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BAFTA has this morning unveiled the shortlist for its 2009 video game awards – with Call of Duty 4 leading the shortlist. The Activision Blizzard FPS gets seven nominations. GTA IV gets six nominations, while Fable II and LittleBigPlanet get five each. The winners will be named on March 10th, …

Survival horror sequel confirmed for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC

Britsoft publisher distances itself from the casual space by relinquishing rights to Gimme5games' properties

Just hours after apparent leaked footage of the game began to appear on YouTube, Capcom has revealed that Dead Rising 2 is in development for Xbox 360 and, for the first time, PS3 and PC. It has also been confirmed that the game has been handed out to a Western …

Until recently it had never managed more than a week at the top of the charts – but now Nintendo’s Wii Fit is celebrating its fourth successive week at the top of the ELSPA GfK ChartTrack All Formats Top 40. It’s Wii Fit’s eighth week at the top of the …

The Japanese arm of Sony has revealed a number of the high-profile games companies that have currently signed up for licenses to develop content for the firm’s growing virtual world service PlayStation Home. Big-hitting backers such as EA, Capcom and Ubisoft had already been announced, and Siliconera reports that they …

DSGi is preparing for a rights issue, a process in which share holders are encouraged to buy new shares, which could raise it hundreds of millions of pounds. Apparently, the final decision whether to go ahead will not be made until it has concluded discussions regarding the sale of some …

ELSPA has praised its members after the Advertising Standards Authority found that 99 per cent of commercials created for video games were done so responsibly”. Following a report launched on the back of the Byron Review, UK regularity body the ASA assessed broadcast and non-broadcast ads for video games that …

The UK software market has kicked off 2009 by thrashing last year’s January performance – and overtaking Japan to become the second biggest territory in the world. GfK-ChartTrack revealed this week that the UK software market grew by 26 per cent in 2008 – leaving it ahead of Japan in …

A group of former Vivendi employees sidelined during the Activision Blizzard merger have banded together to create a new website , Talented People. The site is essentially a directory of the former Vivendi Games Europe employees, giving them the chance to promote their skills and knowledge. It is hoped that …