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A look at the studio behind iPhone hit Zen Bound

Aside from the headlines troubles caused by the wallet-tightening credit crunch, a darker side of the economic crisis is currently blighting UK retail with news that both theft and fraud are significantly on the up. A new report commissioned by Simplybusiness.co.uk claims that 47 per cent of the UK’s independent …

Namco Bandai has completed its purchase of Atari’s PAL distribution company. As revealed by MCV in May, the company has been re-branded Namco Bandai Partners and operates in 50 countries with 17 dedicated offices across Europe, Australia, South Korea and Hong Kong. We are very excited about working with all …

Cevat Yerli to provide a speech on future graphical benchmarks

Our anticipated sessions at next week's event

Britsoft publisher Eidos is to be absorbed as part of a brand new European arm for new owners Square Enix – costing both British and European jobs in the process. Current Eidos chief executive Phil Rogers will be heading up (the provisionally titled) Square Enix Europe, with John Yamamoto leading …

A third brand has joined Blazing Angels and Tom Clancy’s HAWX in Ubisoft’s flight sim stable – former Atari title Heroes Over Europe. The game, a sequel to 2005’s Heroes of the Pacific, has seen its initial release window come and go but should now at least have a secure …

Playora founder and Evolve speaker on standing out from the casual crowd

Four days devoted to a country enjoying a development boom

Devoted followers of LucasArts’ classic point-and-click series Monkey Island now have a new date to mark in their diaries – July 15th will see the release of The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition on Xbox Live Arcade. The re-make of the 1990 title boasts updated hi-def graphics, a re-mastered …