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Slitherine has merged with Matrix Games to grow both publisher’s market share of the strategy genre. Based in the US, Matrix Games has been successful with war and strategy PC games in the digital space, while Slitherine focuses in the same areas by for the boxed retail market. The deal …

Following the departure of Darrell Rodriquez, LucasArts has told MCV it is actively looking for a new president. Rodriguez resigned from his position after two years at the studio. LucasFilm’s Jerry Bowerman has been named as Rodriguez’ temporary replacement. No impact is expected to reach the studio’s development teams or …

GAME.co.uk has announced a sale featuring a range of recent and popular games, including Modern Warfare 2 at 19.98. Its promotion has cut the existing RRP of games by up to 80 per cent, not the retailer’s previous prices. For example MW2’s existing price was around 39.99 – not 54.99. …

Nintendo has announced it is currently developing Wii Party, a new title that has been designed to shake up an oversaturated genre on the best-selling console. The game was revealed by Nintendo president Satoru Iwata during a recent financial briefing, who claimed the platform holder will aim to make it …

Sourcebook 2010 returns on Friday July 9th, with an online revamp and new digital distribution section. This year’s directory of service companies in the European games industry will boast a total print circulation of 20,000 copies, plus year-round promotion of its microsite and digital edition Digital Distribution has been added …

The Develop 100 has been published today – and is available to read online for free. Published in association with Deep Silver and compiled using data from GfK Chart-Track, the book is the only guide of its type – it ranks the most successful studios in the world based on …

From PR to digital distribution, Sourcebook has their number

Mobigame title relaunched after difficult copyright battle

Nintendo’s legend Shigeru Miyamoto has mulled over charging users to play the Wii and DS online. The creator of Mario and Zelda told Edge: We are desperate to realise the core online business structure.” Do we need to demand customers pay monthly fees to enjoy online activities or give an …

Facial animation studio welcomes new vice president of North America sales