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Ubisoft’s 2007 hit Assassin’s Creed has sold eight million units worldwide At least that’s according to Assassin’s Creed 2 creative director Patrice Dsilets, who revealed the statistic in an interview with Joystiq. Dsilets also revealed that up to 35 million gamers would have played the original, if you factor in …

â??Excitedâ?? US boss Fils-Aime says surprise alliance with Team Ninja for new Metroid game could be first step in new strategy

Activision Publishing CEO and president Mike Griffith says that the firm’s portfolio of games puts it way ahead of the competition for 2009. He also thinks that November’s Modern Warfare 2 will be the biggest title ever released in the Call of Duty (pictured) franchise. Speaking to MCV in an …

Activision will double its European market share in the next few years, according to its CEO Mike Griffith. Speaking exclusively to MCV at E3, the heavyweight publisher detailed a wide-reaching strategy to grow its stake in what it calls its ‘under-developed’ European business. The firm wants to generate 50 per …

Developers will see half the business in downloads and cloud computing, says the Wedbush Morgan analyst

Deal already signed with Cryptic to produce Champions Online daily news blog

The developerâ??s founder Gabe Newell pledges to provide support for the original as planned

Part one of our interview with OnLive's Mike McGarvey

It’s been whispered abou by some UK developers for a while, but EA CEO Riccitiello has confirmed it – Criterion Games is working on the next Need For Speed. According to EA CEO John Riccitiello, the Burnout developer’s take on the project – headed by that game’s creator, Alex Ward …

EA moves development to UK-based Criterion for 'revolutionary' approach, says Riccitiello