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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 …

In 2007, the late 2006 launched Wii and PS3 continuously helped invigorate the market and it is considered that this brought about a tougher comparison for 2008. 2008 Market Value – in YEN 100m(2007 numbers in brackets) JANUARYHardware – 357.4 (360.7)Software – 290.3 (367.8)Total – 647.7 (728.5) FEBRUARYHardware – 197.2 …

Shares in Eidos PLC have tumbled 27.5 per cent on news that it has slashed its revenue forecasts for the year. The news will be sure to have piqued the interest of potential suitors for the firm – thought to be led by Warner Bros, which already owns a 20 …

The march of media sometimes seems a long trudge upcountry from cave paintings and papyrus to the latest multiplex space opera.

The hard-hitting support for Sony’s PlayStation Home service just keeps coming with news that the EA Sports Complex space should be in place by spring this year, according to Electronic Arts. We’re proud to support the PlayStation Home Beta with a very robust offering from EA Sports,” said Peter Moore, …