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NORDIC GAME: Grasshopper boss believes No More Heroes has â??big IPâ?? potential

In contrast to his normal high-contrast PR coverage, Sega’s speedy mascot Sonic the Hedgehog has surprisingly kept below the radar and sprung a surprise by making a sudden appearance on the Apple App Store. The game is seemingly a more-or-less straight conversion of the 1991 original Mega Drive offering and …

Head over to the RETAIL BIZ previews section for MCV’s guide to some of the biggest games heading to retail over the summer. This week, two of the biggest action titles of the season go up against each other at retail, as Sony’s Infamous and Activision Blizzard’s Prototype compete for …

The large-scale brawls of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings movie trilogy may have to date proved more suited to button-bashing console brawlers, but Warner is hoping to win over the casual audience with a new take on J. R. R. Tolkien’s fantasy epic. there’s plenty more over on CasualGaming.biz …

Gary Foreman and Jamie King launch 4mm Games; ex-Image Metrics exec becomes CEO

Five years ago on May 21st SingStar was released, and as the anniversary passes, the development team at Sony’s London Studio are already looking forward to the series’ future. While full details are unconfirmed, it appears that London Studio will be adding complete video editing functionality to SingStar’s online element, …

Having touted the digital-only release of episodic adventure Watchmen last year as a ‘risky experiment‘, Warner has seemingly had a re-think following its confirmation of a boxed retail release for the game. Speaking to 1UP, Deadline Games director Sren Lund stated that parts one and two of the episodic game …

Growing PC games force Capcom has defended controversial DRM software SecuROM, saying that the problems that some have experienced with the anti-piracy measures are more to do with publisher’s implementation than the technology itself. I think SecuROM in some form will be a part of most of the games we …

And Sony studio prepares for another five years with user-generated content hint

Mike McGarvey, the COO of controversial new streaming games service OnLive, has explained that his firm will not be attending next month’s E3 event in LA as it has no reason to talk to retail. Speaking on his blog of the fact that OnLive will supposedly eradicate the need for …