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Nival Onlineâ??s star RPG set for an expensive overhaul to become a free-to-play MMO

TechNZ to fund technology for the company's cross-platform development framework

The release date may be some time off, but that’s not stopping Ubisoft’s plans to promote Assassin’s Creed 2 – the game’s first trailer will debut on UK TV this weekend. Broadcast on Five during movie The Da Vinci Code, the promotional push consists of a teaser and full trailer. …

Capcom’s net income for the full year to March 31st, 2009 jumped 3.3 per cent to 8,063 million yen, the firm has reported. Net sales increased to 91,878 million yen, up 10.6% from the previous year. Operating income increased to 14,618 million yen, up 11.4 per cent, whilst ordinary income …

Substance Air designed to fight size restrictions on digital titles, promises â??detailed graphics that fit in a few kilobytesâ??

Whether Blu-ray’s rise to ascendancy will gather the required pace needed before the mainstream adaptation of digital movie downloads arrives is yet to be seen, but sales of HD discs players have performed well year-on-year. TechRadar reports that annual Blu-ray player sales climbed 72 per cent in 2008 in North …

Somerfield has unveiled a shock warplan to become a leading games retailer – as fellow supermarkets Asda, Tesco and Sainsbury’s aggressively expand their buying teams in a bid to grab more market share. In yet another new route to market for UK publishers, The Co-operative, which bought Somerfield for 1.5 …

Publisher deems difference between console and arcade quality as â??negligibleâ??

Amidst all the numbers and gushing praise for Guitar Hero, Activision Blizzard also found time in its recent financial posting to stoke up the hype machine for Bizarre Creations’ upcoming new racing IP Blur. From a business perspective, we are targeting Blur to do for racing what Call of Duty …

Following impressive financial numbers, Activision Blizzard’s Mike Griffith has stated that the franchise now accounts for the majority share of music game genre sales in Europe and North America – in other words, it’s beating Rock Band. The publisher also revealed that 34m DLC tracks have been downloaded by Guitar …