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Tim Schafer has revealed the first of his studio’s four miniature digital titles – following EA’s decision to pull production on a Brutal Legend sequel. Publisher THQ has signed two of Schafer’s four games, the first being Costume Quest – a downloadable Halloween-based adventure RPG, set for release on 360 …

Surrey studio puts its weight behind the battle of development brains

The long and drawn-out demise of US rental giant Blockbuster looks to be reaching a conclusion with predictions that the retailer could file for bankruptcy as soon as the end of the week. Home Media reports that Blockbuster’s attempts to recapitalise to allow a shift in focus to multiplatform distribution …

Disney has posted a $10m increase in profit for its Interactive arm in its fiscal year ending July 3rd. Games revenues rose 74 per cent to $197m – up from last year’s $113m, with Toy Story 3 and Split/Second: Velocity cited as the current quarter’s key releases. However Disney Interactive …

Rocksteady says publishing partner Warner gave the studio unlimited access to the Batman franchise

Borderlands developer thought will reveal new project at PAX event

Former company president Darrell Rodriguez joins social game outfit

Nintendo has revealed that total unit sales of the Wii console have now passed 30m in the US in the 45 months that the machine has been on the market. More than any other videogame system in history, Wii has expanded the world of videogames to new audiences,” Nintendo of …

First clues to mysterious Call of Duty released; Seriesâ?? roadmap remains unclear

UK online-only games publisher Zattika has set out its plan to buy up rivals and raise more money. In an exclusive and candid interview set to appear in MCV later this month, CEO Tim Chaney also admits that Kongregate had been a target ahead of its purchase by GameStop, whilst …