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Konami has secured the services of Spanish international footballing star and leading Liverpool forward Fernando Torres as the face of its upcoming Pro Evolution Soccer 2010. Torres will join forces with Barcelona and Argentina striker Lionel Messi as the pair form the basis of the game’s marketing creatives in the …

New deadline of July 31st set as developer interest exceeds expectation

Sony’s upcoming PS3 exclusive action title Uncharted 2: Among Thieves has emerged as the star performer of the E3 2009 Game Critics Awards, a panel comprising editors of 29 consumer games publications. Naught Dog’s title grabbed three accolades including the coveted ‘Game of the Show’ award. Also performing strongly was …

Popular modeller gets animation toolset plus enhanced export pipeline

GameHorizon: Upcoming game was the studio's first project, commencing before Crackdown and funded by a $30m VC investment

Having first been revealed over four years ago, Namco Bandai has at last named a release date of October 27th for Xbox 360 and PS3 brawler Tekken 6, according to GameSpot. That’s for North America, of course – though no European date has been confirmed, an October 30th arrival now …

Sony is currently showcasing the PS3’s new motion controller to its development partners, providing extended information on the device’s properties. The new PlayStation Eye-trackable peripheral will integrate force feedback, according to an article at news site Kotaku. The report adds that Sony has already provided face-tracking and head-tracking capability in …

Young starting developer set to finish its debut title Darksiders, begins Warhammer game

The top 10 game engines as selected by Develop continues

The UK video games market weekly value has dipped once again, down five per cent when compared to the week before. According to MCV calculations, based on today’s Gfk-ChartTrack/ELSPA weekly report, the UK market has hit 20.2 million for the weekend ending June 20th. Unit sales dipped four per cent …