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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 …

Xbox 360 group product manager Aaron Greenberg has stated that Sony’s insistence on selling PS3 on its credentials as a Blu-ray player as much as a games console has knocked the firm off track, allowing Xbox 360 to maintain its momentum. We started in the inner circle, and we’ll continue …

Blitz Games CEO Philip Oliver meets with the man in charge of the UK economy

Codemasters has announced that Ashes Cricket 2009 will be released on Friday August 7th. The game is set to hit Wii, Xbox 360, PS3 and PC, and is the official tie-in to the nPower-sponsored cricket series that is being played right now. As well as a full Ashes mode, featuring …

As games markets on both the near and far sides of the Atlantic stutter in the face of barren release schedules and a thinning H2’09 lineup, proof of the positive overall effect of proper triple-A software has made itself evident on the far side of the globe. The increasingly difficult …

Sega is planning to take over Trafalgar Square this October to promote the long-awaited Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games in time for the Christmas gifting period, MCV understands. It is believed that the title, due out on October 16th, will benefit from a high-profile showcase during the …

Brighton-based developer to take its first step away from the Buzz series

The vacant chair at the had of EA’s mobile table has at last been filled with news that Buongiorno’s Luca Pagano will join EA Mobile as its European chief from September. The arrival of Pagano will fill the vacancy at the top of EA’s management structure: the giant US publisher …

An unsurprisingly upbeat Microsoft has heaped praise on the continuing success of Xbox Live in its response to the June NPD figures and the news that Xbox 360 was the only machine to increase its sales year-on-year. Our console sales for the first half of the year actually grew 20 …