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Less than 15 per cent of Capcom’s total sales now stem from the Japanese market – a stark reminder if one was ever needed of the Western-facing shifting power in the modern games market. When asked by MCV about Capcom’s Western aspirations, new COO David Reeves stated: 88 per cent …

It’s already one of the bloodiest sagas in the history of modern games development, but the feud between sacked Infinity Ward bosses Jason West and Vince Zampella has been taken to a whole new dimension with the news that the pair have opened a new studio and aligned themselves with …

Publisher overjoyed with signing the Infinity Ward founders

Mark DeLoura named Google's game guru

The very public fight between Activision and Infinity Ward’s former bosses has taken an interesting twist. Jason West and Vince Zampella have formed Respawn Entertainment – and the kicker for Activision is that they have a publishing deal with Electronic Arts. The two were ousted for the studio in early …

Why have you decided to return to the games industry and take your new position at Capcom Europe? When I retired from Sony, I did what I said I would do and I have been working with a lot of charities – specifically St John’s Ambulance where I am a …

Former Infinity Ward founders defect to Activision rival and form Respawn Studios

For the second time this year Ubisoft’s Just Dance is spending its second week in a row at the top of the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. The triumph means Ubisoft can now lay claim to more 2010 number ones than any other publisher. And with Splinter Cell: …

Charles Cecil and Gareth Edmondson set for cross-media panel talk

It’s a title that gamers have been demanding for years and now Sega’s Sports Interactive has finally announced that it is coming – and it will be here within the next 48 hours. Football Manager Handheld 2010, as it will be called, should hopefully be on the App Store by …