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Sony has fired criticisms at a new government initiative which aims to help businesses cope with credit problems. In a contentiousbudget report last week, Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling unveiled a credit insurance scheme which aims to support businesses if their credit insurance cover is reduced. Sony’s UK managing …

MotorStorm, LittleBigPlanet, Assassins Creed, Rock Band – 2009 is already promising to be a big year for PSP, and now another major franchise has announced its intentions to hit the handheld this year. Namco Bandai has confirmed that as well as Xbox 360 and PS3 outings for Tekken 6 this …

A spokesperson for Capcom Europe has confirmed to MCV that it will be publishing Fate/Unlimited Codes on the PlayStation Network in Europe and, as with the US, it will come at the expense of a UMD release. Regarding future PSP plans and the long-expected industry-wide move from disc media to …

Entertainment chain HMV is projecting fiscal year profits will meet high-end market expectations, as annual and quarterly sales saw encouraging gains. The retailer said that like-for-like sales across its fleet of stores in the UK and Ireland were up 4.3 per cent for the sixteen weeks ended April 25, resulting …

Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft have each issued statements ahead of this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo, set to take place at the Los Angeles Convention Center from June 2-4. Of the three, it was Microsoft’s Don Mattrick, senior vice president of the firm’s Interactive Entertainment Business, who made the most daring …

Some of the biggest names in the industry will be assessing and mentoring students throughout the game development competition

US indie outfit Atomic Games, developers of the divisive Iraq War title Six Days in Fallujah, has responded to Konami’s surprise decision to withdraw from publishing the game. On Monday it was revealed that Konami had abandoned a publishing deal with Atomic, following sustained public criticism of the game’s content …

Following Sony’s revelation earlier this month that it is to release upcoming PSP sequel Patapon 2 in digital form only in North America, Capcom has now joined the party by announcing a non-UMD PSP title of its own. GameSpot reports that Capcom will release 2D fighter Fate/Unlimited Codes on PSN …

Yet Atomic Games is looking for opportunities to finish development

Empire owner Silverstar Holdings has finally broken its silence on the company’s collapse, with an email circulated to staff in the past few hours confirming that administrators will be appointed soon. The internal memo, acquired by MCV, attempts to downplay the story we broke on Friday that the company was …