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THQ is working on a unique exercise game. The publisher confirmed at E3 this week that it is working on a UFC-inspired fitness game for Kinect, PS Move, and Wii. Unlike other games in the genre the game will be targeted primarily at men, MCV understands. (Men aspiring to be …

A follow-up to apocalyptic third person slasher Darksiders is in development, as revealed by THQ at its E3 conference. Core games VP Danny Bilson was speaking at the publisher’s analyst meeting. He said: Darksiders 2 is coming. We’ve green lit that. The game is well into production and will be …

Konami confirmed more details for its next Metal Gear Solid game at its E3 press conference last night. Turns out that Metal Gear Solid: Rising, the next multiplatform console game in the series – and which took centre stage at Xbox’s E3 event – will in fact be a prequel …

NeverDead, a Devil May Cry-style title, currently in development at Rebellion

Up to 24 Dreamcast titles will be made available on Xbox 360 and PS3 over the course of the next year. Sega West president Mike Hayes told CVG that the publisher hopes to have somewhere between 18 and 24” classic games ready for download by Summer 2010. He also revealed …

ELSPA has grown its team ahead of this summer’s rebrand to UKIE. Former Midas VP head of sales Sam Collins has taken up the role of commercial manager at the trade association, MCV can reveal. Collins has worked at Majesty House, the firm which owns the Midas and Ghostlight publishing …

Perhaps not content with Bobby Kotick’s current top-dog status in the fanboy Hall of Hate, John Riccitiello has bravely come out and admitted that he’d like to see a premium” price given to new 3D-compatible titles. EA’s anticipated shooter Crysis 2 will be one of the leading lights in the …

GAME has released its trading update for the year-to-date in 2010 and it shows that the retailer continues to struggle in the face of what it describes as a continental High Street that continues to be challenging”, though it does claim to have outperformed the wider market. In the UK …

Ã?rban Pad city generation middleware harnesses Allegorithmic texturing tech

The search is over. GAME has found its replacement for former CEO Lisa Morgan. Former Vodafone UK commercial director Ian Shepherd has stepped in as permanent replacement for Morgan. He takes over properly from June 28th – four months after he departed Vodafone for new opportunties. At Vodafone he’s credited …