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Two more key walkouts at Modern Warfare studio

UK media publisher Future has announced a fresh bout of reorganisation in its video games team. Former associate publisher Lee Nutter has been promoted to publisher and adds print magazines GamesMaster and Nitro to his responsibilities, which already include Future’s Nintendo portfolio. Meanwhile, group publisher for console and online Simon …

Activision’s decision to give its Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus DLC a premium price point of 1200 Microsoft Points (10.20) was met with outcry by much of the game’s fanbase – but one analyst thinks Activision should have charged even more for the download. The Stimulus Pack, which includes five multiplayer …

Good news for retailers and hardcore RPG fans – the acclaimed RPG Demon’s Souls on PS3 will be making its way to UK shores. A spokesperson for Namco Bandai told MCV it will be publishing the game across Europe, with a full announcement coming tomorrow. Demon’s Souls wasn’t released in …

Key emerging retail markets in the PAL region were worth €1.9 billion in 2009, thanks to significant growth in games retail. That’s according to the latest research from Screen Digest, which looked at several emerging games markets such as Russia, Greece, Poland, South Africa, Poland, India, Turkey and the Middle …

â??Virtual thespianâ?? Pascal Langdale says interactive entertainment can bring Sonyâ??s console back to the living room

Gameâ??s successes proves â??desire is out there for narrative-based gamesâ?

Japanese publisher Atlus has reported that its acclaimed Demon’s Souls sold three times more than it estimated in North America. The game, which wasn’t released in the UK, was expected to sell 75,000 copies. However Atlus ended up shifting 280,000 by the end of its second fiscal quarter in February …

Sony is throwing a host of extras at those who invest in its launch range of 3D TVs this June, including four free 3D PS3 games. Those who buy either the first model, the Bravia HX803, or any of the additional 3D sets coming ‘within weeks’ will receive a code …

Assassin’s Creed II has been awarded a Guinness World Record – for the most number of magazine covers scored by a single game. According to publisher Ubisoft, and verified by Guinness itself, the game was used as the lead story in 127 different publications in 32 countries, between April 2009 …