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The president of Compal Electronics has stated that Windows 7 will be shipping as a pre-installed operating system as early as September this year. He told an investor conference that: According to current planning, it should be late September or early October.” Click here to head over to PC Retail …

Microsoft and Square Enix are both celebrating the success of Xbox 360 exclusive RPG Star Ocean 4: The Last Hope, which has entered the Japanese software charts in top spot. Its sales of 162,000 units eclipsed closest contender Mario & Luigi RPG 3 on DS, which claims second position. Elsewhere …

Xbox has signed an agreement with NBC Universal International Television Distribution to bring a bundle of the entertainment firm’s films to Xbox in Europe. Movies such as Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Scarface, The Chronicles of Riddick and Weird Science will be available via Xbox Live from today in the …

Itâ??s all well and good to say that you could be earning more, but how do you go about getting that job? We asked Black Rock Studiosâ?? director of technology Tom Williams about how to improve your chances when seeking a new coding role

3D effects company establishes new presence in Seoul

MD Colin Anderson says portal's returns policy â??forces developers to be accountableâ?

Bespoke gameplay testing service goes beyond traditional offerings.

The Finalists of the MCV Industry Excellence Awards have been announced – and now the countdown begins to the big event on Thursday April 23rd at The Brewery London. With almost 40 companies in the running, Electronic Arts leads the way with seven finalists slots, whilst HMV, Activision, Microsoft and …

Sony, Rockstar, Microsoft and Activision will go head-to-head at this year’s GAME British Academy Video Games Awards. BAFTA announced its full list of nominations last week ahead of the March 10th awards ceremony at the London Hilton on Park Lane. The event is being held in association with GAME and …

Research and analysis firm Parks Associates has predicted that the annual market value of the premium casual games business” will exceed $1bn by the year 2013. The boom will be fuelled by the fact that casual games and portals, the report claims, are increasingly seen as viable marketing and distribution …