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Could the video games industry be exploiting musicians; left with little option than to sell their wares super-cheap due to pressures from piracy? That’s the question posed by a Channel 4 News report today, which reveals that a sale of a music game featuring a musician’s track earns them just …

A dispute between Italian studio Twelve Interactive and UK firm OG International concerning the rights to the CID Dummy franchise has reportedly been resolved, according to Edge. The two set upon one another following the collapse of UK publisher Oxygen, from whom OGI – which is headed by former Oxygen …

Animation studio picks up gong for Killzone 2 trailer

Consumer games site CVG is reporting that Microsoft has pulled the plug on a number of games in development at Rare – including a sequel to Xbox 360 launch title Kameo. The portal claims that Rare earlier this year underwent a company-wide restructure” in an effort to focus its resources …

US super-developer Valve has told MCV it will spend around $10m (6.12m) on the European marketing campaign to support Left 4 Dead 2. The game, published under EA’s Partners label, follows on the heels of last year’s sleeper hit, and pits players in co-op first person shooter scenarios fighting off …

UK Xbox boss Neil Thompson has called retail ‘critical’ to the success of its Sky Player service on Xbox. The service – which allows Sky subscribers to watch Sky TV through Xbox – launched last week. Microsoft has released a retail pack, which features a media remote, one-month’s subscription to …

SCEA has released details of what will most be likely become a highly sought after Ultimate Edition of the upcoming PS3 exclusive God of War III. Coming in a high-end sculpted replica of Pandora’s Box” the UE will, alongside the game itself, include a number of notable additions. Chief amongst …

Recently released headline Wii title Wii Sports Resort has sold nearly 7m copies since its release in June, according to platform holder Nintendo. As of last week the game had sold 6.97m units. Its predecessor, Wii Sports, has now passed the 50m global sales mark thanks to sales of 4.8m …