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Though the title means little to consumers on this side of the Atlantic, the disappointing performance of 2K Sports’ Major League Baseball has lead to parent company Take Two cutting its profit forecast for the current financial year. The publisher now expects full year revenue of $950-975m for the year …

Square Enix emerged victorious at last night’s MCV/Xbox 360 Quizmas Party, after fighting off Amazon and Imagine Publishing. A mixture of retailers, media, peripheral firms and publishers gathered at London’s Sway Bar to battle to be the biggest brains in games, and win some pretty spectacular prizes, including Xbox 360 …

Essex distributor Gem has purchased Trilogy’s IP and assets following the Northampton firm’s fall into administration – saving 40 jobs in the process. As part of the deal, Gem picked up Trilogy’s brands – including Trilogy Logistics and indie label Trilogyi – as well as its main office and distribution …

How the Flashpoint team captured the sound of the battlefield...

Speaker proposal deadline set for Jan 5, event to open in May

Virtuos confident that Substance tool set will dramatically boost production

Langdell accused of trying to claim retroactive ownership of Mobigameâ??s Edge to reinforce his own trademark

Deal with Quebec government fast-tracks development outfit that will host 400 jobs

Hideo Kojima’s Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker will be released on the PSP in the UK on May 28th next year, publisher Konami has confirmed. Described as the next true chapter in the story of the legendary Special Ops expert Snake”, the game is a sequel to PS2 classic Metal …

LightSpeed licensees can now integrate sky and cloud rendering tools