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Those of you yearning for a sequel to Sony’s successful Heavy Rain are in for some good and bad news. The bad news? That a fully-fledged sequel to the game doesn’t seem to be on the cards. The good news? The game’s creator wants to take the achievements of Heavy …

Publisher EA has confirmed details of a high-level reshuffle at the top of its EA Sports division following the departure last week of Steven Chiang. Former head of the company’s Global Online Group Andrew Wilson will now head up worldwide development for EA Sports, while 13-year EA veteran Pauline Moller …

Prominent film director uses game engines for CGI storyboards

Anderson will be joined by another newly confirmed speaker, Caroline Van den Bergh of Golden Gekko, who will show how to build an app in just half an hour that works across virtually all platforms. Monetising Mobile: How To Make Apps Pay Their Way takes place on Wednesday May 26th …

A publishing group now porting older PS2 titles to the Wii insists that a ‘core’ market has opened again for Nintendo’s home console. Reef Entertainment consults developers with a view to porting last-gen games to the Wii, having done so already with titles such as Sniper Elite and Freerunning. Its …

As CG movies set new records at the box office, could it be that films are becoming more like games?

Just a month after the proposals were first outlined in full, the Swiss National Council has now officially passed a law that will ultimately lead to the complete ban of any violent video games in the country. GamesMarkt reports that the full implications of the ruling will not be known …

Entertainment giant HMV has teamed up with Orange to form a mobile download portal. HMV Mobile Games will launch next week, and represents the retailer’s continued growth in the games market. The service can be access from any network and on over 1,000 Java enabled handsets. 400 games will be …

Peter Rezon insists Nintendoâ??s home console space no longer suffers from over-saturation

Double honours for the decorated British studio head