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Microsoft is set to take over the whole of Leicester Square this weekend, as it embarks on a major consumer promotional campaign. The Leicester Square event – which forms part of the platform holder’s wider Xbox Trial tour – will be a film-themed consumer experience and puts the spotlight on …

Tesco has extended the time it takes to pay entertainment suppliers by 30 days in the run-up to the Christmas season. The supermarket has written to suppliers to tell them it has changed its payment terms from 30 days to 60 days as of December 1st, 2008. The Financial Times …

The Los Angeles Convention Center and Visitors Bureau has announced E3 will remain in LA for the next three years. According to Edge, it’s an important deal for Los Angeles – as the city expects $18 million in economic impact from the upsized expo, with everything from cab fares to …

Content approval abolished for PS2, creates single global approval process for PSN

Frommhold reckons that 'cheaper, more modular than Unreal and more complete than Gamebryo' is the place to be.

Steve Jablonsky contributes theme tune and 'key music' for EA's blockbuster

Animators: prepare to throw away your bones, envelopes and weights

Mexican independent studio using Trinigy's tech for PC title

Nintendo is set to take its DS and Wii software on a tour of the UK as it looks to ramp up its marketing for the fourth quarter. Going under the names The Nintendo DS Christmas Tour ’08 and The Wii Christmas Tour ’08, gamers are being invited to ‘discover …

LittleBigPlanet isn’t even in stores yet – and yet developer Media Molecule has already announced plans for a sequel. Speaking to the BBC on being a British success story, the firm also revealed that it is in negotiations with Sony to expand the franchise to have its own cartoon and …