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The Government is to create an all-new ‘video games committee’ – in which cross-departmental representatives will be tasked with considering changes in policy to help the industry. The decision was a result of ELSPA’s first formal meeting with new Minister for Creative Industries Sin Simon last week. ELSPA director general …

The inaugural Gamescom this August is proving to be an ambitious event, supported by everyone who is anyone in the industry – and open to all. But don’t just take our word for it. Here, Oliver Kuhrt of organiser Koelnmesse runs through the plans for the event… In less than …

More than one million levels for LittleBigPlanet have been published since the game’s launch. Media Molecule announced LBP players have passed this milestone nine months after the title launched, calculating that a new level has been published every 21 seconds. It also revealed that the game’s user-created levels have been …

Ministers from Culture, Business and Health departments form after ELSPA meeting

Chinese developer partners with Mythic to deliver new Ultima MMO

The hotly-tipped APB by Scottish developer Realtime Worlds will arrive at retail in March, MCV can reveal. MCV understands that EA Partners is distributing and marketing the PC and Xbox 360 game, which has been branded by some commentators as the natural successor to GTA. However, insiders have scotched industry …

Two high-profile EA executives have departed from San Francisco dev Visceral Games to join a brand new Activision studio located nearby, according to reports. Staff at Visceral Games, the studio behind award-winning survival-horror title Dead Space, have been told that general manager Glen Schofield and COO Michael Condrey have departed. …

Jackâ??s Hoose Music providing soundscape to Denkiâ??s first XBLA game



The combined Eidos and Square Enix has named the team staffing its European office. MCV can reveal that former Square exec Doug Bone becomes sales director, with Eidos’ Jon Brooke named marketing director. Larry Sparks will continue as VP of brand, responsible for Square Enix’s Japanese titles. Eidos brand responsibilities …

Speculation: Activision Bay Area studio likely to be working on a new James Bond title