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The Story Mob announced as sponsor of the Indie Studio of the Year award at MCV/DEVELOP Awards 2026
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[Event news] Leading Games Industry Entrepreneur Chris van der Kuyl CBE Joins the Games Growth Summit
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Fable II hits 89% on Metacritic
The reviews for Fable II are in, and according to scores aggregator Metacritic, Peter Molyneux’s masterpiece is doing pretty nicely. The highly-anticipated title, which is released in the UK this Friday, has earned an average 89 per cent from the reviews, which cover both UK and US press. Eurogamer is …
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Media mogul Sumner Redstone may decide to sell one of his businesses – incuding MTV parent Viacom and TV network CBS – following a ‘battle with his bankers’. According to The Times, Redstone last week hired Citigroup and NM Rothschild to advise on restructuring $1.6 billion (950 million) of borrowings, …
Read More »Sonic named most popular games character of all time
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Read More »Unity reiterates Windows plans
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Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto IV has made a big impression on Japanese games critics by scoring a near-perfect 39/40 in weekly Japanese games bible Famitsu. GTA has long been the daddy of the Western market, but has only recently begun to gain recognition in the traditionally stubborn and localised Japanese …
Read More »Free songs for Lips pre-orders
Ahead of its anticipated release at the end of November, Microsoft has lifted the lid on its North American pre-order scheme for Xbox 360 karaoke title Lips. A post on the firm’s Gamerscore blog states that those who pre-order the title through either Amazon or GameStop will receive a free …
Read More »Gears Of War 2 not coming to Japan and Germany
Gears Of War 2 will not be released in Germany or Japan, Microsoft has confirmed. A company spokesperson has told Edge: We can confirm that Gears of War 2 will not be available in Germany or Japan indefinitely” said the spokesperson. According to the magazine, Gears sold 33,212 copies in …
Read More »COMPETITION: Win Activision’s full Q4 line-up!
To celebrate the roll-out of its Q4 releses, Activision Blizzard is offering one lucky reader the chance to win a copy of its full slate. Titles included in the bumper package include Spiderman: Web Of Shadows, Guitar Hero: World Tour, Crash: Mind Over Mutant, 007: Quantum Of Solace, TransFormers: The …
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[Industry news] Games Industry Shows Signs of Rebalancing as Workforce and Studios Adapt to Changing Market Conditions, Skillsearch Report Finds
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Code Wizards announced as key sponsor of MCV/DEVELOP Awards 2026
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[Event News] Games Growth Summit adds to speaker line-up with two more veterans
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