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The UK’s Department for Media, Culture and Sport has today put out a call to the games industry to provide evidence for a culturally based tax break for the UK development sector. It comes after the Digital Britain Report, published two weeks ago, said that the Government should consider introducing …

What the government has to say

Obsidian Entertainment has confirmed that the development of the Aliens RPG has been cancelled. Making an announcement on its official forum, a representative for the company revealed: "Rumors have circled around a bit regarding the fate of the Aliens role playing game that Obsidian and SEGA had been working on. …

Cultural subsidy would help UK games industry, says CEO Richard Wilson

Government calls on industry for new evidence to support 'cultural' subsidy

Russian engine firm to release PS3 version by end of 2009

Washington-based indie powerhouse Bungie may soon be turning its attentions to Project Natal, with Studio President Harold Ryan even going as far as saying that an upcoming Halo game could use the tech. I absolutely think Halo Reach could be enabled with Project Natal," Ryan told The Seattle Times. Develop …

As part of his report that outlined the true scale of the North American pre-owned software market, Wedbush Morgan’s analyst Michael Pachter has thrown the cat amongst the pigeons by predicting that PS3 will ultimately overtake Xbox 360’s install base in this generation of machines. Crediting the Blu-ray alliance’s victory …

Whilst it still has some way to go to top the multitude of Wii and DS accessories that have for some time dominated much of retails’ gaming shelf space, Sony is looking to up the presence of PlayStation based peripherals on the market. SCE has confirmed that it is expanding …