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French publishing giant Ubisoft has released its H1 2009/2010 financials, ending September 30th 2009, which reveal that sales of the company’s software sales fell by 51.7 per cent compared to the same period the year before. Total sales for the six months ending September hit €166m – last year that …

Former producer claims the Midway management insisted on Strangleholdâ??s â??unnecessaryâ?? multiplayer

Apple calls its online portal 'a major differentiator'

Those who enthusiastically condemned the High Street to history at London Games Conference were wide of the mark: Because entertainment retailers aren’t actually reliant on boxed product to survive. That was the view from HMV this week, as the retail firm unveiled a revolutionary strategy to ensure it is still …

Developer interested in an iPhone Rage title and â??dedicatedâ?? FPS

Having first been name-dropped by Marvel over two years ago, the dedicated video games for comic favourites Captain America and Thor will finally make it to market in 2011. The news was spotted by Gamespot in Marvel’s recent quarterly financial report. Thor’s outing is scheduled for a May 2011 release …

Prominent sci-fi author to write and script for an undisclosed game project

New online comic, penned by eminent writer Rushkoff, offers glimpse into new IP

British Science fiction author Richard K. Morgan has teamed up with publisher EA to work on three separate sci-fi projects, the writer himself has claimed on his blog, as spotted by Kotaku. It’s not yet known what projects Morgan is involved with, but it doesn’t take a huge amount of …

Activision Blizzard is enjoying its most hectic Q4 in its long history, with the long-awaited Modern Warfare 2 hitting shelves next week. In the first part of our exclusive interview with Activision’s UK management team – UK MD Andrew Brown, marketing director David Tyler and sales director Roy Stackhouse – …