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Plans are building for August’s Edinburgh Interactive Festival. Taking place on Thursday, August 13th and 14th, the two-day event will open with a keynote from EA Sports boss Peter Moore. Key names from Endemol, Playfish, Jagex, BMO Capital Markets, Turbine and German games giant Bigpoint are all signed up to …

UK entertainment union calls for developers to set their own agenda for unionisation

The video game adaptation of the classic children’s picture book Where the Wild Things Are has been confirmed. Due to be published by Warner on DS, PS3, Wii and 360, the game is scheduled to reach consumers in November this year. On 11th December 2009 a Spike Jonze-directed film based …

Rumours are beginning to intensify that Microsoft’s Halo studio has established itself as 343 Industries”.

 Last year Microsoft Game Studios hired high-profile talent to its internal Halo studio, snapping up the likes of former MGS4 assistant producer Ryan Payton and Bungie’s Frank O’Connor.
 The studio hasn’t established its own name …

Scaleform's UI middleware to be used across MGS' internal studios

Whilst ambitious tech projects OnLive and Dave Perry’s Gaikai have been jostling for a share of the headlines, a little-known Israeli company called Playcast has beaten both to the punch by launching a streaming games service in its home country.

 Launched in conjunction with cable provider Hot, the pilot service …

New claims differ from previous predictions of $12-15m

â??Europe has tremendous growth potentialâ?? says free-to-play MMO specialists NHN

Microsoft files patent for â??343 Industriesâ??, a suspected dev label for the Halo team

Acclaimed games developer Hideo Kojima has started the ball rolling on the Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker hype machine by claiming that the upcoming PSP title will be every bit the rival of its home console counterparts – despite some fundamental design differences. Peace Walker a Metal Gear Solid 5-class …