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SCE UK boss Ray Maguire says more third parties will embrace PS3 as lead development platform

Nintendo’s revamped DSi handheld will include 256MB of internal memory, it has been revealed, though half of it will be taken up by downloading the free Opera web browser. Unfortunately, web browsing was criticised for being very slow, with sites such as Yahoo News reportedly taking over a minute to …

Reports claim Paradigm, Mass Media, Locomotive, Sandblast all closed; Rainbow also suffers job cuts

Video games have been linked to aggression in the young in a new comparative studies from the US and Japan. According to The Telegraph (in a story also reported in worldwide news outlets such as CNN and Fox News) the results, which were published in this month’s journal Pediatrics, showed …

Leading casual mobile and portable games publisher Gameloft has announced Q3 2008 sales of €26.2 million – numbers that are eight per cent up on the same period from 2007. Mobile titles accounted for 98 per cent of the firm’s sales, with the combined output for DS, WiiWare and Xbox …

Game writers agency hired to work on script for hugely-anticipated title

Bethesda’s Fallout 3 has blown away the sales impact of its direct predecessor, Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, with the Xbox 360 version selling 57 per cent more copies than the medieval adventure in its first week. Fallout 3 shot straight to the top of Gfk ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 …

November 5th deadline for British Academy Video Games Awards nears

Were you surprised by your win? Steve Boxer: We’re all very chuffed to receive the vindication of being voted best newspaper for games coverage at the GMAs for the second year in succession: massive thanks to everybody who voted for us. Keith Stuart: We were delighted, but without sounding too …

Following the firm’s victory in the Golden Joysticks last week, Play.com has slashed the price of FIFA ’09 to 19.99 on Wii, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The offer is part of the firm’s ‘Deal of the Day’ Christmas promotion, and is accompanied by several ‘Deals of the Week’, which …