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Planning a strong push into the games sector, social network hi5 has hired outspoken industry veteran Alex St. John as president and chief technology officer. Until late last year, St. John was CEO of online gaming destination WildTangent. Previously, he was a Microsoft bigwig, whose credits include co-creating DirectX. His …

US Wii sales for the crucial Thanksgiving week checked in at 550,000 units, according to Nintendo, down from 800,000 last year. Nintendo said it was happy with the result, following 2008’s high peaks. The firm recently dropped the console’s price $50 to $199 to stimulate demand in the console, which …

Despite announcing a drastic drop in sales for its half-year, and a loss of 78m euros, Ubisoft says strong sales of Assassin’s Creed II – up 32 per cent on the original game in its first week – point to a bright future for big name franchises. The firm’s R&D …

The man who secretly revealed Natal in 2007 makes new indications for Microsoftâ??s future

Publisherâ??s CEO Yves Guillemot indicates a move away from the Wii and towards Sony and Microsoft

Develop launches new Jury Service feature. This weekâ??s question; is physical content set for extinction?

In a surprise announcement, Ubisoft has revealed that a brand new Prince of Persia game is in development and will be released in May of next year – to coincide with the theatrical release of the associated movie. Dubbed Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, the game hopes to build …

Popular game engine will simulate, archive and allow investigators to interact with crime scenes

Studio of former Autodesk exec releases Dr Seuss iPhone App

Game body Indievision asks: Why does Apple remove content at the mere request of a third-party?