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After what has been a very turbulent time for the publisher, Atari has this morning got reason to cheer with news that revenues for its fiscal Q1 are up 30 per cent year. Both Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Athena and the 1m+ selling Ghostbusters were credited for the upturn. 83.5 …

Event set to further meet the demands of the northern UK dev sector

Develop talks to the region's leading studios

Some say that licensed games have enjoyed their time in the sun, but Atari has proved many naysayers wrong with news that licensed action outing Ghostbusters: The Video Game has sold over 1m copies in North America. Of course, unlike in Europe where all non-PS3 owners are having to wait …

Gusto Games and Strawdog in focus

Alleged new Warner Bros division emerges through several job profile pages

Splinter Cell Conviction and Red Steel 2, whose releases were previously planned for Ubisoft’s third fiscal quarter, will now be released in the fourth fiscal quarter – which means an early 2010 release. Ghost Recon and I am Alive, which were previously scheduled for release in the fourth fiscal quarter, …

Certain publishers continue to dodge paying royalties, claims Icon Games

Gaikai co-founder David Perry reveals his ambition to take Gaikai to consoles

David Perry walks through the formation of Gaikai, and reveals his ideas for its future