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505 games has promoted Ralph Pitt-Stanley to the position of commercial director, UK/ROE, as it gears up for a busy second half to the year. Formerly UK/ROE sales director, the popular Pitt-Stanely, along with general manager Ian Howe and marketing manager Alison Mitchell, was part of the small team that …

The Nintendo Vitality Sensor will not make it to market in 2009, with Nintendo president Saturo Iwata pointing to a launch in the second half of 2010. The device clips to a user’s finger and can measure their pulse. Expected applications include fitness software, though don’t be surprised to see …

Nintendo has published Satoru Iwata’s QA session with journalists at a recent investor briefing. MCV has split the press conference into three digestable sections, focused on the following topics: Part 1: Sales and projections Part 2: New hardware, new peripheralsPart 3:Non-gamers and production I would like to ask your fundamental …

Publisher D3p has announced that Shaun the Sheep: Off His Head is set to arrive on DS this autumn. The game is the follow-up to last year’s original, and once again features all the characters from the popular Aardman Animation, including Shaun, Timmy, Shirley, Bitzer, as they attempt to rescue …

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BioWare has confirmed Dragon Age: Origins will now be released on November 6th. The game was originally slated for an October release, but the developer confirmed to IGN this has slipped to the following month. Dragon Age: Origins will be released on November 3rd in North America and November 6th …

The reign of Wii Sports Resort has ground to a halt earlier than expected at the top of the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 with Codemasters’ Ashes 2009 stumping Nintendo’s title after its first weekend of release. In doing so Codemasters becomes the first UK publisher to claim the …

Nintendo has published Satoru Iwata’s QA session with journalists at a recent investor briefing. MCV has split the press conference into three digestable sections, focused on the following topics: Part 1: Sales and projections Part 2: New hardware, new peripheralsPart 3:Non-gamers and production Isn’t it becoming harder to get "the …

Source alleges that Atomic Games is â??basically deadâ?? as publishers turn away from its Iraqi War title

A new filing with the US’ Securities and Exchange Commission has revealed more details on the slow collapse of Midway – and shows that the UK office has been bought for what amounts to less than 50 pence. Midway’s managing director for Europe Martin Spiess has negotiated the bargain deal, …