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Electronic Arts believes upcoming title The Saboteur may become a surprise hit thanks to its appealing premise. The publisher is confident the game’s strong marketing campaign will help it be seen as a must-have release for consumers when it arrives on December 4th. The Saboteur delivers an experience we know …

Nintendo has unleashed its homely sampling tour, which will hit all areas of the UK before Christmas. The firm told MCV this week it believes that it can capture 150,000 consumers with the Nintendo House, which offers consumers the chance to play Wii Fit Plus, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, …

Chicago-based studio Robomodo has likely secured a development deal with Activision to create the next game in the Tony Hawk franchise. Not long before Robomodo sees the release of its debut project, Tony Hawk Ride, the developer has fifteen new job vacancies posted on recruitment site CreativeHeads. Each of the …

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No one’s given up on 2009: With supermarket price slashing and customer demand at fever pitch over the new Call of Duty, plus a new Assassin’s Creed in the offing, there’s clearly money to be had on the High Street this side of Christmas. But certainly this year doesn’t really …

Job vacancies suggest the Chicago-based studio is returning to Hawk

Activision’s Modern Warfare 2 was heavily criticised by UK religious leaders from across the belief spectrum on BBC One yesterday. Speaking on morning TV programme The Big Questions – which carried the query: Are Violent Video Games Damaging to Society? – Christian, Muslim and Jewish leaders all hit out at …

Electronic Arts has pledged its commitment to the Dead Space franchise despite fears that the publisher will turn away from original IP as it makes desperate moves to save money. The company recently announced it would need to cut some 1500 jobs – 900 of which are developer-related – in …

The experimental cloud game streaming service OnLive will eventually be available on smartphones such as Apple’s iPhone. Today, at a Wedbush financial conference in New York I showed OnLive running simultaneously on 2 iPhones, a TV, and a computer,” said company founder and CEO Steve Perlman. Writing a blog post …