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Pokmon SoulSilver and HeartGold have topped the DS charts, taking first and second place respectively. The two games are the highest placing DS releases so far this year, with SoulSilver becoming the first new No.1 in the DS charts since The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks back in December. Before …

Right from the off, EA hasn’t been afraid to be honest about its lofty ambitions for Battlefield: Bad Company 2, and four weeks on from its release DICE’s shooter is certainly showing the sort of charts staying power that EA would have hoped for. BFBC2 is currently at number three …

Korean studio uses popular engine for upcoming 3D MMORPG

ShiVa 3D game and app engine now available on new Mac platform

Ed Vaizey tells Develop that tax break policies will be introduced in the Conservativesâ?? first finance bill, if elected

Gendai Gamesâ?? content creation platform now supports all major Mac formats

Danish developer Io Interactive has laid off 35 members of staff. The company behind Hitman, currently working on Kane & Lynch 2 Dog Days, employed around 200 people, according to local reports. Io, formerly owned by Eidos, was transfered to Square Enix ownership last year. The company released a statement, …

BioWare’s MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic is being lined up for a release on Xbox 360 – that’s the claim of VG247, which reports to have obtained a GAME release schedule detailing a host of unreleased announcements. The information points to a 2011 TBC release for the as-of-yet unannounced …

Electronic Arts has hinted that upcoming motion consoles Natal and Move could offer FIFA players a different experience waiting to be uncovered”. FIFA World Cup 2010’s producer Simon Humbler told VG247: Whenever any of these peripherals come out we think about what they could add to the football experience. I …

Activision’s current chief corporate officer and chief financial officer Thomas Tippl is to become the publisher’s chief operating officer, the company has announced. To facilitate the change he has resigned his position as COO, though he continues as CFO while Activision searches for a replacement. The official filing, as spotted …