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Assassin’s Creed: Discovery will hit shelves on November 20th for Nintendo DS. As revealed in Ubisoft’s latest release schedule, the game will launch alongside Assassin’s Creed Bloodlines on PSP and Assassin’s Creed 2 on Xbox 360, PC and PS3. The games are part of Ubisoft’s blockbuster Christmas 2009 line-up, which …

Famed forum establishes fund to fight battle with 'trademark troll' over iPhone game

SCE chairman to discuss â??new tactics for 2009â?? at Tokyo Games Show

Whilst the overall picture for Microsoft is yet again one of declining revenues and income, its Entertainment & Devices Division – which houses its Xbox operations – has reported its second year of profitability, validating the huge outlays the tech firm invested into its long term games strategy.

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Only four teams remain as the annual game design contest enters its final phase

Develop catches up with the Finnish studio behind Alan Wake

Disney Interactive is publishing a game based on the classic Louis Carroll book Alice in Wonderland. The game is to be released as a tie-in to the Walt Disney Pictures’ film of the same name, which stars Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter and Mia Wasikowska, and is directed …

It’s time to dispel the notion that the rise to prominence of digital distribution is still several years off – a rare set of concrete sales numbers for EA’s recently released WWII shooter Battlefield 1943 show that digital retail is already here in a very big way.

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Industry veteran to discuss Laraâ??s evolution at GC Asia



On the same day that a brand new map pack (entitled Napal & Cordite) is due for release, Dutch games developer Guerrilla Games has stated that it is to step away from Killzone 2. Speaking on the EU PlayStation Blog, the developer’s Seb Downie stated: Right now we’re going to …