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Bizarre Creations’ upcoming racer Blur is at the centre of a crucial $40 million payout deal between the Liverpool-based studio and its owning company Activision. Develop has today revealed that Activision paid out $67.4 million in cash to wholly acquire the Project Gotham Racing developer back in 2007. However, an …

2010 event bookmarked for Jan; organisers aiming to expand

While Bizarre Creationsâ?? Chris Pickford reveals that the PGR series has sold over 7 million units

Liverpool-based developer was given $67.4m in cash, with a $40m bonus package hanging in the balance

SCEA subsidiary cites cost-efficiency as 5% of staff are handed their notice

The Silicon Knights founder sees games imitating the film industry's 'shift to narrative'

All musicians given chance to take tracks to Rock Band, submissions to go through XNA 



Raven Software sharpens the heroâ??s claws with Unreal Engine 3

With new games business models very much at the forefront of people’s attentions right now, an experiment by Sony of Japan could lead to a brand new payment model rolling onto the PlayStation Network.

 A new version of Yen Gomibako, which was recently released under the title Trash Panic on …

Over sixty employees at Midway’s Chicago-based HQ have been handed their notices and will leave the company by early September.

 The news follows the closure of Midway’s Newcastle arm as the company looks to tie up its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, and at the same time work through Warner’s $33 …