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As is demonstrated by the premium price of the lightsaber prop on the Xbox Live Avatar marketplace, Star Wars has an unusual command over its followers’ wallets – so the arrival of Star Wars props and clothes on PlayStation Home is no surprise. Thanks to an agreement with LucasArts, a …

Aardvark Swift and Develop introduce our competition to find the UK's brightest graduate

Having last month confirmed its intentions to publish Ninety-Nine Nights II in Japan, Konami has now signalled its intentions to publish the game in the UK and Europe. Question marks had been hanging over the series’ future in the UK after Microsoft – publisher of the first game – handed …

Swedish studio may be pulling itself out of tough times

The ninth annual DICE event takes place in Las Vegas this week. Organized by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, it’s a unique jamboree, highly popular with studio heads and publishers looking for opportunities to talk business and hang out. The dynamic of being stuck in a huge, airy …

Think Services plans further integration with Gamescom; new online push

Echoing the controversial measures announced by Ubisoft last month, Sony has revealed that users of SOCOM: US Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 3 will need to register their game online before they are able to access the multiplayer component of the title. UMD copies will use a redeemable code while the …

Following the model laid down by Mass Effect 2’s Cerberus Network, EA has confirmed that the upcoming Battlefield: Bad Company 2 will also penalise those who buy it second hand. Anyone who buys a new copy of the title will find inside a code that can be used to access …

Today’s social networking technologies and consumer offerings are direct descendants of ideas pioneered by Walt Disney, such as the theme park, according to Disney Interactive boss Steve Wadsworth. Delivering a keynote speech at DICE in Las Vegas Wadsworth said, "Walt Disney and The Walt Disney Company have always understood that …

Former MMO developer fronting Facebook studio Portalarium