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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 …

The total value of the social network games market will reach $1.5bn by 2014, according to a new report from Screen Digest. In 2009 that total stood at around $639m with 500m active monthly users, suggesting that the sector is set to grow by over 100 per cent in the …

New technical showcase event preparations roll on in France

Having only made the jump to 33.4GB in January, electronics manufacturer Sharp has confirmed that it intends to launch the first commercially available 100GB capacity Blu-ray disc this month. PC World reports that the units will go on sale in Japan on July 30th and are expected to cost in …