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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has been named as the best game of 2009 by US magazine Time, which praised it for its raw, riveting military action”. Other titles to do well in the list include Eidos’ Batman: Arkham Asylum, Activision’s DJ Hero, 2K Games’ Borderlands and Nintendo’s New …

Online gaming is expected to have an audience of 230 million gamers in China by 2012. That’s according to the latest report from Beijing-based research firm Analysis International, which also predicts the sector will generate revenues of YUAN 73.1 billion (10.7 million) in the next three years. The country currently …

Forza Motorsport 3 has surpassed the one million mark in worldwide sales within one month of its release. Microsoft also announced the Forza community has spent a total of 6.6 million hours playing online during that time, with more than 64 million sessions. The company also stated that players have …

Sotaro Tojima, former audio director on MGS4, joins Microsoft's Halo team

John Riccitiello has stated that the emerging force that is post-release downloadable content is the key tool in battling both the pre-owned market and piracy. The consumer seems to really like this idea that there is extra stuff,” Riccitiello told Nightly Business Report. The consumer wants more, and when you …

It’s as upsetting as it is admirable, but everything Simon Cowell touches seems to turn to gold: And now he’s fixing his sights firmly on the video games industry. According to an interview with the high-waisted mogul in this month’s GQ, Cowell is teaming up with Topshop entrepreneur Philip Green …

Platform holder Nintendo is to back the appeal of prosecutors who have said they intend to challenge a recent court ruling from a French judge in favour of Flash card manufacturer Divineo. Upon dismissing the case on Monday, the judge accused Nintendo of deliberately locking out developers from its range …

Epic's Mark Rein looks over Ilion Animation and Pyro Studios' unique collaboration

Sega has announced that Yakuza 3 will be released in Europe and the US in March 2010. The news follows repeat requests from fans to get the game released in Western territories, after it’s release in Japan saw it sell through half a million units. The game will feature English …

World-renowned action director John Woo is keen to create another video game – following his involvement in 2007 chart hit Stranglehold. Woo released Stranglehold through Midway as an interactive sequel to his Eastern action classic Hard Boiled. In a new interview with Cinematical, the director of Mission Impossible II and …