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It’s the most lucrative genre in the western video games market and EA now believes it is the best positioned publisher in the industry with regards to the FPS genre – and that’s the reason why it wasn’t in the race to sign a deal with Halo developer Bungie. Upcoming …

Organisers for the second annual Gamescom event are stepping up efforts to draw in the global gaming market. The next phase in that plan was announced today at a press conference in London, where it was announced that UK specialist retailers can fly to this year’s event for free. Event …

Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has said that 5m Wii units have been sold this year so far. He told US television channel CNBC that this figure equalled the entire amount that our competitors have sold over the previous 12 months.” Fils-Aime also said that almost 1m had participated” …

In one of the brainstorming sessions that eventually lead to the commercially successful Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, the series’ creator George Lucas reportedly rejected a proposal that would have seen hairy superstar Chewbacca taking centre stage in his own game. Specifically, the game that was being considered would have …

Open-world path tool licensed to Chinaâ??s Tencent

The ongoing development of FPS Rage has caused its 2010 release window to slip to 2011 to give id Software extra time to perfect the game. id Software’s lead designer Tim Willits told VG247: There’s nothing worse than pushing something out before it’s ready. Trust me, it would be horrible …

Jesse Schell to discuss how games and reality will fuse

Akin to staring into the mirror and saying ‘Candyman’ three times, daring to label your product a ‘Halo killer’ has become a move only the brave or the stupid would dare to take – but that’s exactly how EA has chosen to describe upcoming shooter Crysis 2. The term ‘Halo …

Halo: Reach is the most anticipated upcoming game in the US, racking up the highest purchase intent rating among consumers. The Bungie title topped the GamePlan Insights charts for upcoming games, with fellow Microsoft releases Gears of War 3 and Fable III in third and fourth respectively, according to Gamasutra. …

Star talent spread across the full list of Develop Evolve speakers