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New Sony peripheral devs seek to reinvent one of the most popular genres in gaming

Overall company profits rise, but game division loses $55 million

Ubisoft’s Ruse can help turn the tide for the declining real-time strategy genre, the firm has told MCV. Recent RTS titles such as Command & Conquer 4 and Napoleon: Total War failed to match the success of their series’ predecessors. Ubisoft believes its newest IP has everything it needs to …

Though some market-leading military shooters have experienced a turbulent start to 2010, the success story that is EA’s Battlefield franchise continues to power on. As part of its financial posting, the publisher revealed that console and PC outing Battlefield: Bad Company 2 has sold over 5m units worldwide. Riccitiello said …

Move developers seeking to bring in casual gamers from a Nintendo-dominated marketplace

We already have a fair idea what to expect at next month’s E3 – plenty of into about Move, Natal and the 3DS (and Vitality Sensor) for instance – but Sony could perhaps be saving the biggest surprise of all. MCV has been informed of a significant increase in marketing …

Mark Gerhard to highlight the benefits of individualism at event's Business Track

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The first Move developers speak to Develop about the potential of the new tech.


Rumours circulate as Zynga readies pastures new