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Activision studio Infinity Ward has now lost close to twenty per cent of Modern Warfare 2 staff since the Zampella and West row, with news that five more have quit the beleaguered outfit. Reports claim that senior designers Mohammad Alavi, Chad Grenier and Brent McLeod have left the group. Joining …

Ubisoft’s Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction has been named the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats Number One for the second week in a row. The game gives Ubisoft its sixth week at the top of the UK listings in 2010, and with fellow sales-star Just Dance at number two it’s …

The Hut Group has revealed plans to become a publicly listed company within the next 12 months after securing 14 million worth of investment. The retailer secured the money last week and says it will use the cash to enter new product categories – either organically or by acquisition – …

Precise sales figures for the PSPgo in the UK have never been released by Sony. That in itself should tell you something, and now analyst Michael Pachter is claiming that Sony must drastically slash the machine’s $249 RRP if it wants to give it any hope in the marketplace. I’m …

Nearly a fifth of Modern Warfare 2 staff are out, reports suggest

Mad Catz has signed a five-year deal to provide peripherals for the Rock Band franchise. The agreement grants Mad Catz international rights to create and sell Rock Band controllers for future iterations of MTV and Harmonix’ music game. The deal includes Rock Band 3, due for release at the end …

Rockstar has high hopes for the upcoming Red Dead Redemption, but US analyst Michael Pachter has questioned whether it will become the blockbuster that publisher 2K Games intends. UK Rockstar boss Neil Stephen told MCV earlier this month: RDR is incredibly beautiful and on an unprecedented scale. This, combined with …

Long-term servant of the games industry and current life president of Eidos Ian Livingstone was awarded a British Inspiration Award for his work in the interactive entertainment sector at this afternoon’s inaugural event. The Awards were set up to honour the top creative minds in Britain across a range of …

Keiji Inafune, the veteran Capcom designer responsible for some of the publisher’s most iconic brands, has been promoted to a new role overlooking the firm’s global output. The Mega Man creator raised eyebrows at last year’s Tokyo Game Show by openly stating that Japan is dead” as a modern game …