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As Xbox boss prepares for life outside of Microsoft following the announcement of his retirement yesterday, the popular exec has claimed that the release of Natal later this year will provide Xbox 360 with a ‘midlife kicker’. Well, I think initially it presents a great opportunity for us on Xbox,” …

Publisher Namco Bandai has told Gamespot that its gore-heavy retro remake Splatterhouse will be released this Halloween. As Halloween falls on a Sunday this year, the chances are that it will be released in the UK on the Friday before – October 29th. Based on the controversial 1988 original, the …

Publisher EA has announced that it plans to open a new customer service centre in Galway, Ireland that it hopes will help connect owned developer BioWare with its sizable European customer base. The Irish government is supporting the new office, which is hoped will create around 200 jobs when it …

Microsoft’s Games on Demand service on Xbox Live has seen a very high-profile entry added to its listings – Activision’s Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. The game has been given a premium price of $39.99 and weights in at a quite considerable 6GB. At the time of writing a …

Not content with seeing EA sign up a number of leading independent third party developers, THQ has this morning unveiled the THQ Partners programme. Like EA Partners, THQ Partners offers "select developers and publishers access to THQ’s global retail and online publishing network". The division will be led by VP …

In a sensational report that would have even The Daily Mail recoiling in horror and disgust, a story in The Lancashire Evening Post – as spotted by CVG – has likened video game ‘addiction’ to taking cocaine. Counsellor Steve Pope told the paper: A lot of young people get themselves …

As Atari continues to transform its business for the modern games industry, it has seen losses for the year ending March 31st 2010 fall to €19.7m – a year-on-year reduction of 91 per cent. The sale of Atari’s distribution interests and the complete restructuring of its publishing arm were the …

EA-style unit offers developers 'access to a retail and online publishing network'

�We are transitioning from developer to online publisher�, says design lead

APB studio says â??philosophy changes may have to happen with the console publishersâ?