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New texturing middleware to reduce download time and advance user-generated content

Sonic And The Secret Rings was a commercial hit for Sega, and the publisher hopes to repeat this success with the next in its Wii exclusive series, Sonic And The Black Knight, which arrives on shelves this week . TVSega is running a three-week TV campaign across terrestrial and satellite …

Nintendo’s DS handheld is on course to break the 100m global unit sales barrier this month according to Japanese economic newspaper Nihon Keizai Shimbun. Click here to read the full story over on CasualGaming.biz.

Wii platform holder Nintendo has told MCV that it is powerless to up the street price of the Nintendo Wii – adding to the concerns of many of the nation’s indies. MCV today exclusively revealed that Nintendo is to up the trade price of the Nintendo Wii by around 19, …

Following the news that Nintendo is to up the trade price retailers pay for the Wii – leading to fears that the machine’s price on the High Street could increase – Nintendo has told MCV that it has no immediate plans to up the trade price of the DS Lite. …

Nintendo has confirmed to MCV that it is to increase the trade price of its Wii console for UK retailers, a move that could lead to the console’s price rising on the UK High Street. However, retail will decide whether the machine’s current 179.99 price point sticks, or whether consumers …

The second open letter of the day urging the government to reconsider the cause for tax breaks for the UK games industry follows. This time Tiga CEO Dr Richard Wilson addresses Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and Culture Lord Mandelson.

Development trade association urges studios to lobby Government

Capcom’s highly anticipated Resident Evil 5 is set for release this Friday (March 13th), and Gamestation has announced it will be opening its stores at midnight in celebration. Along with copies of the new game, Gamestation will be selling a variety of other merchandise, including T-shirts, hoodies, thermal mug holders …

Disney has this morning taken the official wraps off the new game developed by its UK studio Black Rock, calling Split/Second the ‘holy grail’ of new IP – and telling MCV’s sister magazine Develop that it thinks the title will revitalise the racing genre. The Brighton-made game is set in …