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Seems a long time ago, right? In just a few years, we’ve become pretty blas about Xbox 360 and Nintendo marketing dominating the Christmas TV ad schedule – and Sony spunking over 4 million on getting PS3 noticed during an economic slowdown. This week, the latest fillip in games’ outgrowing …

SCEE has backed Tecmo Koei Europe to become a significant player in the European video games market. The newly-formed publisher was officially revealed last week, and has pledged to grow its presence in the West by developing new IP and making its established franchises, including Dynasty Warriors, more accessible to …

This year’s Games Media Awards will take place on the evening of Thursday, October 15th at Jongleurs comedy club in Camden, London. The event, now in its third year, will again hail the best brands and individuals from the specialist and mainstream sectors, in print and online. Full details of …

Widespread naivety on the true value of social network integration, says Mika

Industry vet Mike Mika on the convergence of social media

ELSPA grafted for 12 long months to convince Labour to make PEGI the UK’s sole ratings system for games – but the real work’s only just begun. Tim Ingham gets the full story from Michael Rawlinson… What are your initial reactions to the Digital Britain report?I think it’s a fantastic …

The next instalment in DICE’s popular multiplayer war series Battlefield 1943 will be released on Xbox 360 and PS3 next week, publisher EA has confirmed.

 Xbox 360 owners will get a one-day head start of their PlayStation rivals when the game arrives on Xbox Live on July 8th, priced at …

Non-industry exec brought in to strengthen organisation

The rapidly changing in-game payment landscape in focus...

3D video games won’t be mass market for at least another five years, Data Design Interactive has told MCV. The casual games specialist is to launch one of the first 3D video games, Battle Rage: The Robot Wars – which comes with 3D glasses – ahead of Ubisoft’s highly anticipated …