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Hollywood studio Paramount wants in on the games biz â?? and plans to build its reputation with development deals, hiring former Eidos and Kuju man John Kavanagh to lead its efforts. Tim Ingham caught up with him to find out what we can expect as movies and games collideâ?¦

Microsoft has unveiled the sequel to its award-winning Crackdown. The game’s trailer was briefly shown during the platform holder’s pre-E3 press conference, and is due for release in 2010. Crackdown 2 brings back its trademark open world gameplay but with revamped cooperative and competitive multiplayer modes We know that your …

UK studios converge to battle over who's the cleverest - have you booked your place yet?

Microsoft might have wowed E3 attendees this morning with news of its Project Natal 3D camera, but Ubisoft said at its press event today that it didn’t want to wait until Christmas 2010 to innovate with camera interfaces. Instead, it is launching its own device, specifically for the Wii, later …

E3'09: Rez creator's Q Entertainment signed for secret project

E3'09: New MMO APB is publisher's latest dev deal

E3'09: New service lets users download newer releases direct to console

Microsoft has just finished off its very impressive E3 presentation, leaving both Sony and, in particular, Nintendo with plenty to do to live up to it. Highlights included full body motion control system Natal, which as well as allowing game control also boast facial, voice and pattern recognition. There was …

Microsoft has revealed that it will be offering a Games on Demand service for Xbox 360 in just a matter of months. Games on Demand launches this August and will let console owners download 360 games direct to their console. It’s not yet clear if these ‘full retail games’ as …

The end of the console cycle has been predicted with increasing regularity – but Microsoft has become the first platform holder to openly claim that its new platform will be part of its existing one. Speaking of its brand new motion sensing technology, which dispenses with the need for any …