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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 …

Middleware provider outlines offering at San Francisco event

Strauss Zelnick, the chairman of US publisher Take 2, has stated that whilst pleased that the publisher’s latest financial results were better than expected , he was not pleased to see losses on the up in Q1. Take 2’s first quarter results were somewhat better than the initial guidance we …

Take 2 CEO Ben Feder has stated that the current phase of the hardware cycle means that his firm’s catalogue titles are all the more important – and next week’s release of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars marks the beginning of the onslaught. The highest profile title is 2K Games’ …

Deadline for session proposals draws near

Black Rock hopes its UK-developed racer Split/Second will revitalise the genre

Former Radical chief hired as studio reorganises workforce

The campaign for tax breaks for UK developers continues this week, with Sheridans Solictors writing to Secretary of State Andy Burnham MP urging the government to consider the creative community in its upcoming Budgetâ?¦

Video game solicitors urges Government to offer support in upcoming Budget

Publisher Take Two has revealed that it has suffered a year-on-year increase in losses, following a $50.4m loss in its fiscal Q1 – up from the $38m loss suffered in the same period the year before. Revenues, however, rose to $256.8m, up seven per cent from the $240.4m seen in …