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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Prestige edition will be made available in the UK exclusively through HMV. The Prestige edition was unveiled earlier in the week by Infinity Ward, and features a collector’s bust of Captain ‘Soap’ MacTavish from the game, a special edition Steelbook, an art book, a …

Penny Arcade event to showcase ten of the most promising indie titles on the radar

Develop â??09: Travellers Tales reveal more on Indiana Jonesâ?? 3D level editor

Is that a crime? In the eyes of some, yes. Activision played the poker face and said it doesn’t publicly discuss pricing when asked about the issue. But EA, for one, has emphatically denied it will raise prices this year. The last games company to do this – Nintendo, when …

Some say Microsoft ‘won’ E3 with Natal. When did work on the new device begin? We started looking at controller-less gaming about four years ago. So it’s been quite a while. The great thing about Microsoft is that we are a big software company – and almost everything in Natal …

Develop Conference: Audio developers shoul use 'fewer brush strokes'

Develop '09: First half of FY 2009 booming for animation experts

Mirroring the incident that saw a staff writer inflict pain upon a colleague when Nintendo’s Wii first arrived at the Intent office, American pop star Christina Aguilera has reportedly suffered an injury whilst playing popular multiplayer romp Wii Sports.

 GameDaily reports that a source stated: Christina loves her Wii as …

Develop â??09: Krome Studiosâ?? Robert Walsh offers his advice on game development

Develop '09: Publisher's studios adopt popular project management tools