard Capital market analyst Colin Sebastian has increased his sales forecast for Microsoft’s Kinect for Q4 2010. Speaking in an investor note, Sebastian says that how thinks an extra million units of the Xbox 360 motion sensing camera will be sold in the period – brining his total sales forecast …