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Hive Entertainment has signed a deal with Together Plus to distribute its range of Nintendo toys and stationary into the UK market. Products in Together Plus’ range includes a Mario Bros. chess set, Mario Kart and Mario Galaxy branded stationary as well as mugs, figures and key rings. We are …

A look at four options for rendering your game worlds

It’s as you were at the top of the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 this week as Codemasters’ Ashes Cricket 2009 and Nintendo pair Wii Sports Resort and Wii Fit remain in first, second and third positions for the second week running. The only new entry in the Top …

Eidos life president asserts that the IP remains â??IO Interactiveâ??s babyâ??

We shed light on the leading tools for illuminating worlds

Former president of LucasArts Jim Ward is running for US congress to represent Arizona’s 5th Congressional District. As reported by Kotaku, Ward is running as a republican and is looking to unseat two-term Democrat Harry Mitchell. Ward last hit the headlines in February last year, when he quit LucasArts for …

Up-and-coming publisher Nordic Games will be unveiling new Wii title We Sing at Gamescom. The game is the first in the singing genre to feature four microphones simultaneously, and will be shown to trade and press for the first time at the Cologne games event. We Sing will be Nordic …

Some of the UK’s largest retailers face a potentially damaging Government crackdown on the sale of VAT-free entertainment goods shipped through the Channel Islands. Online divisions of HMV, Tesco, WH Smith, Asda, Argos, Amazon, Play.com and Woolworths.co.uk currently dodge millions of pounds of tax on CDs, DVDs and games that …

Microsoft has revealed its mammoth marketing plans for upcoming Xbox 360 blockbuster, Halo 3: ODST. The Bungie-developed FPS is due to hit shelves on September 22nd and – as Microsoft’s biggest release of the year – the platform holder plans to support the title right up until Christmas and throughout …

Crytek UK MD says the group has â??really excitingâ?? project concepts underway