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EA Sports boss Peter Moore has warned that the development world’s obsession with high Metacritic scores may leave gamers in the dark. Metacritic scores have previously been worked into the development teams’ objectives, and the hardest task fell to the FIFA crew, who were challenged by Moore to go out …

Having confirmed in March that it had entered into a publishing deal for developer 38 Studios’ mystery RPG Project Mercury”, EA has officially confirmed details of its new fantasy title. Called Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, the title is an open-world RPG set in a new world created by popular author …

While the leading network firm Limelight also steps out as an shareholder

Iguana Entertainment moves shop to Middlesbrough

Outspoken US video games analyst Michael Pachter has told MCV that despite Activision’s three-pronged denial that it is intending to introduce paid-for multiplayer in its Call of Duty titles, he still believes Activision is planning some premium functionality for future titles. If they say you won’t ever HAVE to pay-to-play …

EA Sports engine to give soldiers pitch-slick animations, says Moore

Develop interviews EA Canada as it stands at the height of its creative power

Call of Duty is one of the biggest brands the world of gaming has ever known – but new CEO Eric Hirshberg thinks the franchise’s credentials go far further than that. The Call of Duty franchise is a force of nature,” he told IGN. I think it is the closest …

Future Publishing has restated that the already-lamented closure of PC Zone is still only a proposal. The company is currently in talks with the magazine’s staff to determine the fate of the magazine, and has yet to announce a final decision. Unless another solution is found, the publication will close …

Leading online book retailer Amazon has said that digital books have been consistently outselling” hardback books throughout the last three months in the US. It says that throughout the period it has been selling 143 e-books for every 100 hardback novels sold in Q2 2010. In the last month alone …