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Heâ??s one of the worldâ??s most loved (and hated) game designers â?? but, as Hideo Kojima takes up a new business role at Konami, is he in danger of becoming a businessman first?

Nintendo has announced a brand new fitness title in its growing healthy-gaming roster – Active Health with Carol Vorderman. Rather than focusing on a specific activity such as sudoku or pilates, Active Health offers users a complete health overview with recommendations regarding both diet and exercise, with Carol ‘acting as …

Future Publishing has revealed a year-on-year drop of 70 per cent in pre-tax Group profits for the first six months of its fiscal year. However, the UK office enjoyed a three per cent profit rise in the period, as the firm faced tough market conditions in the US. The Group …

DCD Media has appointed AT Brands to bring its science-based TV hit, Blast Lab, to video game consoles. The TV show, which is shown on CBBC, BBC One and BBC Two, began life at the in January has been greeted to wide acclaim from children, parents and the press. AT …

Californian MMO publisher Gazillion Entertainment has snapped up the services of industry veteran Stuart Moulder, a former General Manager of Microsoft Game Studios. Moulder joins Gazillion as Vice President of Studios, responsible for the overall management of the firm’s four owned-but-independent developers. The industry veteran has over 20 years of …

**UPDATED: MCV understands that whilst an exclusivity deal with Microsoft is currently in the works, the contract has not yet been finalised. An Activision spokesperson told MCV to refer to its original THR statement, which named 360, PS3 and Wii as the supported formats.** The UK arm of publisher Activision …

New animation group wants to deliver hassle-free, affordable animation solutions

Nokia has announced that a further 490 employees will be joining the 3,500 who have already lost their jobs as the telephony behemoth attempts to head off an anticipated decline in the mobile market. Reuters reports that 170 positions are to be lost in logistics, production management and production support …

Industry veteran Stuart Moulder joins Gazillion as Vice President of Studios

Three new games announced under the Discovery brand, two for iPhone, another for home and PC systems