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With Xbox 360 RTS Stormrise due this month, we spoke to the gameâ??s developer Creative Assembly Australia about the challenge of establishing the genre on console, the local industry and the battle Down Under for tax breaks.

New tiered structure allows even two-man teams to join developer organisation

Catalogue retail specialist Argos has posted sales figures above what most were expecting, stating that whilst the year ahead will be tough it expects to maintain a strong position on the High Street. For the eight weeks until the end of 2008, Argos saw like-for-like sales decline 1.6 per cent. …

It has been confirmed that Monster Hunter G will require users to pay an additional fee if they want to play it online – a first for Nintendo’s Wii console. Siliconera reports that the game, which is not currently scheduled for release outside of Japan, will come with a free …

Gas Powered Games and Forterra Systems opt for AI engine

Leading platform holder Nintendo has told MCV that it is not planning to phase out solus DS Lite packs from retail, though it has said that it is upping the supply of DS Lite hardware bundles. Sources this morning claimed that solus packs were to vanish from UK retail in …

New next-gen ready engine to debut at GDC09

It’s been on the lips of every publisher boss this week: How could that Change4Life ad have been avoided?” MCV may finally have the answer today, in the shape of Business4Life; a group of corporate entities which have pledged a 200 million in-kind contribution to support Change4Life through marketing, branding …

Ideaworks3D harness mobile development's 'perfect storm'

Publisher Sega has announced that Vancouver 2010 – the Official Video Game of the Olympic Winter Games, will arrive on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC next winter. The announcement follows Sega’s agreement with the International Sports Multimedia, the official licensee of the Winter Olympics, and will be developed by Beijing …