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Microsoft has unveiled a new chapter in the Halo franchise set for touchdown in autumn ’09, entitled Halo 3: Recon. The Bungie-developed title, which has for weeks been teased on Bungie’s official website (courting a little controversy in the process) will take the form of a standalone expansion set before …

UK mobile developer FinBlade has just released the casual-orientated Movie Quiz, its fourth title for Appleâ??s iPhone, with previous iPhone games from the UK start-up studio including Tennis Slam, Ernie Els Golf 2008 (published with Player One) and the top 10 Apple App Store hit Wordsearch.

DotA-Allstars team members working on RTS-RPG hybrid League of Legends

YouTube will start ‘selling’ games via links from its popular video game-relevant videos to online stores. The Google-owned site will split revenue with the likes Amazon and iTunes on sales of music, films, TV shows, video games, books, concert tickets and other media-related products that are bought by those following …

Web giant Google has finally unveiled its long-awaited bid to enter the in-game advertising sector, revealing it is putting a big focus of the strategy on casual games. In a post on the blog for the firm’s web advertising team Adsense, Google reps said that it is targeting web games …

Rod Humble promoted to exec vice president and boss of The Sims label

In this excerpt from an article originally published on unrealtechnology.com, we take a look at how High Moon used Epic's Unreal Engine 3 to bring Jason Bourne's uniquely fast-paced action to next-generation consoles.

Brad Wardell is the CEO of Stardock, which developed Galactic Civilizations I and II and published the space strategy hit Sins of a Solar Empire. Stardockâ??s next published game is Demigod, developed by Gas Powered Games. Brad is also the author of the controversial Gamerâ??s Bill of Rights.

Web giant reveals in-game marketing solution; MochiAds deal underscores casual emphasis

Microsoft’s recent price cuts to its range of Xbox 360 SKUs could lead to a drop in PS3 sales according to one analyst who insists that Sony must drop the price of PS3 if it is to remain competitive. Edge Online quotes Electronic Entertainment Design and Research analyst Jesse Divnich …