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Call of Duty: Black Ops will get its own line of branded peripherals after Mad Catz announced a deal with Activision today. The gaming accessories manufacturer gets global rights to a range of Black Ops products, following its range of Modern Warfare 2 controllers last year. We are honoured to …

Expansion packs for The Sims have proved a highly lucrative business for publisher EA in the past, and a host of new URL registrations point to a possible new direction for the series in the future. As spotted by Superannuation, the likes of simsmedieval.com and thesimsgetmedieval.com suggest that a future …

But the Black Ops studio insists it wonâ??t be distracted by rivals

Konami designer Takatsuka says team 'weren't prepared' for current gen

Crackdown 2 studio â??worked raggedâ?? in development of first title

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 …