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First game's design director praises Nintendo's console

Just last week Sega cited the disappointing sales of Madworld as one of the reasons behind its reluctance to publish future mature-rated games on the Wii – but now the game’s developer has said that it would very much like to return to the IP. The Wii is a very …

With Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightening Thief, the first film based on Rick Riordan’s successful book series, due out later this year it has been confirmed that Activision has captured the rights to publish the associated video game. On the way for Nintendo’s DS, the title is described …

UK game association outlines its action plan for the next twelve months

As Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 spends its ninth week at the top of the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 this week, it has been revealed that the game is now the third best selling title (in unit terms) of all time in the UK. With seemingly no …

But is the industry convinced that weâ??ll finally see a change of heart at Whitehall?

The official Ninety-Nine Nights II website has confirmed that the hack ‘n’ slash sequel, or N3II to use its abbreviation, will be released in Japan on Xbox 360 this spring. Unlike the first game which was a first party Xbox 360 title, Konami has stepped in to handle publishing duties …

In a year that saw most sectors of the UK video games market suffer year-on-year declines, both the Xbox 360 and PS3 have emerged as the real winners of the last 12 months as both consoles managed both software unit sales and revenue gains. Numbers from ELSPA show that the …

Microsoft’s director of product management Aaron Greenberg has predicted that Xbox 360 Natal will sell millions” of units upon its launch in the latter stages of this year. The bold prediction was issued to Joystiq, with the exec stating: We think that there will be millions of Natals in consumer’s …

In an exclusive interview with MCV, EA Europe’s senior VP Jens Uwe Intat has stated that after a troubled few years the Need for Speed IP is back on track. "We’re really turning the corner in terms of product quality," the exec told MCV. "It’s back on track after years …