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New research suggests development budgets are soaring dangerously fast

Microsoft’s Major Nelson has announced that this week’s Xbox Live Arcade release will be Croteam’s frivolous first person shooter Serious Sam HD. Priced at 1200 Microsoft Points (10.20), the game will be available to download this Wednesday (January 13th). The game was released on PC late last year. The Serious …

SCEE has confirmed via the PlayStation blog that it will release a beta version of anticipated PS3 title ModNation Racers on January 22nd. However, the beta is limited to just the first 100,000 PS3 owners who log into the PlayStation Store on Thursday January 21st and click on the download. …

While Canada represents only 2 per cent of global workforce reductions

New research also tallies â??record number of studio closuresâ??

Latest update adds shelving and enhanced offline working

Ahead of the release of DS pair Pokemon HeartGold and Pokemon SoulSilver in North America on March 14th, it has been revealed that both games will come bundled with a bonus accessory – the Pokewalker. Kotaku reports that branded pedometer offers more than simply a step recorder – it can …

SCEE has confirmed to VG247 that the recently revealed God of War: Ultimate Trilogy will retail for 109.99 in the UK. The SKU bundles the upcoming God of War III as well as HD remakes of both God of War and God of War II, which until now have only …

Unverified anonymous blog post lists number of alleged problems at the studio

Publisher EA has confirmed that it is working on a next-gen addition to popular retro sports brand NBA Jam. Talk of the game first emerged early last week and was stoked with news that Mark Turmell, one of the faces behind the series’ 1993 debut, has joined EA as senior …