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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 …

Activision Blizzard has posted a $72 million loss for its fourth quarter – but reported a combined yearly revenue of $5 billion. Driven by strong sales of Guitar Hero, Call of Duty and World of Warcraft games, the US company reported revenue of $1.6 billion for the quarter – the …

‘SIGNIFICANT’ NEW titles are heading to the PSP this year that will revitalise the format and attract new consumers, Sony has told MCV. Now over four years-old, the PSP has steadily established itself throughout the current generation, selling over 40 million units globally – 3.2m of them in the UK. …

Restructuring at NCsoft continues to spark job losses and new development strategies at the MMO publisher. The company is continuing to ‘solidify and streamline’ operations across its NCsoft West territories, which include its offices in America and Europe – meaning up to 90 jobs will be impacted. For all the …