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Metroid: Other M will be released in the UK this September. The release window was confirmed by a trade ad from Nintendo in the latest issue of MCV, due out tomorrow. This puts the game’s European debut within weeks of its US launch, confirmed as August 31st during Nintendo’s E3 …

Marketing for the highly anticipated Medal of Honor reboot has already begun. Electronic Arts has been showcasing the game at one of the UK’s biggest music events, and is already planning a number of other promotions – despite the game’s release being four months away. Medal of Honor has already …

Funbox Media has become the new face of defunct publisher Zushi Games. The new company was set up by former Zushi employees and is headed up by managing director Barry Hatch. Funbox will publish a variety of games encompassing a mixture of previous Zushi titles such as Family Gameshow and …

The latest Toy Story game hits retail next month and Disney is expecting it to be ‘an absolute smash hit’. As the follow-up to 1999’s movie sequel, Toy Story 3 already has huge backing from Disney with a massive cinema and internet marketing campaign. The global Toy Story property has …

Gameshastra sets up London outfit as it continues to grow reputation

Square Enix has announced that the PC Collector’s Edition version of MMO Final Fantasy XIV will be released in Europe on September 22nd. The standard SKU will hit retail on September 30th. The PS3 version of the game will not be released until March 2011, with pricing to be announced …

Following five months of decline, the UK games market has finally posted a year-on-year increase. The launch of Red Dead Redemption helped the UK games market post a sales rise of 12 per cent last month when compared to the same period in 2009. But unit sales were down slightly …

The value of the UK games market rose 12 per cent year-on-year in May, boosted by a number of hugely popular multiformat releases. Take-Two’s Red Dead Redemption and EA’s 2010 FIFA World Cup drove sales last month, taking first and second places in the All Formats Top 50 respectively. It was also …

Former EA development director joins studio

Industry trade body voices concerns about the future of in-country development after tax break U-turn