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Endrant Studios sees staff axed just a year after the group formed

Publisher EA has confirmed that its curious mystical fighting title Dante’s Inferno will be released in Europe on PS3, Xbox 360 and PSP on February 12th next year. Its North American release will come a few days earlier on February 9th. EA’s Dante’s Inferno is based on medieval text The …

EA’s digital-only Battlefield 1943 has been downloaded over one million times. The announcement occurred during EA’s Gamescom press conference ahead of the reveal for retail release, Battlefield: Bad Company 2. Last month it was announced that the DICE-developed game had smashed day one and week on sales records on Xbox …

Publisher EA has for the first time demonstrated and named EA Sports Active: More Workouts at its currently ongoing press conference at Cologne’s Gamescom 2009. The title will boast 35 new exercises that look to vastly expand on the already bountiful offering of workout regimes available in the first title. …

Heavy Rain writer/director says that game ratings are necessary; but games must be held to same content criteria as film and TV

Gamescom 09: EA Canada claims that 70% of its team focused on delivering requests from fan feedback

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Dutch publisher Playlogic has reported a $3.39 million net loss for the first half of FY 2009 – and admitted that it may struggle to continue as a going concern. The net loss compared unfavourably year-on-year, way down from the $1.04 million profit posted in H1 2008. For the six-month …

Natal to 'shove more genres towards the fairground bracket'

GDC Europe '09: Dust, EVE emergence and the 'two types of MMOs'