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Clearly the rumour won’t go away until the day a new machine is finally announced, but again overnight talk has emerged of alleged details of Sony’s PSP 2 – and again, sources at Sony have completely denied them. IGN states that several credible sources” have told it that PSP 2 …

South Australian attorney general Michael Atkinson has defended the Classification Board’s refusal to introduce an 18 age rating for video games released in the territory, claiming that games are potentially more harmful than movies. I don’t support the introduction of an R18+ rating for electronic games, chiefly because it will …

Future Publishing has blamed ‘tough conditions at the newstands’ for an unspectacular, if resilient, trading update for the three months to December 31st, 2008. The US and UK company revealed that Games – its single biggest portfolio, comprising 32 per cent of its business in FY08 – had a challenging …

Despite the Autodesk hegemony over 3D modelling packages, thereâ??s still plenty of variety when it comes to choosing innovative features, reckons Jon Jordanâ?¦

In this frank retrospective on the production of the studioâ??s first new IP for Disney, Disney Black Rock production director Alice Guy examines the teamâ??s approach to embracing â??focused developmentâ?? processesâ?¦

TV and electricals manufacturer Philips has become the latest tech firm to announce large-scale job cuts with news the company is to cut its global workforce by 6,000 people by the end of the year. The announcement follows Philips’ loss of 1.4bn for the final quarter of 2008 – the …

The nation may be strapped for cash, but it also needs to get into shape – at least that’s what the ELSPA Gfk-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 suggests, with Nintendo’s Wii Fit clinging on to top spot for the second week on the trot following a hike in sales of …

Midway has confirmed the next instalment in the Mortal Kombat series is already under development, after shipping 1.8 million copies of last year’s Motal Kombat Vs. DC Universe. Last year’s title was available on PS3 and Xbox 360, and featured popular characters from DC Universe, including Batman and Superman. It …

PopCap’s creative director and co-creator of the mammoth casual gaming success Bejeweled, Jason Kapalka, has insisted that firms such as Nintendo are not ‘stealing its thunder’ despite the fact that the huge sales numbers for many casual titles continue to go unrecognised. Kapalka was responding to a recent report on …