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A high-profile member of the original Xbox executive team is quitting Microsoft under acrimonious circumstances, a news report claims. J Allard has in recent years been synonymous with the Xbox 360 brand, fronting his unique corporate persona in interviews and press conferences as Microsoft launched its flagship home console. Recently, …

Having ridden into town, hitched its horse, strolled into the local saloon and shot all other chart contenders in the face to claim no.1 in the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 today, Red Dead Redemption has also given Microsoft plenty to cheer about. Xbox 360 accounted for over …

Distribution and publishing firm looks to grow stable of studios and projects

Despite reports of widespread shortages and a few niggling issues with some major stockists, Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption has claimed no.1 in the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 in its first week of release. It’s one of four new games to swoop into the Top Ten this week, …

Ruffian Games' creative director Billy Thomson bamboozled by publishers' reluctance to back the quirky

Microsoftâ??s Entertainment and Devices exec leaving after infighting, report claims

Lead designer says straight PC-to-console ports, and vice-versa, tend to fit poorly

Games Lab project strives to boost social network's offering

The latest free-roaming epic to emerge from the house of Grand Theft Auto has received a rapturous reception from the gaming press and looks to be on target to become one of the highest reviewed titles of all time. Red Dead Redemption is currently averaging 95 per cent on Metacritic. …

Though there’s been no noise so far to celebrate it, today marks the 30th birthday of one of gaming’s most important icons – and internet search giant Google is paying special tribute. 30 years ago today Namco launched the very first Pac-Man arcade cabinets in Japan. At a time when …