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In the build up to its celebrity studded E3 party last night, Activision confirmed that in just three years it has added an impressive 300 staff to its Call of Duty team. Speaking in the firm’s E3 investor conference call Thomas Tippl, CFO of Activision said: Over the last 3 …

Pre-orders for this year’s Call of Duty: Black Ops are already on par with those made for last year’s best-selling Modern Warfare 2. Activision’s chief financial officer Thomas Tippl was speaking to investors at the publisher’s E3 conference last night. He said: Pre-orders for Call of Duty: Black Ops are …

Cult Japanese arcade developer Cave, which is famous for its notoriously challenging and collectible shmups, has told Develop of its plans to tailour its creations for an international market. Having released very few home platform titles outside of Japan, the studio behind 2D shooter genre stalwart Dodonpachi recently ported its …

Capcom, Square-Enix, Sega, and Konami building titles for streaming service

We’ve got no surprises left!” That’s what a Sony rep jokingly told MCV last month as rumour upon rumour about possible E3 reveals flooded the internet. But if current talk doing the rounds is to be believed, Sony still has some surprises left for the tonight’s show. VG247 reckons that …

It was just three years ago when organisers ESA radically cut down on the glitz & glamour and bells & whistles of E3 in an effort to reduce the spiralling costs – it’s what all the publishers had told it do to. 12 months later? Publishers were grumpy. E3’s just …

Huge boost to headcount confirmed in company's E3 investor conference call

Ahead of its launch on Thursday, Onlive has released final details of its cloud gaming service – including the initial games line-up and titles that will be available in future. Each of these announcements can be found in our E3 feed, or you can browse through this handy summary of …

Leading UK video games retailer GAME has begun taking pre-orders for the Xbox 360 Slim – or as it is officially called, the Xbox 360 250GB. As has been predicted, the machine will cost 199.99. For your money you get a redesigned console incorporating a removable 250GB hard drive (that’s …

OnLive hasn’t even launched yet – and already big publishers are saying their upcoming major titles, first shown at E3 this week, will be available on the streaming game service. Today Square-Enix, Sega, Capcom and Konami Digital Entertainment have joined a chorus of publishers that includes Electronic Arts, Take Two …