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The world’s biggest publishers have been forced into reducing investment in new IP – as recession-hit consumers and a crowded market strong-arm them into relying on established brands. THQ and EA have both blamed ‘unfocused’ product slates for contributing to their disappointing Q3 results – and pledged to concentrate more …

The sci-fi MMO's executive producer on EVE's retail debut

Peripherals specialist A4T has dropped the Bensussen Deutsch and Associates (BDA) range from its line-up. The firm has stated that the accessories have been dropped so it can focus on the launch of two new licensed programmes, while the current strength of the dollar compare to the pound has also …

Publisher Sega has announced that Mario and Sonic will unite once again this Christmas on Wii and DS. The announcement has been expected since Sega secured the Vancouver Winter Olympics rights last week, and the game was even confirmed by the Winter Olympics’ director of licensing, Dennis Kim. We are …

Earlier today, Kuju announced via Develop that it had already started a significant investment in technology for the generation of consoles that follows PS3, 360 and Wii. Codenamed â??Fabricâ?? the tech is targeting many-core CPUs. We caught up with technical director Adrian Hawkins to find out moreâ?¦

Future Publishing has posted ABC increases for five of its eleven gaming magazines. The announcement follows news that Future’s games portfolio suffered a ‘challenging’ fourth quarter, with total revenue up just one per cent to 41 million. The company’s Official PlayStation Magazine saw the largest gains, growing by 16.6 per …

UK studio starts big R&D investment in proprietary technology for games on many-core CPUs

Speaking in last night’s company earnings call, Activison president Mike Griffith confirmed that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is scheduled for a Q4 2009 release. No other details about the game have yet been released, but speaking about the success of the Call of Duty series, Griffith stated: "2009 …

Activision president Mike Griffith has predicted that in the next year 16 million Wiis will be sold over 2009, forecasting healthy sales increases for all the remaining leading formats. For calendar year 2009, we expect the installed base of hardware in North America and Europe will be up eight million …

"I want to highlight three key competitive advantages that will allow us to build on our success and continue as the world’s number one third-party video game publisher. "First, our proven strategy of focusing on high-quality franchises, which is evident in our 2009 product line up, the best in our …