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Mark Lamia insists the Black Ops studio remains unaffected from the IW mass exodus

SmashMouth Gamesâ?? music title helps indie initiative reach double-figures

Paris-based event set to establish the state of current and future games research industries

Develop interviews the studio now at the centre of the Call of Duty battleplan

UK retailer GAME has rubbished speculation that it has fallen out with publisher Activision. Talk of a rift was rife over the weekend following multiple reports of various GAME and Gamestation outlets either not carrying stock of new racer Blur or only stocking the title in limited quantities. We have …

Publishers EA and Warner Interactive have announced that, much like the upcoming film based on JK Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, its licensed video game tie-in will come in two separate, full-length parts. Furthermore, the publishers have pledged a darker, more action-orientated take on the series that it …

In an interview about the PSP version of LittleBigPlanet, a producer for Sony has let slip that the company is currently at work on a second iteration of its PlayTV technology. When asked by Spong what Studio Cambridge is currently working on, senior producer Mark Green replied: As a whole …

Having once again promised a radical overhaul for its series when it first revealed PES 2011 last month, Konami’s famed designer Shingo ‘Seabass’ Takatsuka has admitted that his team weren’t prepared” for the arrival of the next generation of machines five years ago. Konami recently flew several members of the …

With early iPad sales indicating that Apple could have another global tech success on its hands, one industry notable has issued the most damning verdict yet of Nintendo’s future prospects in the handheld space. As noted by Kotaku, Masato Kato, the writer behind cult RPG classics such as Final Fantasy …

The 3D revolution doesn’t start until Sony says it does – and Sony has said that it will begin on June 10th. Andriasang reports that the long-awaited firmware update that will for the first time allow PS3 owners to play compatible titles in 3D – providing they own a compatible …