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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 …

Senior executives, including CEO, given two monthsâ?? notice

Xbox 360 platform holder Microsoft has outlined the improvements coming to Xbox Live as part of its next major update to the service due out at the end of the summer. Though it lacks the headline changes that accompanied last year’s ‘New Xbox Experience’ revamp there’s plenty for users to …

Resident Evil 5 will get a PC release on September 18th across European territories. The game makes use of NVIDIA’s new GeForce 3D vision technology, which means the title features stereoscopic 3D both in-game and during the cut scenes. The title also features extra costumes and a new and improved …

The notion that games are recession proof is now well and truly forgotten – but perhaps the rise of both digital downloads and free-to-play online gaming is as big a culprit as global banking greed. NPD figures show that the North American video game market declined by 31 per cent …

Codemasters’ Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising will be released worldwide in early October. The game will be released on October 9th in the UK, October 8th across Europe and October 6th in North America for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. The title is the sequel to the hugely popular 2001 FPS …

A talk with Telltale's CEO and co-founder Dan Connors

Over-the-top free roaming action title Prototype topped the June software charts in the US, with the 419,900 sales enjoyed by the Xbox 360 SKU bettering both high-profile new arrivals and perennial sellers. The PS3 SKU shifted around 181,100 units. Much like the wider games market in North America, there were …