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So new, risky IP can’t be a commercial success, right? Wrong. Sony’s hugely ambitious and totally off-the-wall interactive crime thriller Heavy Rain has lived up to the hype and debuted in top spot in the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 this week. It’s Sony’s first UK number one …

You’ve just celebrated your tenth year with a big hit for 2K Games. Is this a good time to take stock at what you’ve achieved and where you’re going next? Randy Pitchford: I feel like we’re just getting started. Generally, I’ve no interest in saying ‘let’s stop and look back’. …

A new 36.2m ring road in Derby has been named Lara Croft Way. Over 27,000 people took part in a vote to name the new route between Osmaston Road and Burton Road. The name pays tribute to original Tomb Raider developer Core Design, which was based in Derby. Lara Croft’s …

The iPad will cost as little as 389 when it eventually arrives in the UK – that’s the claim being made by Geeky Gadgets which says it has received leaked launch price information from a mystery source. The site says that the base 16GB model will cost 389, with the …

The five-year console lifecycle is over – so anyone already turning their attentions to the possible features of PS4 can forget it, according to SCEA CEO Jack Tretton. In the old days it was ‘this thing is dead as a door nail in five years’, Tretton told Fast Company. Year …

US retailer Blockbuster has posted some disturbing numbers for its most recent financial quarter, with Q4 net losses at the company hitting $434.9m – up on the already savage $359.8m loss suffered in the same period a year before. Revenues fell by 18 per cent to $1.08bn. Company debts are …

The upcoming PC version of Just Cause 2 will not run on Windows XP when it’s released on March 26th. It is only DirectX10 compatible, meaning it will run on Windows Vista and Windows 7 but not Windows XP. Over 40 per cent of computer owners still reportedly run the …

The days of cramming all your key releases into the lucrative Q4 release window are over, according to SCEA boss Jack Tretton. The statement comes amidst a huge sales quarter for Sony, in which the platform holder will release three key PS3 releases worldwide – MAG, Heavy Rain and God …

Having missed its 2009 release date, Sega’s Aliens: Colonial Marines has been TBC on the publisher’s release schedule for some time now – but Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford has once again began hyping the upcoming licensed title. We have an Aliens game with Sega and 20th Century Fox which we’re …

Industry veteran to shed light on his latest work at UK event