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David Lau-Kee, the new chairman of Unity, is best-known for his long-running stint at Criterion Software, which he founded and led until its eventual sale to Electronic Arts in 2004. What does this games technology veteran make of the state-of-play today, and where does Unity fit in?

Former Renderware chief becomes chairman of firm responsible for low-cost dev tools

After warning that sales of the latest Tomb Raider game were below expectations (despite shifting over 1.5m units globally), Eidos has admitted it might once again redesign the title’s iconic heroine Lara Croft. The move would come as the publisher looks to attract a wider audience, our sister site Develop …

Eidos considers giving pneumatic Tomb Raider heroine a facelift

Around 30 staff at Lara Croft team let go as studio downsizes

Iceland snaps up 51 Woolworths stores Frozen food grocer Iceland has bought 51 former Woolworths stores – and plans to create 2,500 new jobs. According to the BBC, the announcement comes three days after the final 200 Woolworths stores closed their doors for the last time. "We are confident we …

Despite leading many of the most important global games market over the last couple of years, Nintendo president Saturo Iwata has stated that he believes there are still millions of potential new DS owners out there. To read his comments in full, click here to hitch a ride to CasualGaming.biz.

Sure, despite an impressive rise to claim 17 per cent of the software market in 2008, the PS3 has yet to factor greatly in the expansion the trade is celebrating. But despite what the bloggers might want to believe about the PlayStation division being a slaughter-worthy ‘sacred cow’ – as …

Exclusive end-of-year ELSPA/Gfk-ChartTrack data supplied to MCV has shown that Mario Kart and FIFA were the big winners as part of 2008’s 4bn bonanza we detailed earlier this week . According to the Top 10s for unit sales of both individual SKUs and the All Formats listing, Nintendo formats drove …

The British Board of Film Classification has announced the Rockstar’s upcoming DS title Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is to be granted an 18 certificate – making it the first game on Nintendo’s handheld to carry such a rating. A spokesperson for the regulator confirmed to MCV that yes, Chinatown …