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The fortunes of the PlayStation format are these days always under some scrutiny. Has that impacted much of your product strategy this year?Our strategy is very clear. We have big franchises we want to expand and need new IPs. We still have three active platforms that we are supporting. PlayStation …

Former Virgin Interactive and US Gold boss Tim Chaney has returned to the UK to set up a new online gaming platform. Zattikka will look to buy online games portals and studios after it opens for business on July 1st. The venture is Chaney’s first since he left Virgin Play …

Remedy Entertainment licences Umbra's rendering optimisation toolset for â??faster content creationâ??

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UK publisher Mastertronic has become the latest outfit to put its weight behind the casual games sector with the announcement of a brand new arm to its publishing business – Great Indie Games. The new label is designed specifically to bring independently developed titles to a wider retail audience. The …

Best known to gamers as being the sole carrier of Apple’s iPhone in North America, AT&T has revealed a number of ambitious gaming initiatives designed to propel it to the forefront of the games sector. The bigger picture is for AT&T to create a unified and tethered gaming experience that …

It has been revealed that ThatGameCompany’s exclusivity deal with PlayStation is only for three titles, meaning that after the release of its next project the studio will be free to develop for any platform – opening the door to a possible debut on Xbox 360. There’s lots more on that …

The Video Standards Council is to hire an ‘execution panel’ of three psychology and legal experts, who will ultimately decide whether controversial video games should be banned, MCV can reveal. The VSC is in the process of hiring a media lawyer, a clinical psychologist and a media psychologist for the …

Well over a year since its release on the European arm of PSN in March 2008, Sony is to grant Idol Minds’ action physics title Pain a boxed retail release across Europe. The disc will most of the DLC released to game to date, including levels such as Movie Studio …

Digital Britain: Develop goes through the key points and reaction to the PEGI verdict