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As revealed by MCV this morning, Nintendo has followed the price cuts announced for the DS in Japan earlier today by confirming that the trade price of the handheld console is Europe is also set to drop. In the UK Nintendo will be reducing the trade price of Nintendo DSi …

Morpheme animation middleware to be used in upcoming title El Shaddai

It was once heralded as a flag bearer for the quality of hardcore PC gaming. But that was at a time when things were very different – the PC market was buoyant, and people were happy to pay for games. So now THQ is to reinvent Company of Heroes as …

Despite the struggles experienced by Star Wars galaxies since its debut in 2003, Sony Online Entertainment is to release a brand new MMO based on George Lucas’ hypnotic universe. Called Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures, this new take on the MMO formula very much reflects the modern face of mass-market …

Polish studio Bloober Team turns to Emergentâ??s scalable platform

Testing services available on a wide range of mobile and web services

EA Sports plans to reboot its NBA Live series with new gameplay and a new name. NBA Elite 11 will launch on Xbox 360 and PS3 in October. The new release boasts an entirely new technology base, a new control scheme and a real-time physics system. The firm hopes to …

Publisher details its new Independent Games Competition

Though concrete details of Virgin Gaming’s return to gaming – as exclusively revealed by MCV last month – will not be revealed until E3, it looks as if one major console tie-up is already in place. Kotaku reports that Canadian copies of Sony’s recently released ModNation Racers points to Virgin …

Call of Duty Black Ops studio Treyarch believes its competition this year won’t merely be EA’s Medal of Honor rebirth – claiming that FPS veterans Bungie are also in the fray. When asked by Develop if Treyarch considers Bungie – which recently signed a publishing deal with Treyarch-owners Activision – …