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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 …

Time is running out if you want to be in with a chance of winning 2,000 of stock for your store. Nordic Games is giving away 50 copies of the hit Wii karaoke game, We Sing – and this week is your last chance to enter. All you have to …

Trade body â??had positive discussionsâ?? on establishing a Govt game agency

The combination of a licence as wide-reaching as the World Cup and a new easier-to-understand control scheme will, EA hopes, entice a new generation of gamers to buy into the already lucrative FIFA franchise later this month. We’re delighted with the performance of FIFA 10 and believe 2010 FIFA World …