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Japan-headquartered Square Enix and its Canadian studio Eidos Montreal are collaborating on the firm’s first truly global game, according to CEO Yoichi Wada. Speaking at the Montreal Games Summit today, the publisher boss said that Eidos Montreal is working on a third title alongside Deus Ex 3 and Thief 4. …

Martin Spiess’ new publishing outfit Tradewest is already marking its territory in the UK – it has promoted Nick Howard to MD. Howard will oversee UK sales and marketing at the European games publisher, which was formed via an MBO by Spiess when Midway Europe closed down during the summer. …

Host of titles renamed to include trademark-infringing â??Edgeâ?? moniker in show of unity

One of the 32bit era’s most celebrated classics is to make its debut on the PlayStation Network later this week with news that Konami’s Metal Gear Solid is to make a long-awaited console return. Priced at 7.99, the download will go live on PSN this Thursday (November 19th). It’s not …

Start-up studio managed to offer jobs to a number of unemployed devs

Square Enix CEO Wada says user-generated content could curtail illegal copies

CEO reveals vision for games development at Quebec summit

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 …