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Having surged back up the charts to claim second spot in the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track Top 40 this week, Activision Blizzard’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 should in the next few days cement its position as the UK’s best selling game ever. In doing so it will pass Nintendo’s …

The men currently guiding the troubled ship that is Atari have – once again – outlined the company’s intentions to navigate out of continuously troubled water and back into a more stable future at the heart of the games industry. As is the case with so many modern publishers, Atari’s …

Reports have emerged that Microsoft’s Kinect will be able to understand American Sign Language. A new patent detailing the ‘Gesture Keyboarding’ for the new Xbox add-on suggests ASL could be used to communicate with other players online. While the patent does not specifically mention Kinect or even its previous moniker …

The managing director of newborn mega-studio Ubisoft Toronto has revealed the group is assembling a new technology division – one that could possibly be building a next generation game engine. I can’t talk too much about it,” Jade Raymond told Develop, but I will say that Toronto has a technology …

Publisher Sega has confirmed that Wii and DS platform title Sonic Colours will be released in the UK on November 12th. The game blends 2D game design with 3D visual mechanics to produce a result that harks back to the IP’s ‘golden days’ while still offering a visual standard more …

The Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association will officially change its name to the Association for UK Interactive Entertainment on September 7th, it has been confirmed. The trade body has booked an event in the London SW1 region where the change will be made official. The decision to rebrand was …

Information overload! New 'State of the UK Video Games Development Sectorâ?? report relays industry snapshot

Project director Brian Bright, who is working on what is thought to be the very last Neversoft-made Guitar Hero game, bares all

Disney Interactive’s Toy Story 3 is back at the top of the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 this week two weeks on from the last time it topped the listings. In doing so it toppled last week’s number one, Blizzard’s Starcraft II, which drops to fourth place thanks …

Studio boss Jade Raymond says the industry is changing the way it makes blockbusters